Shayna Rose

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Shayna Rose (born Shayna Rose Mordue on November 3, 1983) is an American soap opera actress.

Rose started performing and singing professionally when she was eight years old and appeared in a variety of regional musicals. She was nominated for best supporting actress by the Denver Drama Critics Circle for her role as Mary Tilford in "The Children's Hour". In this time period she also appeared in a number of national commercials.

Rose moved to Los Angeles in 2002 after turning down a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She went between acting, singing, songwriting, auditions, and two jobs.

Rose started to land a few co-starring roles in such series as Gilmore Girls, Medium and “Commander In Chief”. Her musical showcases and songwriting also began attracting more interest.

On July 4, 2006 Shayna joined the cast of Days of Our Lives in a contract role of Stephanie Johnson, daughter of supercouple Steve Johnson and Kayla Brady. In late November 2006, Rose was let go from DAYS after only five months. Her last episode aired on January 18th.