Shannon Elizabeth Kane (born September 14, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Traci Madsen on the Nick at Nite family drama series Hollywood Heights (2012), Natalia Fowler on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children (2008–2011) and Sabine Laurent / Céleste Dubois on The CW fantasy supernatural drama series The Originals (2013–14)[2]

Shannon Kane
Kane at the 66th Venice International Film Festival in September 2009
Born
Shannon Elizabeth Kane

(1986-09-14) September 14, 1986 (age 38)[1]
EducationWestern Michigan University
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Children1

Early life

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Shannon Elizabeth Kane was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She attended Portage Central High School in Portage, Michigan and Western Michigan University.[3][4]

Career

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Shannon Kane in 2009

Her first on-screen appearance was a guest role as Leslie Anderson in an episode of the police procedural drama series CSI: Miami.[5] Kane had small guest roles on the television shows Entourage (2007) and The Young and the Restless (2007). In 2008, she joined the cast of ABC's daytime soap opera All My Children as Natalia Fowler.[5] Kane appeared in two 2009 films; Brooklyn's Finest and Blood and Bone. She also had roles in films Madea's Big Happy Family (2011), S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011) and The Collection (2012).

In 2012, she played a successful graphic designer called Traci Madsen in the family drama series Hollywood Heights, which aired on Nick at Nite and TeenNick from June 18 to October 5, 2012. She landed a recurring role as Sabine Laurent, a witch who is possessed by Celeste DuBois, in the first season of The CW's supernatural drama series The Originals.[6][7] Kane had a recurring role opposite Boris Kodjoe in three episodes on the final season of CBS’ medical drama series Code Black.[8] In October 2018, Deadline reported that Kane had joined the cast of BET's musical drama series American Soul, portraying attorney Ilsa Dejarnette.[8] She appeared in four episodes on the first season of American Soul.

She portrayed Sam in anthology thriller series Terror Lake Drive in 2020.[9] Terror Lake Drive is a six-part series that follows a single mother who moves to Atlanta in an attempt to avoid her troubled past.[9]

Personal life

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Kane has a son named Zion.[10][11]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2007 Katt Williams: American Hustle Herself Documentary
2008 Diary of a Tired Black Man Hot Bad Girl At Bar
2009 Brooklyn's Finest Chantel
Blood and Bone Chanel
2011 S.W.A.T.: Firefight Lori Barton Video
Madea's Big Happy Family Kimberly
2012 The Collection Paz
2014 Seasons of Love Imani TV movie
OneA.M. Woman Short
2015 Tap Shoes & Violins Madison Short
 
Kane and her co-stars at a photocall for Brooklyn's Finest (2009) in Paris, France.

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 CSI: Miami Leslie Anderson Episode: "Darkroom"
2007 The Young and the Restless Monica Episode: "Episode #1.8579"
Entourage Waitress Episode: "The Day Fuckers"
2008–11 All My Children Natalia Fowler Regular Cast
2012 Hollywood Heights Traci Madsen Main cast
2013–14 The Originals Sabine Laurent Recurring cast: Season 1
2018 Code Black Felicia Humpheries Recurring cast: season 3
2019 American Soul Ilsa Dejarnette Recurring cast: season 1
2020 Terror Lake Drive Sam Main cast: season 1
2022-2024 Reasonable Doubt Shanelle Main cast: seasons 1 and 2
2021-2023 The Game Shannon Kane Recurring Cast: Season 2

References

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  1. ^ "The Pine Valley Bulletin: Happy Birthday Shannon Kane". September 14, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  2. ^ Richenthal, Matt (2013-08-02). "Janina Gavankar Cast on The Vampire Diaries Season 5". TV Fanatic. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  3. ^ No Boundaries Roundup 2003 (Portage Central High School yearbook)
  4. ^ Shannon Kane talks about Kalamazoo, her mother and goal of working with Quentin Tarantino (video) | MLive.com
  5. ^ a b "Shannon Kane | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  6. ^ by. "The Originals Casting: Shannon Kane Cast as Sexy Witch Leader – The Originals Online". Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  7. ^ "'All My Children's' Shannon Kane lands recurring role on 'The Originals'". TV Source Magazine. 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  8. ^ a b Petski, Denise (2018-10-12). "'American Soul': Shannon Kane & Perri Camper To Recur In BET Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  9. ^ a b White, Peter (2020-10-07). "AMC Networks-Backed UMC To Launch Thriller 'Terror Lake Drive' At Thanksgiving". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  10. ^ "Shannon Kane on Instagram: "I'm so grateful to be back with my son but heartbroken that I had to leave my other one AKA "Stanky Jr." back in GA. Missing my big homie…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  11. ^ "Shannon Kane on Instagram: "I have the whole wide world in my hands. #Zion 👑"". Instagram. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
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