1. Shawnee Smith was born on July 3,1969 and is an American actress and singer.
28 Facts About Shawnee Smith
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Shawnee Smith began her acting career at a young age, making her feature film debut at age 11 in Annie.
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Shawnee Smith made guest appearances on Murder, Shawnee Smith Wrote and The X-Files across the 1990s, before being cast in a main role of the sitcom Becker.
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Shawnee Smith had a supporting role in The Grudge 3.
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Shawnee Smith was born on July 3,1969, at Orangeburg Regional Hospital in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
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Shawnee Smith is the second child of Patricia Ann, an oncology nurse, and James H Smith, a financial planner and former US Air Force pilot.
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Shawnee Smith's parents divorced when she was two years old and her mother remarried five years later when they moved to San Fernando Valley.
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Shawnee Smith made her television debut in a McDonald's commercial at age eight.
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At age 15, Shawnee Smith won her first stage role in the Los Angeles play, To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday where co-star Richard Dreyfuss noticed in rehearsals her potential and suggested she be given a leading part.
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Shawnee Smith went on to win the Drama-League Critics Award for her performance.
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In 1987, Shawnee Smith played a pregnant student Rhonda in Summer School.
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In 1988, Shawnee Smith starred in television film I Saw What You Did, a remake of the 1965 film of the same name.
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Shawnee Smith took a three-year break from acting in the early 1990s, primarily because she had outgrown teenage roles and had a hard time finding work.
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Shawnee Smith made a guest appearance on the 200th episode of Murder, Shawnee Smith Wrote in 1993.
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Shawnee Smith made a guest appearance in the 1994 The X-Files episode "Firewalker", playing Jessie O'Neil.
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In 1998, Shawnee Smith was cast as Linda in CBS's sitcom Becker, playing the office's aide of Dr John Becker.
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Shawnee Smith was a main character for all six seasons until its cancellation in 2004.
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Shawnee Smith began working on a solo album in 2004 with producer Chris Goss, but the project was never completed.
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In 2008, Shawnee Smith played Detective Gina Harcourt in the FEARnet original series 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust and served as executive producer.
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Shawnee Smith was the host and one of three mentors on the VH1 reality television series, Scream Queens, which aired from October 2008 to December 2008.
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Shawnee Smith did not return for the second season due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced with Jaime King.
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Shawnee Smith played the role of Dr Sullivan, child psychiatrist, in The Grudge 3 that was released direct-to-video on May 12,2009.
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From 2012 to 2014, Shawnee Smith starred as Jennifer Goodson, the ex-wife of Charlie Sheen's character in the TV series Anger Management.
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Shawnee Smith provided vocals on a cover of Steve Miller Band's "Abracadabra" by Eagles of Death Metal after Jesse Hughes overheard her singing the song in a studio bathroom.
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Shawnee Smith co-starred with Dean Winters in the 2021 indie comedy film Christmas vs the Walters.
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Shawnee Smith reprised her role as Amanda Young in Saw X released in September 2023.
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Shawnee Smith appeared in the slasher film Bloodline Killer in April 2024.
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Shawnee Smith was later married to musician Kai Mattoon; they divorced and have a son, born 2005.