Shannon Elizabeth

Full name: Shannon Elizabeth Fadal
Birthday: 1976-09-07
Hometown: Houston,. Texas

Born Shannon Elizabeth Fadal - the daughter of a Syrian and Indian. She was born Sept. 7, 1976 in Houston, Texas. Parents believed that children grow better in the province - where he will have less temptation to step on a slippery slope. Therefore, up to 17 years Elizabeth lived in the town of Waco, Texas. She said that her childhood was 'hopeless boredom'. No, of course, Elizabeth led a fairly active lifestyle: she danced at a local children's ballet troupe, studied tap, playing tennis (even thinking about becoming a professional tennis player), a good student at school. "I do whatever one could engage in a small town. But in me was so much energy that I always wanted more. I counted the days until graduation ', - she says. In 17 years, immediately after the school dance, Elizabeth went to New York, where he quickly found work in a modeling agency Ford. Exotic looks and high growth ensured its stable work in all corners of the world: over the years the agency had visited Elizabeth, and in Europe, and Hawaii, and Japan, and Africa, and Australia. But she did not like mannequins career. At heart, she wanted only one thing: to become an actress. Upon returning to the United States Elizabeth moved from New York to Los Angeles and began taking lessons in acting.

. In the mid-90's she started getting roles in commercials, starred in music video 'Be with you' Enrique Iglesias, and in 1996 first shown on the big screen in the youth horror 'Snowman'
. But the real glory was waiting for her in 1999, when Elizabeth played in the first series of 'American Pie' seductive Nadia - girls from the Czech Republic, came to America on an exchange program students. Although the role of Elizabeth was tiny, she instantly became a girl-fantasy of millions of teenagers, filled the studio of letters, which demanded to return the heroine in the continuation. Of course, the desire of the public - the law. In 'American Pie 2' Nadia again comes to America and to agitate the minds of adolescents, and admired her sex appeal and looseness.

Elizabeth recognizes that a little nervous at the start of filming the second series of 'American Pie'. 'For two years we all have slightly different - she says. - We even looks different. But we have to get into the old skin because viewers want to see the heroes of the same. I find it hard to talk about it. This role throws me into depression '. This year, Elizabeth also appeared in Kevin Smith's comedy "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 'and played the tape in '13 Ghosts' - a remake of the classic horror film of 1960, where she became partners with Matthew Lillard and Tony Shalhoub. In his free time filming Elizabeth prefers to engage in charity. She - well-known advocate of animal rights, a few years ago, Elizabeth was founded in New York and Los Angeles Benevolent Society, Animal Avengers. At home she lives a five, six dogs - depending on the situation. And while she thinks about the wedding! Her fiance, Joseph Reitman bravely removes the dominance of pets in their apartment, and so Elizabeth is confident that the wedding is not far off. Today, she is quite confident in their professional ability and quite critical of his early kinorabotah. 'I do not like to look at themselves on screen - she confesses. - Every time I think that could play better '. But Elizabeth was far from self-deprecation, which haunted her in the first years of stay in Los Angeles. 'I definitely grew as an actress', - she said finally.