Shannon Eubanks

Shannon Eubanks is an actress and stage director whose career has spanned film, television and theater. She entered performing arts after a college classmate dared her to audition for a campus production; she was cast as Sonja in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and went on to study both pre-med and theater arts. She worked extensively in classical repertory, appearing in companies from Alaska to Florida and spending years with Los Angeles' Shakespeare Society of America under DeVeren Bookwalter. Early in her career she drew notice from industry publications, with Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times praising her stage work. Her television roles include Amanda Cathcart in the NBC production Margaret Mitchell: A Burning Passion, Helen Hunter in the ABC Family comedy Pop Rocks, Ann Alden Forbes in ABC's daytime serial Loving, and Bastianna Natale on the CW's The Originals. She has also directed for the stage.