- Born
- Birth nameShaun Denise Landry
- Height1.75 m
- Shaun Landry was born in Chicago, Illinois to Beverly and Malcom Landry. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago with brother and sisters Angel, Lisa, Ron and Alan Landry.
She became interested in theater and attended Chicago's prestigious Goodman Theatre School for Youth and worked for Geese Theatre Company working in prisons doing drama therapy across the country and internationally.
Ms. Landry was hired into the Second City Chicago National Touring Company in the 90s. She also created the improvisational ensemble Oui Be Negroes... the original African American Impro/Sketch Comedy Theatre Company in The United States.
Her Television and Film credits include numerous industrial and commercial projects, including Bob Zagone film Read You Like a Book (2006).
Ms. Landry resides in Los Angeles, California and is married to Hans Summers, her husband of 27 years.- IMDb mini biography by: Shaun Landry
- SpouseHans Summers(February 14, 1991 - present)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Pronounsshe/her
- Sexual orientationBisexual
- Race / EthnicityBlack / African American
- She sent Robin Williams a letter asking him if he would like to come to a Oui Be Negroes performance. Not only did he show up and improvise, he also brought Woody Harrelson, who was performing in The Late Henry Moss in San Francisco.
- Shaun auditioned for her husband's theater company in 1986 and they were married in 1991. They still perform together doing improvisational and sketch comedy in Los Angeles.
- Is an avid amateur cook. Her specialties include on-the-grill dishes.
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