Shawnee Smith
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Shawnee Smith (b. July 3, 1970 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA) is an American actress. As well as the many films and television shows in which she has appeared, Smith was a lead singer for a band called "Fydolla Ho", with which she toured the USA and the UK.
Smith's first appearance in a feature film was in the 1982 film adaptation of the play Annie. Several years later, she starred in the hit 1987 comedy film Summer School as the pregnant teen Rhonda Altobello and in the 1988 remake of the Steve McQueen classic The Blob (1988) as Meg Penny. She is also well known for her role in the 2004 horror film Saw as Amanda Young, reprising the role for the sequel, Saw II. In the DVD commentary of Saw II, it was revealed that Shawnee was four months pregnant with her second child during filming. Smith also reprised her role in the second sequel Saw III.
Smith's best-known television role was Linda, an air-headed nurse's aide, on the CBS hit comedy series Becker. Another well-known role was the bat-faced girl Julie Lawry in the 1994 miniseries The Stand, based on the book by author Stephen King.
Besides her recurring role on Becker, Shawnee Smith made several guest appearances on television shows, such as Cagney & Lacey, Murder, She Wrote, The X-Files, Players and loaned her voice for an episode of the Disney cartoon Kim Possible as Vivian Porter.
[edit] Complete filmography
Saw III (2006) .... Amanda Young
The Island (2005) .... Suzie
Saw II (2005).... Amanda Young
The Almost Guys (2004) .... Bigger
Becker .... Linda
Saw (2004) .... Amanda Young
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) Female Imaging Voice (Fever 105)
Never Get Outta the Boat (2002) .... Dawn
Breakfast of Champions (1999) .... Bonnie MacMahon
A Slipping-Down Life (1999) .... Faye-Jean Lindsay
Twice Upon a Time (1998) (TV) .... Maggie Fowler
The Party Crashers (1998) .... Carolyn
Carnival of Souls (1998) .... Sandra Grant
Armageddon (film) (1998) .... Redhead
The Shining (1997) (mini) TV Series .... Waitress (episode 3)
Dead Men Can't Dance (1997) .... Sgt. Addy Cooper
Eat Your Heart Out (1997) .... Nicole
Face of Evil (1996) (TV) .... Jeanelle Polk
Female Perversions (1996) .... Make-Up Salesgirl
The Low Life (1995) .... 'Little Tramp' Woman
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) .... Biker Girl
The Stand (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Julie Lawry
Lucky/Chances (1990) (mini) TV Series .... Olympia Stanislopolous Golden
Desperate Hours (1990) .... May Cornell
A Brand New Life (1989) TV Series .... Amanda Gibbons
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) .... Nikki Downing
The Blob (1988) .... Meg Penny
I Saw What You Did (1988) (TV) .... Kim Fielding
Bluegrass (1988) (TV) .... Alice Gibbs
Summer School (1987) .... Rhonda Altobello
Easy Prey (1986) (TV) .... Tina Marie Risico
Iron Eagle (1986) .... Joenie
Not My Kid (1985) (TV) .... Carol
Annie (1982) .... Dancer
