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Shawnee Smith is an American actress and musician born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on July 3, 1969. She works in film, television, and music, with a career beginning in 1982. Smith is best known for her role as Amanda Young in the Saw franchise. She is a singer who performs rock and folk music, using her voice as her primary instrument.
She was educated at North Hollywood High School and speaks English. Smith is a mother of two children. Her professional roles include television actor, film actor, stage actor, and singer.
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Film & TV
Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
Shawnee Smith is an American actress and musician. She is best known for her role as Amanda Young in the Saw franchise.
Known for
- The Other — Lizzie2025
- Bloodline Killer — Moira Cole2024
- CURED — The Counselor2024
- Saw X — Amanda Young2023
- City on Fire — Ramona2023
- Christmas vs The Walters — Diane Walters2021
- Day 23 of Quarantine — Mom2020
- Savannah Sunrise — Joy Miles2016
- Believe — Dr. Nancy Wells2016
- Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw — Self2015
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1969-07-03 ) July 3, 1969 (age 56) , Orangeburg, South Carolina , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress singer
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Spouse s
- Jason Reposar (divorced) , Kai Mattoon (divorced)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Orangeburg
- Occupation
- presenter
- Educated at
- North Hollywood High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Shawnee Smith gfdl.png
- Number of children
- 2
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- Shawnee Smith
- date of birth
- 1969-07-03
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- Shawnee Smith
- name in native language
- Shawnee Smith
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 18584
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Encyclopedic overview
Shawnee Smith (born July 3, 1969) is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career at a young age, making her feature film debut in Annie (1982). A few years later, she made her stage debut in To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1984) and won a Drama-League Critics Award. In the late 1980s, she was cast in smaller roles before getting roles in The Blob (1988) and Who's Harry Crumb? (1989).
She made guest appearances on Murder, She Wrote and The X-Files across the 1990s, before being cast in a main role of the sitcom Becker (1998–2004). She played Amanda Young in Saw (2004) and reprised her role in the sequels Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw VI (2009) and Saw X (2023). She also had a supporting role in The Grudge 3 (2009). Smith hosted season one of the VH1 acting competition Scream Queens (2008) and played Jennifer Goodson in Anger Management (2012–2014).
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