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Elizabeth was born Shannon Elizabeth
Fadal in Houston, Texas, the only child of Patricia Dianne (née Abbott)
and Gerald Edward Fadal. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother
has English, Irish, German, and Cherokee ancestry. She was raised in Waco,
Texas. In high school, she was very much interested in tennis and at one
point even considered a professional tennis career. She worked as a model
before she began a career in film.
Elizabeth appeared in several films, including the notorious Jack Frost
and Dish Dogs, before being cast in 1999's American Pie, which was a major
box office success. Elizabeth subsequently appeared in several major
Hollywood films, including Scary Movie (2000) and Tomcats. Elizabeth
starred in the UPN series Cuts until the show was canceled in May of 2006.
Cuts and its parent show One on One were one of the many shows not to be
picked up by The CW.
In August 1999, she posed for a nude pictorial in Playboy magazine. In
2000 and 2003, she was featured in Maxim magazine.
She also provided the likeness and voice for Serena St. Germaine in the
2004 video game, James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing.
Shannon Elizabeth (July 2005)She appeared in Enrique Iglesias' music video
to the song "Be With You" as Enrique's love interest.
Elizabeth was in a relationship with actor Joseph D. Reitman for ten
years, including three years of marriage. The couple separated in March
2005, and Elizabeth filed for divorce in late June 2005. Some media
outlets speculated that the cause of their breakup was Reitman assisting
in a practical joke on Elizabeth for Ashton Kutcher's MTV television
series Punk'd, a year before their divorce, which involved leading
Elizabeth to think that she was caught on a sex tape.
Animal Avengers, a non-profit animal rescue organization founded by
Elizabeth and her then husband Reitman, is dedicated to rescuing and
finding a home for homeless pets, reducing pet overpopulation, promoting
responsible pet guardianship and preventing animal cruelty. Among the many
fund raising events, Team Bodog raised over $50,000 for Animal Avengers in
a celebrity poker night on October 8, 2005. The event was hosted by noted
tournament director Matt Savage. Over the past year Shannon Elizabeth has
participated in numerous other Bodog-sponsored charity events as well.
After the attacks of September 11, which drew a lot of racism toward
Middle Easterns across the U.S, Shannon quoted in a Press conference "I'm
half Arabic, but I am one hundred per cent American. What is going on
affects me the same as everyone else."
Elizabeth, who describes poker as her "second career" has been called "one
of the leading celebrity poker players." She visits Las Vegas up to three
times each month to participate in poker games with the top players of the
United States. Elizabeth played in the Main Event of the 2005 World Series
of Poker and won a special tournament celebrating the opening of a new
poker room at Caesars Palace hotel in January 2006, beating out 83
celebrities and poker professionals to win $55,000. She has also cashed
four times in the World Series of Poker in 2006 and 2007, but again busted
out of the Main Event early. In 2007, she advanced to the semi-finals of
the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship in a field consisting of the
top poker professionals before losing to eventual champion Paul Wasicka.
Among the four opponents she defeated were three World Series of Poker
multiple bracelet winners: Jeff Madsen, Barry Greenstein, and Humberto
Brenes.
The online poker-room Full Tilt Poker has entered into a sponsorship
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The Grand (2007) .... Toni
Deal (2007) .... Michelle
"Cuts" .... Tiffany Sherwood / ... (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
- Hollaback, Girl (2006) TV episode .... Tiffany Sherwood
- It's a Ring Thing (2006) TV episode .... Tiffany Sherwood
- Coupling... Except Funnier (2006) TV episode .... Tiffany Sherwood
- Codebreakers (2006) TV episode .... Tiffany Sherwood
- Strictly Biz-Nass 2: Biz Nastier (2006) TV episode .... Tiffany
Sherwood
(8 more)
The Kid & I (2005) .... Shelby Roman
"King of the Hill" .... Candee (1 episode, 2005)
- Harlottown (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Candee
Confessions of an American Bride (2005) (TV) .... Sam
"That '70s Show" .... Brooke (9 episodes, 2003-2005)
- Oh, Baby We Got a Good Thing Goin' (2005) TV episode .... Brooke
- Going Mobile (2004) TV episode .... Brooke
- 5:15 (2004) TV episode .... Brooke
- Baby Don't You Do It (2004) TV episode .... Brooke
- I Can See for Miles (2004) TV episode .... Brooke
(4 more)
Cursed (2005) .... Becky
... aka Verflucht (Germany)
... aka Wes Craven's Cursed (USA: complete title)
"One on One" .... Tiffany (1 episode, 2004)
- Phatheadz (2004) TV episode .... Tiffany
Johnson Family Vacation (2004) .... Chrishelle Rene Boudreau
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2003) (VG) (voice) ....
Serena St. Germaine
... aka Everything or Nothing (USA: short title)
Love Actually (2003) .... Harriet, the sexy one
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003) (TV) ....
Courtney
Survivin' the Island (2002) (uncredited) .... Office Worker
"The Twilight Zone" .... Sondra Lomax (1 episode, 2002)
- Dream Lover (2002) TV episode .... Sondra Lomax
"Off Centre" .... Dawn (1 episode, 2002)
- Addicted to Love (2002) TV episode .... Dawn
"Just Shoot Me!" .... Karen (1 episode, 2002)
- About a Boy (2002) TV episode .... Karen
Thir13en Ghosts (2001) .... Kathy Kriticos
... aka 13 fantômes (Canada: French title)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) .... Justice
American Pie 2 (2001) .... Nadia
Tomcats (2001) .... Natalie Parker
Dish Dogs (2000) (V) .... Anne
Evicted (2000) .... Princess
Scary Movie (2000) .... Buffy Gilmore
"G vs E" .... Cherry Valence (1 episode, 1999)
... aka Good vs Evil (USA: new title)
- Men Are from Mars, Women Are Evil (1999) TV episode .... Cherry
Valence
American Pie (1999) .... Nadia
Dying to Live (1999) (TV) .... Vanessa Canningham
Seamless: Kidz Rule (1999) .... Nicole
"Pacific Blue" .... Jo (1 episode, 1998)
- Damaged Goods (1998) TV episode .... Jo
Blade Squad (1998) (TV) .... Nurse
"Step by Step" .... Cindi (1 episode, 1997)
- Can't Buy Me Love (1997) TV episode .... Cindi
"USA High" .... Melanie (1 episode, 1997)
- Internet Love Story (1997) TV episode .... Melanie
Blast (1997) .... Hostage
"Hang Time" .... Nicole (1 episode, 1996)
- Green-Eyed Julie (1996) TV episode .... Nicole
"Arli$$" .... Anya Slovachek (1 episode, 1996)
- Crossing the Line (1996) TV episode .... Anya Slovachek
Jack Frost (1996) (as Shannon Elizabeth Fadal) .... Jill Metzner |
