Shannan Wilson
- Actress
- Producer
Shannan Wilson is known for playing Bobbi Mahoney opposite Bill Pullman in "Halston" on Netflix. She will also be seen alongside Hopper Penn and Zoe Arquette in the feature film "Signs of Love" in November 2022 along with the role of Maureen in the feature "Philly 'Christmas" in December 2022.
She was born and raised in Houston, Texas with her two younger siblings. Her parents are retired school teachers and her father is an Army veteran who was in the Vietnam War. Shannan graduated from Scarborough High School in Houston, TX where she played varsity basketball and volleyball and then attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX, a little town located in the East Texas pines where she majored in Radio-TV Communications and Political Science. During her college years, she was a nighttime disc jockey playing grunge on the college radio station- KSAU 90.1.
A few months after graduating from college, she packed up her Toyota Tercel and moved to Denver, Colorado "just because it sounded like a good place to live." As a true Gen Xer in Denver, she went to concerts at Red Rocks and took it easy - not utilizing her college degrees whatsoever, waiting tables, bartending and modeling.
After living in Denver for six years, she moved to Hermosa Beach, CA where she continued to work runway, print and commercials. Shannan then married Carl Herckner and moved to the East Coast. She and Carl have been married for 20 years and have two children. Shannan also started and ran a successful nationwide promotional staffing agency for 14 years. In 2015 she decided to pursue acting and in 2019 booked her first feature as one of the leads in the powerful film "Sno Babies" where she played the mother of a sixteen year old heroin addict.
In addition to her burgeoning career in film and TV, Shannan has had much success in modeling, commercials and print work. Shannan is also a singer/songwriter/musician whose music can be heard on Spotify. And, she is the author of The Littlest Peanut, an inspirational baby book for parents with preemies in the NICU. She greatly enjoys watching and playing sports. Especially tennis and softball.
She was born and raised in Houston, Texas with her two younger siblings. Her parents are retired school teachers and her father is an Army veteran who was in the Vietnam War. Shannan graduated from Scarborough High School in Houston, TX where she played varsity basketball and volleyball and then attended Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX, a little town located in the East Texas pines where she majored in Radio-TV Communications and Political Science. During her college years, she was a nighttime disc jockey playing grunge on the college radio station- KSAU 90.1.
A few months after graduating from college, she packed up her Toyota Tercel and moved to Denver, Colorado "just because it sounded like a good place to live." As a true Gen Xer in Denver, she went to concerts at Red Rocks and took it easy - not utilizing her college degrees whatsoever, waiting tables, bartending and modeling.
After living in Denver for six years, she moved to Hermosa Beach, CA where she continued to work runway, print and commercials. Shannan then married Carl Herckner and moved to the East Coast. She and Carl have been married for 20 years and have two children. Shannan also started and ran a successful nationwide promotional staffing agency for 14 years. In 2015 she decided to pursue acting and in 2019 booked her first feature as one of the leads in the powerful film "Sno Babies" where she played the mother of a sixteen year old heroin addict.
In addition to her burgeoning career in film and TV, Shannan has had much success in modeling, commercials and print work. Shannan is also a singer/songwriter/musician whose music can be heard on Spotify. And, she is the author of The Littlest Peanut, an inspirational baby book for parents with preemies in the NICU. She greatly enjoys watching and playing sports. Especially tennis and softball.
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