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. 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 . 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 for Columbia Pictures, in the hit comedy Summer School for Paramount Pictures and in Who's Harry Crumb?, also for Columbia Pictures. Those roles would be followed by appearances in such highly-acclaimed films as Leaving Las Vegas, Armageddon, Desperate Hours and Breakfast of Champions.

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

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.
She still gets recognized by fans as Meg Penny from The Blob and loves it. Daughter, Verve was born in 1999. Second child, son Jakson Makana Smith was born on 12 December 2005 at 5:41. Appeared in two films directed by Michael Bay, Armageddon and The Island, both of which she acts in only one scene alongside Steve Buscemi. Writer/direct James Wan's first choice to play the role of Amanda in the film Saw, motivated by a crush he had on her since the age of 14. Can claim "military brat-hood" thanks to her father Jim, an Air Force officer.