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Trivia
Birth name: Shannon Marie
Kahoolani Sossamon
Date of birth: 3 October 1979
Place of birth: Hawaii, USA
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Nickname : Shannyn
Born in Hawaii but grew up in Nevada.
The 'y' in her name was an adolescent
addition in 1995.
Was with her friend, who deejayed for
Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Paltrow's joint birthday party in Hollywood,
when discovered by director of A Knight's Tale (2001). Was in three
commercials before being in the movies.
Her maternal grandmother is Hawaiian Filipino, and her maternal grandfather is English and German.
She had 5 auditions for A Knight's Tale, beating Kate Hudson for the role of Jocelyn.
Josh Hartnett approved her casting for 40 days & 40 nights.
Stars in Mick Jagger's solo video "God
Gave Me Everything" (11/2001)
[May 29, 2003] Gave birth to her first son,
Audio Science Clayton
GAP gave her $200 in clothing tokens for doing a Denim ad. She bought all her friends boxer shorts.
Ranked #55 in Stuff magazine's "102
Sexiest Women In The World" (2002).
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