Shannon Woodward

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Shannon Woodward (2017)

Shannon Marie Woodward (born December 17, 1984 in Phoenix , Arizona ) is an American actress , best known for her roles in the television series The Riches (2007-2008), Raising Hope (2010-2014) and Westworld (since 2016).

life and career

Shannon Woodward was born in December 1984 in the capital of the US state Arizona. As a child, she moved with her parents to Boca Raton ( Florida ) and attended Olympic Heights Community High School. After she performed in local theater in some pieces, one was casting agent noticed her, of her her first appearances in three episodes of the Nickelodeon - Comedy Series Clarissa gave. This was followed by roles in the three television films Help My Family Are Crazy (1995), in which she again starred alongside Melissa Joan Hart , Tornado! (1996) and True Women (1997), where she was not featured in the credits .

After a four-year hiatus, she was increasingly seen as a guest actress in various television series, including Crossing Jordan - pathologist with profile , Malcolm in the middle (both 2001), No Mercy for Dad (2001-2002), Without a Trace - disappeared without a trace , Boston Public ( both 2003) and Medical Investigation (2004). She made her film debut in 2005 in the action comedy The Lord of the House as the daughter of Tommy Lee Jones ' role, Texas Ranger Roland Sharp . For the next two years, she appeared in supporting roles in the films The Quiet - Can You Keep a Secret? and The Comebacks , and in certain episodes of Cold Case - no victim is ever forgotten , Psych and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to see.

In 2007 she was cast for a lead role in the dramedy television series The Riches , which ran for two seasons on cable channel FX . She played the teenage daughter and middle child Daliha "Di Di" Malloy of a traveling family who turned their backs on their clan and assumed the identity of a wealthy married couple. After the end of the series she portrayed in the 2008 horror - thriller Molly Hartley - The daughter of Satan the Rebelin Leah and a friend of the eponymous protagonist ( Haley Bennett ). Then she was in two episodes of the 15th and final season of the long-lived NBC - hospital drama ER - Emergency Room as Kelly Taggart , the younger sister of the nurse Samantha Taggart ( Linda Cardellini to see) and worked as the lead actress in the thriller Dark Legends - Curiosity can kill and the indie comedy Girlfriend with.

In March 2010, she replaced Olesya Rulin on the sitcom Raising Hope as supermarket employee Sabrina Collins , who is happy to give Jimmy Chance ( Lucas Neff ) advice on raising his daughter Hope ( Baylie and Rylie Cregut ). There she was seen in all 88 episodes produced until the series finale in April 2014. In 2013 she starred alongside John Cusack and Emma Roberts in the indie comedy Adult World .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Shannon Woodward in the Notable Names Database. Retrieved January 5, 2014
  2. ^ Nellie Andreeva: Several pilots expand casts . In: TheHollywoodReporter.com . March 10, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2014.