The Naked Truth of Shawnee Smith

Early life, family, formation

Singer and actress Shawnee Rebecca Smith was born on July 3, 1969, at Orangeburg Regional Hospital in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, to former United States Air Force pilot and financial planner James H Smith and oncology nurse Patricia Ann (née) Smoak. Her family moved to Van Nuys, California when she was one year old. When she was two, her parents divorced and her mother remarried six years later.

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Shawnee attended Ranchito Avenue Elementary School in Panorama City, Los Angeles, then Madison Jr. High in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, from where she enrolled in 1987.

Career

Theater

Shawnee performed in a theater production of “A Christmas Carol” and various other productions between the ages of eight and 11. At the age of 15, she starred alongside Richard Dreyfuss in “The Hands of its Enemy” at the Huntington Hartford Theater, receiving high awards. congratulations on his performance.

She was part of the original cast of “To Gillian on Her 37^e Birthday,” a performance that won him the Dramalogue Critics Award; at the time, she was the youngest actress to receive the award.

Film

She played an orphan in “Annie” in the 1982 film adapted from John Huston’s Broadway musical of the same name, starring Aileen Quinn in the lead role.

In 1987, she played pregnant student Rhonda Altobello in “Summer School,” and the following year she played Meg Penny in the remake of “The Blob,” the original being a Steve McQueen classic. Shawnee appeared in “Who’s Harry Crumb” as Nikki Downing in 1989, a wealthy teenager who helps John Candy find his sister after she is kidnapped.

She played May Cornell in the 1990 remake of Michael Cimino’s thriller “Desperate Hours”, in 1995 she had a minor role in “Leaving Las Vegas” as Biker Girl, and also appeared in “Armageddon” in 1998.

From 2004 to 2010, she played Amanda Young in the “Saw” franchise, when she was apparently very sick with the flu.

She was pregnant with her second child (about four months) when filming for “Saw II” took place; at the time, only director Darren Lynn Bousman knew of her pregnancy, as Shawnee’s daughter accidentally told him about the pregnancy. Although she was never on set during “Saw IV” and “Saw V”, she was still there thanks to footage from previous films that was never used. On March 20, 2009, Mark Burg, the producer of “Saw VI”, announced that Shawnee would appear in the film. Shawnee admitted that she can’t watch “Saw” movies because she doesn’t like horror movies. In fact, she initially turned down her role as Amanda: “I don’t like to see a scary image because it sticks in my mind.”

Maybe that’s why I got hired to do horror movies because I’m really scared and upset. After turning down the part, she was shown a short film by James Wan and Leigh Whannell which was eight minutes long – she was offered the part for the second time and accepted. In 2004, she was on the “Saw” panel alongside Costas Mandylor and Cary Elwes at the Texas Frightmare Weekend convention in Dallas. In 2007, she was nominated for Most Vile Villain at the Spike TV Scream Awards along with her “Saw IV” co-star Tobin Bell.

In 2006, Shawnee appeared in “Repo! The Genetic Opera”, a 10-minute trailer directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, playing Heather Sweet, the daughter of Rotti Largo, who was the president of GeneCo.

Heather was addicted to plastic surgery. The film was adapted from the stage version and shot in Toronto, Ontario. They shot the trailer after “Saw III” and wanted to pitch the film to the producers. In 2007, the film was picked up by Twisted Pictures and Lionsgate, but Shawnee was replaced by Paris Hilton.

She played a child psychiatrist, Dr. Sullivan, in “The Grudge 3” in 2009. The film was released on May 21, 2009 straight to DVD.

Television

Shawnee portrayed Carol in the TV movie “Not My Kid.” That year she also appeared in another TV movie, “Crime of Innocence” as Jodi Hayward. Her performance won her the Youth in Film Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie.

From 1989 to 1990, she played Amanda Gibbons in the short-lived series “Brand New Life”. The series starred Barbara Eden and Jennie Garth.

She played Julie Lawry in “The Stand” in the 1994 miniseries based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, then appeared on the CBS sitcom “Becker,” as Linda from 1998 to 2004.

She starred in several series such as “Cagney & Lacey” in 1985, as Jill Cleveland in 1993 in “Murder, She Wrote”, as Jessie O’Neil in “The X-Files” in 1994 and as Lila in “Players” . in 1998. She voiced Vivian Porter in a 2003 episode of “Kim Possible” on Disney Channel.

In 2008, she played detective Gina Harcourt in “30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust”.

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— Shawnee Smith (@shawneesmith) August 19, 2019

The series premiered on July 17, 2008 on FEARnet.com – it included six webisodes and behind-the-scenes clips. The series was a sequel to “30 Days of Night: Blood Trails”. And Shawnee’s debut as a producer, with her serving as the show’s executive producer.

In 2008, Shawnee hosted the VH1 reality series “Scream Queens” and was one of three mentors – the show aired from October 20, 2008 to December 8, 2008, after which Jaime King replaced Shawnee after choosing not to return for season two due to his conflicting schedule.

She played the role of Carrie Costigan in “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” in 2010. She played Trudy in the first episode of “Law & Order: Los Angeles” in 2010. From 2012 to 2014, she portrayed Jennifer Goodson in “Anger Management”. Her character is the ex-wife of Charlie Sheen’s character, Charlie Goodson.

Music

Shawnee sings and plays piano, drums and guitar. She sang on the Hydrovibe song “Killer Inside” which was played in “Saw III”. She is also the solo singer of “Please Myself” who performed in “Catacombs”, and voiced Sandra in the movie “Carnival of Souls”, in which she also sang the jazz song “I Fear”, as character.

She fronted metal/punk band Fydolla Ho of the early 2000s; the group was named after the character Chris Rock in the 1988 film “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka”. Shawnee formed the band with Suicidal Tendencies guitarist Rick Battson, Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, and Skindred vocalist Benji Webbe. In December 2001, they released “Untied”, their first full album.

They toured the UK and the US and released two EPs before splitting up in 2004. While in the band, Shawnee also starred in “Becker”.

In 2004, she started working with Chris Goss, a music producer on her first solo album, but never finished it. In October 2005, she was interviewed by Radio Free and said, “…between being a mum, working and growing another baby, I haven’t had time to get interested in music for a while.”

With fellow actress Missi Pyle, she formed the country-rock duo Smith & Pyle. They met while filming the pilot titled “Traveling in Packs” for an ABC comedy, and formed after Shawnee invited Missi to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

In July 2008, they released their debut album “It’s OK to Be Happy” via Amazon.com and iTunes, produced by Chris Goss. Shawnee and Missi worked together as business partners to start the label, Urban Prairie Records, but broke up in 2011 before their second album was completed. In 2013, while promoting “Anger Management,” Shawnee explained that she decided she wanted to focus on her kids and acting instead.

Private life

In 1998, she married documentary filmmaker and photographer Jason Reposar; the couple fled to Scotland while on vacation.

Shawnee Smith @shawneesmith at #WeekendOfHell #WoH #agreement in Germany last weekend #Seen #Amanda pic.twitter.com/H5JF2XCq9J

— 🌟🌟Jessie🌟🌟 (@JessiBlue82) November 6, 2017

Together they have a daughter, Verve, who goes by the Verve Records name, but divorced in 2003 – Shawnee wrote “Sugar” after their divorce and described it as her breakup song. She added that it was very different from “I Wish You Were Dead”, which is Pyle’s other breakup song. “Sugar” was recorded and performed by Smith & Pyle.

In 2004, she briefly dated Kerry Cantrell, but in 2005 she married musician Kai Mattoon, then they divorced a year later, during which Shawnee gave birth to their son, Jackson. Verve and Jackson were both featured on “It’s OK to Be Happy”, Smith & Pyle’s debut album. They were credited for spoken stories and vocals in two songs on the album.

She dated musical crew member and composer Cleto Escobedo III, but they are no longer together. In March 2010, Shawnee gave birth to her second son, but did not share his name or the identity of his father, nor are there any rumors of who he might be. She homeschools her three children.

In 2014, she converted from Lutheranism to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, after which she expressed regret for appearing in the June 2001 issue of Maxim magazine. She said that even though 80% of the time she is recognized is due to her pictures in the magazine, she regrets not taking them. Shawnee has talked about wanting to make a documentary about Orthodoxy and his conversion, which would be called “Orthodoxy: A Love Story.”

Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts

• In the early 1990s, she took a three-year hiatus, mainly because she had difficulty finding a job, as she was too old to continue playing teenagers.
• Shawnee is often referred to as the “Scream Queen” due to her tendency to act in horror films.
• She said she was always recognized as Meg Penny by fans. Meg was her character in “The Blob” in 1988, and she loves and appreciates the recognition.
• She is good friends with Tammy Lauren, her costar in 1985’s “Crime of Innocence” and 1988’s “I Saw What You Did.”
• She joined the Screen Actors Guild at the age of nine.

Appearance

Shawnee has dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is 1.6m (5ft 3in) tall, weighs 52kg (115lbs) and her vital stats are 34-24-32.

Net Worth and Salary

His net worth is estimated at $3 million, as of mid-2020.