Shawnee Smith
Biography
Shawnee Smith is an American actress and singer whose career began during childhood. Her first feature film was Annie (1982), and she later earned a Drama-League Critics Award for the stage play To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday. During the late 1980s she appeared in Iron Eagle (1986), Summer School (1987), The Blob (1988), the television film I Saw What You Did (1988), and Who's Harry Crumb? (1989). She guest-starred on Murder, She Wrote and The X-Files, then held a main role on the sitcom Becker from 1998 to 2004. Her best-known film part is Amanda Young, whom she played in Saw (2004), Saw II (2005), and Saw III (2006). She returned to the role for Saw VI (2009) and Saw X (2023). She also appeared in The Grudge 3 (2009), hosted season one of the VH1 competition Scream Queens in 2008, and starred as Jennifer Goodson on Anger Management from 2012 to 2014.
57years old
Turns 58 on July 3in 267 days
- Born Orangeburg
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Shawnee Rebecca Smith
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 39 years1986 to 2025
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First role
Smith made her feature film debut at age 11 in John Huston's 1982 adaptation of the Broadway musical Annie, playing one of Annie's fellow orphans.
First role
Smith was 15 when she landed her first stage part, in the Los Angeles production of To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday. Richard Dreyfuss, her co-star, saw her potential during rehearsals and proposed that she receive a leading role.
A role that slipped away
Smith hosted and mentored on season one of the VH1 reality series Scream Queens, then did not return for season two because of scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Jaime King.
Beyond film
Smith provided vocals on Eagles of Death Metal's cover of the Steve Miller Band song Abracadabra after Jesse Hughes overheard her singing it in a studio bathroom; the cover came out in 2019.
Beyond film
In 2007 Smith joined actress Missi Pyle in a country rock group named Smith & Pyle. The pair's first album, It's OK to Be Happy, came out digitally in 2008.
Shawnee Smith movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Darren Lynn Bousman directed three of these films, Kevin Greutert two. Tobin Bell appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Tobin Bell's page
Also three films together1 more actor
- Betsy RussellSaw VI (2009), Saw IV (2007) and Saw III (2006)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Shawnee Smith's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.0 billion
16 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 25 films: 16 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 16Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 92% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$165M15.8% of the total
- 2$163M15.6% of the total
- 3$153M14.7% of the total
- 4$139M13.4% of the total
- 5$125M12.0% of the total
- 6$104M10.0% of the total
- 7$70M6.7% of the total
- 8$39M3.7% of the total
$84.7 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 8% of the total
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