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Shawnee Smith Biography

Birth Place:
Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States
Profession
Actor, singer

Fast Facts

  • Made her show-business debut at age 8 in a McDonald's commercial and feature-film debut in John Huston's 1982 adaptation of Annie
  • Won a Dramalogue Critics Award in 1985 for her role in a stage production of To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
  • First starring role was in the 1988 remake of the 1958 horror cult class The Blob
  • A judge on VH1's horror-themed reality contest Scream Queens, has also appeared in all six Saw horror movies and performed on the soundtrack for Saw III
  • Staged a mock wedding with her Smith & Pyle bandmate Missi Pyle in 2009 to protest California's Proposition 8

Relationships

  • Verve Reposar -- Daughter
  • Jason Reposar -- Ex-husband
  • Kai Mattoon -- Ex-husband
  • Jim Smith -- Father
  • Patricia Smith -- Mother
  • Jakson Mattoon -- Son