Shannon Elizabeth's Real Name: Shannon Elizabeth Fadal

Quick answer: The actress is known professionally as Shannon Elizabeth. Encyclopedia.com and TV Guide independently give the fuller name Shannon Elizabeth Fadal and identify Houston, Texas, as her birthplace. Encyclopedia.com dates the birth to September 7, 1973.

Real name and early life

Independent publishers identify her under the professional name Shannon Elizabeth and give the fuller name Shannon Elizabeth Fadal. Encyclopedia.com dates the birth to September 7, 1973, in Houston, Texas, and later notes a 2002 marriage to Joseph D. Reitman that ended in 2005. TV Guide independently lists the birth name Shannon Elizabeth Fadal and the birthplace as Houston, Texas. The same TV Guide account says she considered a professional tennis career in high school and later trained in Krav Maga, a detail Encyclopedia.com also records as an avocational interest.

Career highlights

Encyclopedia.com lists early film work including Jack Frost (1997), then Nadia in American Pie (1999) and American Pie 2 (2001), Buffy Gilmore in Scary Movie (2000), later credits including Tomcats, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Thir13een Ghosts, Love Actually, and Johnson Family Vacation, Harriet in Love Actually (2003), later film work including Johnson Family Vacation and Cursed, television movies including The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth about Enron, and a 2005 series role as Tiffany Sherwood on Cuts, as well as later guest work as Brooke on That '70s Show. It records a 2000 MTV Movie Award nomination for breakthrough female performance in American Pie and a 2001 Hollywood Discovery Award for breakthrough female performance. TV Guide independently says she is known for her role in American Pie, records the same 2000 MTV nomination and 2001 Hollywood Breakthrough Award, and says she founded the animal rescue organization Animal Avengers in 2001 and later founded Ganesh Productions, Inc., in 2010 to help up-and-coming filmmakers. Encyclopedia.com independently lists producer credit on Survivin' the Island (2002).

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Shannon Elizabeth or Shannon Elizabeth Fadal are looking for the same actress, including the American Pie role most often associated with her work. Search traffic often uses the professional name Shannon Elizabeth alone in many lookups and credits. TV Guide independently says she has also played poker in high-profile tournaments against poker professionals and other celebrities. Encyclopedia.com independently lists later television appearances including Celebrity Poker Showdown.