THE POKER EXPERT AND THEN A HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS REVEALS THE SECRET TO HER TALENT

Hollywood beauty, Shannon Elizabeth is today considered one of the hottest sex symbol appearing in many magazines, cover pages and posters. Born on the 7th of September in 1973, Shannon Elizabeth is 36 years old and part of the Hollywood film industry since she was 23 years old. American Pie is her breakthrough Hollywood movie that also gave her the tag of a sex symbol with her nude and naked scenes.

IF NOT AN ACTRESS, SHANNON ELIZABETH WOULD HAVE BEEN A TENNIS PLAYER
Shannon Elizabeth Fadal was born in Houston in Texas, The United States of America. From her parents, Shannon Elizabeth had acquired a whole lot of descents like Cherokee, English, Irish and German from her mother whereas the Syrian descent from her father. After she was born in Houston, Shannon Elizabeth but she grew up to be an adult and completed her schooling from Waco in Texas. Shannon Elizabeth loved to play tennis when she was in her high school and was part of the school team as well. Shannon Elizabeth had already thought of becoming a professional tennis player after she would graduate but then plans changed and she suddenly wanted to become an actress in the Hollywood film industry.

SHANNON ELIZABETH GOES NUDE FOR AMERICAN PIE
Shannon Elizabeth had started her career by being a model first as she very well knew that a direct entry into the Hollywood film industry was next to impossible. After having a good recognition as a model, Shannon Elizabeth tried her luck at the Hollywood film industry. In the beginning, she got all thriller and horror movies like Dish Dogs and the Jack Forest. In the year 1999, when Shannon Elizabeth had tried hard for three years at the Hollywood film industry, she got her movie. Shannon Elizabeth American Pie was that one magic wand for her that got her to critical success and on the top. Shannon Elizabeth American Pie was a critical success at the box office, earning in millions of USD only from the home country that is the United States of America. Shannon Elizabeth American Pie gained a hell lot of popularity amongst the critics who praised Shannon Elizabeth for her excellent performance. The movie was a big it partly because Shannon Elizabeth had a naked scene in the bedroom for the movie, that too for the first time in her life. She never thought she would do it ever but when the time was such, she accepted the offer. Shannon Elizabeth is now called the Hollywood’s hottest Sex Symbol. Shannon Elizabeth exactly after American Pie appeared nude for the magazine Playboy in the same year. After Shannon Elizabeth American Pie, she got many offers from the Hollywood film industry for amazing movies after everybody saw her work in the American Pie. Shannon Elizabeth movies later included hits like Scary Movie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Tomcats, etc. Shannon Elizabeth has been part of the television shows Thank God You’re Here, Cuts, One on One, That 70’s Show and Dancing with the Stars. She has provided the subtle voice for the James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing video game, for the character of Serena St. Germaine. In the year 2000 and 2003, Shannon Elizabeth appeared in the magazine Maxim and in the year 2008, Shannon Elizabeth was on the cover page of the Maxim Magazine.

SHANNON ELIZABETH POKER PLAYER
Apart from Hollywood, Shannon Elizabeth has been a very active player of the game Poker, participating in almost all the famous tournaments and even winning them over to professionals. In a way, Shannon Elizabeth is a professional Poker Player as she goes to Las Vegas religiously whenever there is a Poker Tournament going on there. In fact, she is there in Las Vegas thrice in a month just to play Poker. In the Main Event of the 2005 World Series of Poker, Shannon Elizabeth had participated and was competing against the top players from the United States of America. There, Shannon Elizabeth won a special tournament with which she later opened up on an all-new Poker Room at the Caesars Palace in the month of January in 2006. Shannon Elizabeth won an amount of 55000 USD, beating almost 83 more celebrity participants there. It has been four times that Shannon Elizabeth won from amongst the many to get into the Main Even of the 2006 and the 2007 World Series of Poker but in the Main Event, she busted pretty early both the times.

SHANNON ELIZABETH HEARTBROKEN
Joseph D. Reitman and Shannon Elizabeth were married since three years, after dating for almost 7 years. The 10 years old relationship broke up in the year 2005 in March when they split up and by the month of June, the two had filed for a divorce. The reasons are still unknown. Shannon Elizabeth was presently dating her partner from the television reality show, Dance with the Stars, named Derek Hough but the two never admitted. This was found out by the paparazzi. There were also rumors that Derek Hough even proposed Shannon Elizabeth for marriage but in the media, he denies his proposal. According to sources, the couple split up in the year 2009 after some irreconcilable differences.

SHANNON ELIZABETH EXPRESSES LOVE FOR ANIMALS
Like every other Hollywood actor or actress, Shannon Elizabeth has also founded her own Animal Rescue foundation by the name Animal Avengers along with her previous hubby, Joseph D. Reitman. The aim of the organization is to firstly find a suitable home for homeless animals and putting them into their proper place, reduce the amount of cruelty being done to them these days, making sure of responsible guardianship for the animals and also reducing the over population of pets. Shannon Elizabeth has always made sure that she works hard for this and contributes a big part of her income to the foundation. Shannon Elizabeth was a little different in showing kindness as most of them do it for the poor people around them, Shannon Elizabeth is doing it for the poor animals.