Shannyn was born Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon in Honolulu, Hawaii. At the age of one, Shannyn and her family moved to a new locale: Reno, Nevada. Her youth was spent at a dance studio. In 1995, she left her hometown the day after graduating from Galena High School, for Los Angeles, to pursue dance. She and a friend were DJing Gwyneth and Jack Paltrow’s joint birthday party when Maisler noticed her, contacting her soon after the party about auditioning for the movie. Sossaman next appeared in 40 Days and 40 Nights alongside Josh Hartnett, another actor who saw his star rise in 2001 thanks to a summer blockbuster. She followed that up with the Bret Easton Ellis adaptation The Rules of Attraction. She continued to work steadily in a variety of projects including Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Wristcutters: A Love Story, One Missed Call, and Road to Nowhere.

Body Stats:

Shanny attended the 2013 NCLR Alma Awards

Height: 5ft 7.75in / 1.72m

Weight: 118 lbs/ 53.5 kg

Shoe size: 7

Dress size: 6

Bra size: 34A

Measurements: 34A-25-34

Ethnicity: Multiracial

Hair Color: Brown

Eye Color: Brown

Bio:

Name: Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon

Nickname: Hot Soss,Shan

Date of Birth: October 3, 1978

Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Place of Residence: New York, USA

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Education: Galena High in Reno ,Galena High School

Social Networks:

Twitter: shansossamon
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Instagram: shansossamon

Fun Facts:

Shannyn Sossamon

Relationships:

Paolo Keppella(1998-1999)
Eugene Goreshter(2006)
Tygh Runyan(2010-1014)

Children: 2

Awards and Honors:

2008 Nominated Teen Choice Award, Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller
2002 Nominated MTV Movie Award, Breakthrough Female Performance
2002 Won Young Hollywood Award, Breakthrough Performance – Female

Hobbies and Interests: Sport, music

Favorite Color: Pink

Favorite Food: Chocolate

Favorite Music: Tiesto

Favorite Perfume: Givenchy

Favorite Book: The Roads We Take

Favorite Sports: Soccer

Favorite Movie: Road to Nowhere

Favorite TV Show: Sex and the City

Interesting Facts:

Born in Hawaii but grew up in Nevada.
2001: Appeared in the music video for “God Gave Me Everything” by Mick Jagger feat. Lenny Kravitz.
Is of French, Dutch, English, Irish, Hawaiian, Filipino and German descent. Her maternal grandmother is of Hawaiian and Filipino descent, and her maternal grandfather is of English and German ancestry.
1995: As an adolescent, she added the “y” in her first name.
Served on on the Feature Jury at the 2010 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.
Gave birth to her second son, Mortimer, in December 2011.
She played drums for the first album of the band Warpaint and directed the video “Undertow”.
Sister of Jenny Lee Lindberg who plays bass guitar in the band Warpaint.
She gave birth to her first child, a son with children’s book author and her ex-boyfriend Dallas Clayton named Audio Science Clayton, born on May 29, 2003.
2002: Ranked #55 in Stuff magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women In The World”.