Shawnee Smith
ALL ABOUT SHAWNEE SMITH
Full Name:Shawnee Smith
Date of Birth:July 3, 1970
Place of Birth:Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
Profession: Actress, musician
Spouse:Kai Mattoon (2003 - present) 1 child
Jason Reposar (divorced) 1 child
Fan Mail:
Publicist
Jonas Public Relations
240 26th Street, Ste. 3, Santa Monica, CA, 90402, USA
Manager
Evolution Management
901 North Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90038, USA
Bio:
Shawnee Smith (born July 3, 1970) is an American actress. As well as the many films and television shows in which she has appeared, Smith was a lead singer for a band called “Fydolla Ho”, with which she toured the USA and the UK.
Smith was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina to Jim Smith, a financial planner and Air Force pilot, and Patricia, an oncology nurse.[1] Her first appearance in a feature film was in the 1982 film adaptation of the play Annie. Several years later, she starred in the hit 1987 comedy film Summer School as the pregnant teen Rhonda Altobello and in the 1988 remake of the Steve McQueen classic The Blob as Meg Penny. She is also well known for her role in the 2004 horror film Saw as Amanda Young, reprising the role for the sequel, Saw II. In the DVD commentary of Saw II, it was revealed that Shawnee was four months pregnant with her second child during filming. Smith also reprised her role in the second sequel Saw III.
She has appeared in a number of television roles. In an episode of the 80’s hit Married with Children, she played a tease over whom Al’s son Bud flipped his lid. Smith’s best-known television role was Linda, an air-headed nurse’s aide, on the CBS hit comedy series Becker. Another well-known role was Julie Lawry in the 1994 miniseries The Stand, based on the book by author Stephen King.
Besides her recurring role on Becker, Shawnee Smith made several guest appearances on television shows, such as Cagney & Lacey, Murder, She Wrote, The X-Files, Players and loaned her voice for an episode of the Disney cartoon Kim Possible as Vivian Porter.
Shawnee has a part in the “Saw 3″ soundtrack. She is featured in a song called “Killer Inside” by Hydrovibe.
Trivia:
Shawnee Smith starred in the television movie “Something Borrowed, Something Blue”.
Shawnee Smith dated Cleto Escobedo years ago. Her relationship with Escobedo, who is the band leader for and childhood friend of Jimmy Kimmel, was discussed on the October 31, 2006 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.
She shares her birthday with British actress Susan Penhaligon.
The DVD commentary for Saw 2 revealed that she was 4 monthes pregnant with her second child when she was filming Saw 2.
The first feature film Shawnee starred in was Annie. (edit) Shawnee Smith has starred in all three Saw movies as Amanda.
Shawnee starred in three movies in 2004, they are Slipping Down Life, Saw and Never Get Outta The Boat.
Shawnee was a song performer in Saw 3, she also stars in Saw 3 as Amanda.
Shawnee will star in two movies in 2006, they are Almost Guys and Saw 3.
Shawnee starred in 2 movies in 2005, they are Saw 2 and The Island.
Shawnee’s Husband, Kai Mattoon, is lead singer for California based metal band Ka Mana.
Shawnee’s daughter Verve was born in 1999.
Shawnee still gets recognized by fans as “Meg Penny” from The Blob (1988), and she enjoys this very much. In more recent years, when she guested on The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show, Shawnee was treated to a short parody of said picture: The Fro, which was about a giant Afro-wig that goes around devouring people until the military bombards it with jeri-curl.
Shawnee’s best known television role was Linda on the CBS comedy Becker.
Shawnee’s height is 5′3.
Shawnee has appeared in Armageddon (1998) and The Island (2005), in both of which she acts in only one scene alongside Steve Buscemi.
She can also be credited as Shawnee Isaac Smith.
She is the lead singer of rock band Fydolla Ho and is signed with an independent label and has released 2 albums.
Steven Spielberg wrote her a letter of appreciation personally to her. He’s only ever done that for Molly Ringwald.
Shawnee Smith has been married twice, and in her first marriage had a girl who was named Verve after a band.
She is the lead singer of rock band Fydolla Ho and is signed with an independent label and has released 2 albums.
Quotes:
“One of the most breathtaking moments in my life was meeting Anthony Cumia. His boyish charm really moved me.”
Filmography:
Shawnee Smith’s Filmography as an Actress:
2009 Slaughter
2009 The Grudge 3
2008 “30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust” TV series
2008 Saw V
2007 Saw 4
2007 Traveling in Packs (TV)
2007 Secrets of an Undercover Wife (TV)
2006 Saw III
2005 The Island
2005 Saw II
2004 Saw
2004 The Almost Guys
2002 Never Get Outta the Boat
1999 Breakfast of Champions
1999 The Party Crashers
1999 A Slipping-Down Life
1998 Carnival of Souls
1998 Twice Upon a Time
1998 The Party Crashers
1998 Armageddon
1997 The Shining
1997 Men
1997 Dogtown
1997 Dead Men Can’t Dance
1997 Every Dog Has Its Day
1997 Eat Your Heart Out
1996 Face of Evil
1995 Leaving Las Vegas
1994 The Stand
1993 Murder, She Wrote: Bloodlines
1990 The Desperate Hours
1989 Who’s Harry Crumb?
1988 The Blob
1988 Bluegrass
1988 I Saw What You Did
1987 Summer School
1986 Easy Prey
1986 All Is Forgiven
1985 Crime of Innocence
1985 Iron Eagle
1985 Not My Kid
1985 The Psychic
1982 Annie
Shawnee Smith’s Filmography as a Costume Designer:
2005 Sledge: The Untold Story
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