45 years old (Born on October 03, 1978)
American actress; She is famous from A Knights Tale, Moonlight, 40 Days and 40 Nights.
Sex and the City is one of her favorite TV series. (tv.com) She had 5 auditions for A Knight`s Tale and Kate Hudson also applied for the role of Jocelyn. Gap gave her $200.00 in clothing tokens for the Denim ad. She gave all her friends boxer shorts. (tv.com) Is in a band called "WarPaint" with her sister and two friends. Her first love was at the age of 15. (tv.com)Shannyn Sossamon's Best Moments
Fun Facts About Shannyn Sossamon
Beat out Kate Hudson for the role of Lady Jocelyn in A Knight's Tale (2001).
Born in Hawaii but grew up in Nevada.
Was discovered when she was helping a friend DJ at a birthday party for Gwyneth Paltrow in October 1999. (tv.com)
She was an accomplished DJ, and often could be found spinning several nights a week in Los Angeles when not working on a movie. She stopped when she became a mother. (tv.com)
Is of French, Dutch, English, Irish, Hawaiian/Filipino and German descent. Her maternal Grandmother is Hawaiian-Filipino and her maternal Grandfather is English-German. (tv.com)
Gap gave her $200.00 in clothing tokens for the Denim ad. She bought all her friends boxer shorts.
Kate Hudson also auditioned for the role of Lady Jocelyn in A Knight's Tale (2001), but Shannyn got the role. (tv.com)
In 2006, 2007 she was the drummer of the group WarPaint with her friends. (tv.com)
Her mom`s mom is Hawaiian Filipino, but her mom`s father is English and German.
Josh Hartnett approved her casting for 40 days & 40 nights.
Is of French, Hawaiian, Dutch, English, Irish, Filipino and German descent; her maternal grandmother is Hawaiian-Filipino, and her maternal grandfather is English-German.
Ethnicity: Chinese, Hawaiian and half English making her Eurasian like fellow actresses Kelly Hu, Vanessa Anne Hudgens', Jessica Anderson, Devon Aoki, Moon Bloodgood, China Chow, Traycee King, Kristin Kreuk, Jaymee Ong, Maggie Q, Nicole Scherzinger, Monica Young and actors Anthony Begonia, Andrew Johnston, Brandon Lee, Keanu Reeves, Rob Schneider, Russell Wong and Michael Wong.
In 2003, she took a small break from her career, probably because of her new motherhood. In 2005 she came back with some small roles in movies. (tv.com)
When she was a kid she wanted to become a teacher. (tv.com)
Was born in Hawaii but grew up in Nevada. (tv.com)
She`s the drummer of the band "WarPaint" with sister & friends.
She danced throughout high school, she danced competitively for three years. She loves many forms of dance including jazz, ballet, lyrical and tap. Shannyn attended Dance Unlimited and trained under Gina Hernandez. She says she loved it there. She was dancing four days a week. Dancing professionally was her dream. (tv.com)
1995: As an adolescent, she added the "y" in her first name.
Her first acting job was being an extra in 2 Daft Punk music videos in 1998. (tv.com)
Is friends with Theresa Wayman, the 'suicide girl" from The Rules Of Attraction. Shannyn got her friend that part. (tv.com)
5/29/03: Gave birth to her first son, Audio Science Clayton.
Josh Hartnett approved her casting for 40 days & 40 nights. (tv.com)
Previous jobs were: tele-marketing for a carpet cleaning company, working in a cigar-espresso store on Sunset Boulevard and being a clerk at a second-hand record store in L.A. (tv.com)
2002: Was featured as #33 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement.
She always wanted to be blonde. (tv.com)
When she was a kid, she almost drowned in a pool. (tv.com)
2002: Ranked #55 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World".
She shared a house in L.A with Mia Kirby and 2 other friends.
Was with her friend, who deejayed for Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Paltrow's joint birthday party in Hollywood, when discovered by Brian Helgeland, director of A Knight's Tale (2001). Was in three commercials before being in the movies.
She believes in an afterlife, but she doesn't have any idea what it'd be like. (tv.com)
She likes to eat pizza and chocolate. She also likes swimming, watching TV, house and dance music, sexy underwear, reading romance books, white gold, sports and exotic cars, watching soap operas on TV, wearing Gucci, new electronic gadgets, sleeping on water mattresses, drinking coffe, dancing, DJ-ing, taking pictures, writing, music, drums wearing clothes made of silk, and horseback riding. E-mailing is one of her favorite things to do as well, she writes about 50 e-mails a day. (tv.com)
An accomplished DJ, will often be spinning several nights a week in LA when not working on a movie. She joins several other famous actors as celebrity guest DJs including Elijah Wood who spins occasionally in New York.
In 1995 she replaced the "o" with an "y" in her first name. But in 2003 she wanted to change her name back to "Shannon". (tv.com)
In 2003, she wanted her name back to "Shannon".
She is allergic to bird's feathers. (tv.com)
Some of her dreams include having a pony, living in a hotel and making a trip all over the world. (tv.com)
She wakes up at 10:30 a.m. everyday. (tv.com)