Polly Shannon
Polly Shannon ( born September 1, 1973 in Kingston, Ontario ) is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and film producer.
Life and career
Polly Shannon's mother was a scriptwriter for children's programs at the Canadian television, her father worked as decision-makers in health care. Shannon made his debut in an episode of the Canadian television series horror, Horror, Goosebumps in 1992, the same year she starred in the television series Catwalk.
The main role in the television thriller The girl opposite (1999) brought Shannon in 1999 was nominated for a Gemini Award. The following year she was nominated for the same award for her role in the television drama The Sheldon Kennedy Story ( 1999). In the TV series Nikita, she embodied in three episodes of the fifth season Michelle, the sister of the main character, which was played by Peta Wilson. In the thriller Trapped in the Bermuda Triangle (2001) Shannon played the role of Julia Lee, the fiancée of Stu Sheridan ( Luke Perry ), who is murdered by this. In the award-winning biopic Trudeau (2002) she starred opposite Colm Feore one of the major roles. For her role in the sports comedy Men with Brooms (2002) she was nominated for the 2003 Canadian Comedy Award. In 2005 and 2006 she played alongside leading man Tom Selleck his lover in the thriller Stone Cold - Ice cold and its prequel Jesse Stone: Night Passage, with the first two parts of the novel series by Robert B. Parker to the police chief Jesse Stone were filmed. In the short film Miranda & Gordon ( 2006), she not only took one of the major roles, but also wrote the screenplay and co-produced with the film.