Shannon Elizabeth was born in Houston, Texas, USA on September 7, 1976
but was raised in Waco, Texas. Since she was a child, Shannon already took
dance lessons and interest in tennis. During her high school, she was active
in cheerleading, volleyball, and student council. When she reached her
senior year, she accepted some modeling jobs in New York; and in Milan,
Japan and Hong Kong after her graduation. Moreover, she had done modeling
stints for Ford for a while and worked in Elite agency.
Shannon showed a passion in acting so she began to take classes. Her first
movie stint was as a hostage in “Blast” (1996). It was followed by the 1997
Christmas themed film “Jack Frost,” “Seamless,” “American Pie” (1999),
2000’s “Scary Movie,” “Evicted,” and 2001’s “Tomcats,” sequel “American Pie
2,” and the “Thirteen Ghosts.” For her role in “Tomcats,” Shannon trained at
the Kray Maga National Training Center to learn kray maga, an Israeli
hand-to-hand combat.
Shannon appeared in the August 1999 issue of Playboy magazine with a 10 page
photo spread on August 1999. She was also voted as the 18th “Sexiest Female
Movie Star” in the Australian Empire magazine on September 2002. She also
lives with Joseph Reitman since June 2002 up to present. |
