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Shawnee Smith has consistently put her versatile talents to use in the film, television, theatrical and musical arenas with much success. Her impressive career includes a co-starring role on an award-winning television show, which is now strong in syndication, and a variety of memorable roles in hit feature films. She also toured America and the U.K. fronting a rather extreme rock band called Fydolla Ho.

A native of South Carolina, Shawnee's achievements began early in her career when she appeared in the movie Annie (1982). As a young actress she was awarded the Youth in Film Award for Best Actress in a television film for her role in the CBS drama Crime of Innocence (1985) (TV) . She was honored with the Dramalogue Critics Award for her performance in the theatrical production To Gillian on her 37th Birthday. In the same year, she received rave reviews for her co-starring role with Richard Dreyfuss at the Huntington Hartford Theatre in The Hands of its Enemy. Shawnee then starred in The Blob (1988) for Columbia Pictures, in the hit comedy Summer School (1987) for Paramount Pictures and in Who's Harry Crumb? (1989), also for Columbia Pictures. Those roles would be followed by appearances in such highly-acclaimed films as Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Armageddon (1998), Desperate Hours (1990) and Breakfast of Champions (1999).

Shawnee's television credits are equally as impressive, with a list that includes a regular role on the hit CBS comedy "Becker" (1998) as well as series regular roles on "The Tom Show" (1997) and "Arsenio" (1997). She appeared in the CBS television movies Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1997) (TV), I Saw What You Did (1988) (TV), and Face of Evil (1996) (TV), as well as the miniseries "The Stand" (1994) and "The Shining" (1997) . Her recent film projects include The Almost Guys (2004), Saw (2004), a gritty, taut and terrifying film and the sequel Saw II (2005).

Satisfied with pushing the extremes in her critically-acclaimed punk/metal band Fydolla Ho, Shawnee is working on her first solo record with Queens of the Stone Age producer Chris Goss.

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Shawnee Smith - what members say

Saw VI review by danieljparsons from Ashford

A return to form. 28 January 2010
...rd's role, won via the 'reality' series Scream Queens presented by Saw stalwart Shawnee Smith (who returns as Amanda after being absent in the fifth film), was a bit blink a... Read customer review

The Grudge 3 review by Rustyfilms from Bradford

good one 5 September 2009
...me, there is almost a completely new cast, and a breath of fresh air, including Shawnee Smith from the 1st three Saw films. Unlike the others, there is a lot more blood i... Read customer review

Shawnee Smith - filmography

The Grudge 3 on DVD (2009)
Starring: Shawnee Smith, Marina Sirtis, Matthew Knight
Director: Toby Wilkins
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
A young Japanese woman who holds the key to stopping the evil spirit of Kayako, travels to the haunted Chicago apartment from the sequel, to stop the curse of Kayako once and for all and save a family who are currently being haunted by her malicious spirit.

55% from 2,793 members

Saw VI on DVD (2009)
Starring: Shawnee Smith, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge
Director: Kevin Greutert
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The deathly traps and cunning plotting return for this sixth entry in the hugely popular SAW film series. The editor for all of the previous films, Kevin Greutert, makes his directorial debut with this picture, once again written by FEAST writers, Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. With Special ..read more »

68% from 11,933 members

Saw 6 - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Shawnee Smith, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge
Director: Kevin Greutert
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The deathly traps and cunning plotting return for this sixth entry in the hugely popular SAW film series. The editor for all of the previous films, Kevin Greutert, makes his directorial debut with this picture, once again written by FEAST writers, Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. With Special ..read more »

66% from 4,261 members

The Grudge 3 - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Shawnee Smith, Marina Sirtis, Matthew Knight
Director: Toby Wilkins
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
A young Japanese woman who holds the key to stopping the evil spirit of Kayako, travels to the haunted Chicago apartment from the sequel, to stop the curse of Kayako once and for all and save a family who are currently being haunted by her malicious spirit.

51% from 896 members

Saw III on DVD (2006)
Starring: Angus MacFadyen, Tobin Bell, Angus Macfadyen
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
In 2004, a low-budget horror film about a man who put people with moral failings into grisly, murderous situations became a huge hit. In 2005, the sequel scored again, upping the body count and the terror. In 2006, the franchise continued, with plenty of gore as well as an emotional story line that ..read more »

65% from 39,229 members

Wes Craven's Carnival Of Souls on DVD (1998)
Starring: Bobbie Phillips, Shawnee Smith, Larry Miller
Director: Adam Grossman
Certificate:
A young girl witnesses the brutal murder of her mother by a circus clown and begins to have nightmares when the carnival comes back to town when she is an adult.

39% from 337 members

Female Perversions (1996)
Starring: Clancy Brown, Paulina Porizkova, Frances Fisher
Director: Susan Streitfeld
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
An outwardly successful woman teeters on the brink of emotional collapse in this psychological drama. Evelyn Stevens (Tilda Swinton) is a skilled and well-regarded attorney who is being considered for a prestigious judicial appointment. However, she's plagued by self-doubt and neurotic obsessions (..read more »

46% from 359 members
Not currently released

Who's Harry Crumb? on DVD (1989)
Starring: John Candy, Annie Potts, Barry Corbin
Director: Paul Flaherty
Certificate:
A big-hearted, bumbling private eye is out to solve a kidnapping case his boss doesn't want solved. In a bizzare array of disguises, he's determined to crack the case and prove that he's one crumb that will not be swept under the rug...

62% from 1,279 member

The Blob (1988)
Starring: Kevin Dillion, Shawnee Smith, Candy Clark
Director: Chuck Russell
Certificate:
The Blob has returned in this horrific tale about a vile, malignant life-form that crashes to earth in a cozy, rural American town called Arborville. Untroubled by conscience or intellect, the Blob does only one thing - and it does it well. It eats anything and everything that moves: men, women, ..read more »

62% from 366 members
Currently unavailable

Summer School (1987)
Starring: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Shawnee Smith
Director: Carl Reiner
Certificate:
A laid-back high school coach (Mark Harmon) reluctantly forfeits a Hawaiian vacation to teach remedial English to a class of likable misfits. This goofy comedy tells the sweetly inspiring story of the group of high school slackers who seem destined to fail until they land in the coach's class. As ..read more »

65% from 66 members
Currently unavailable

Saw III - Blu-ray
Starring: Angus MacFadyen, Tobin Bell, Angus Macfadyen
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
In 2004, a low-budget horror film about a man who put people with moral failings into grisly, murderous situations became a huge hit. In 2005, the sequel scored again, upping the body count and the terror. In 2006, the franchise continued, with plenty of gore as well as an emotional story line that ..read more »

63% from 2,513 members

Shawnee Smith facts

5 most recent films

The Grudge 3 - 3.0 stars
Saw VI - 3.5 stars
Saw 6 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Grudge 3 - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Saw III - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Saw VI - 3.5 stars
Saw 6 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Saw III - 3.5 stars
Summer School - 3.5 stars
Saw III - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Wes Craven's Carnival Of Souls - 2.0 stars
Female Perversions - 2.5 stars
The Grudge 3 - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Grudge 3 - 3.0 stars
The Blob - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Costas Mandylor - 6 times - show films
Tobin Bell - 6 times - show films
Barry Flatman - 3 times - show films
Beau Mirchoff - 3 times - show films
Lyriq Bent - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kevin Greutert - 3 times - show films
Darren Lynn Bousman - 3 times - show films
Toby Wilkins - 3 times - show films
Susan Streitfeld - 2 times - show films
Carl Reiner - 1 times - show films

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