Shannon Elizabeth

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Shannon Elizabeth (July 2005)

Shannon Elizabeth (born Shannon Elizabeth Fadal on September 7, 1973) is an American actress and former fashion model. Elizabeth came to prominence in the 1999 comedy film American Pie.

Contents

1 Biography

1.1 Early life
1.2 Career
1.3 Personal life

2 Selected filmography
3 Television
4 References

4.1 Footnotes
4.2 Web sites

Biography

Early life

Elizabeth was born in Houston, Texas to Gerald Edward Fadal and Patricia Dianne Abbott; her father is of Syrian and Lebanese descent and her mother has French, English and Cherokee ancestry. Elizabeth 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.

Career

Elizabeth appeared in several low-budget films, including the notorious Jack Frost, 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 now stars in the UPN series Cuts.

In August 1999, she appeared nude in Playboy magazine. In 2003, she was [featured] in Maxim magazine.

Personal life

Elizabeth was in a relationship with 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.

Elizabeth, who describes poker as her "second career", is considered by the media to be "one of the leading celebrity poker players". She visits Las Vegas up to three times each month in order to participate in poker games with the top players of the United States. Elizabeth was involved 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.

Animal Avengers, a non-profit animal rescue organization founded by Elizabeth, 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.

Selected filmography

Television

Cuts (2005)
That 70's Show (2003)

References

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Footnotes

Web sites

[Shannon Elizabeth dot Com]

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