Shannon Whirry

Shannon Whirry
Background information
Born as:	Shannon Meta Whirry
Born	Nov 07, 1964 (age 61) de 1964 Green Lake, Wisconsin, U.S.
Occupation:	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Hair color:	Red
Eye color:	Blue]

Shannon Meta Whirry was born in Green Lake, Wisconsin, the daughter of Sherrill (née Giese) and Russell Clyde Whirry (1943–1988).

Career

A native of Green Lake, Wisconsin, where she was the salutatorian of her 1983 high school graduating class, in 1985, Whirry was accepted to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, one of only 365 accepted out of 3,000 applicants and one of only 65 to graduate the 2-year program. While attempting to establish her career in New York, Whirry worked as a bartender, took many small bit roles, and appeared in a commercial for FedEx; the latter work finally allowed her to join the Screen Actors Guild. Her first film role was in the action film Out for Justice starring Steven Seagal.

After that, she began to work in several direct-to-video erotic B-movies and unrated thrillers, concurrent with Tanya Roberts, Maria Ford, and Shannon Tweed who appeared in the same kinds of films at the time. She starred in Gregory Hippolyte's productions of Animal Instincts I and II, Body of Influence, and Mirror Images II. Entertainment Weekly referred to Whirry and Hippolyte as "the Dietrich and Von Sternberg of the soft-core set". Other films at the time included Private Obsession and Playback, a Playboy production.

In the late 1990s, she transitioned from erotic thrillers into a series of roles on mainstream network television and films, including action, sci-fi, and horror genres. She had a recurring role as Mike Hammer's secretary Velda in the television series "Mike Hammer, Private Eye" and made guest appearances on such shows as "Silk Stalkings", "ER", "Felicity", "Seinfeld", "V.I.P.", "Murphy Brown", "Malcolm in the Middle" and "Nash Bridges". She also had a small role in the Jim Carrey film Me, Myself & Irene (2000).

In 2007, she appeared on a BBC TV miniseries, "Nuclear Secrets", playing Kitty Oppenheimer, the wife of Robert Oppenheimer.

She occasionally performs with theater companies in Arizona, where she lives, and has continued appearing in small roles in films, including the independent film Raising Buchanan in 2019.

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  Out for Justice

Partial filmography

• Out for Justice (1991)
• Animal Instincts (1992)
• Body of Influence (1993)
• Mirror Images II (1993)
• Animal Instincts 2 (1994)
• Lady in Waiting (1994)
• Private Obsession (1995)
• The Granny (1995)
• Dangerous Prey (1995)
• Ringer (1996)
• Playback (1996)
• Exit (1996)
• Retroactive (1997)
• Omega Doom (1997)
• Fatal Pursuit (1998)
• The Prophet’s Game (1999)
• Active Stealth (1999)
• Lying in Wait (2000)
• Me, Myself & Irene (2001)
• Mach 2 (2001)
• Jolene (2007)

A Personal Note from Robin

As an actress of film and TV, Shannon Whirry played quite a few damsels in distress. She often played the "eye candy" role in many films and TV programs.

More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Shannon_Whirry ]

External links

• Shannon Whirry Top 10 Movies on YouTube
• Shannon Whirry at the Internet Movie Database