SHANIA APRIL SHIELDS - AEA, - SAG-AFTRA Eligible

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Television

Billions

Day Player

dir. Nikita Dolese

Film

Machinal

Lead

dir. Tyler Thomas

Session Three

Lead

dir. Abigail Cibrian

NYU SNL Sight & Sound Live

Supporting

dir. Sara Bartel

Commercials

GF-9 Dietary Supplement

Principal/National

Ralph Suarez

Starbucks Windows of Your World

Principal/National

m ss ng p eces

Voice Over

The Foxes

VO

Audible

Theatre

Duck!

Rosemary

Manhattan Repertory Theatre

Maroons

Laurine

Hudson Guild Theater

A Chorus Line

Cassie

Frederick Loewe Theatre

Barnum

Charity

Circle in the Square Theatre

The Archive: New Works by Black Women

Laurine

The Flea Theater

SCUM

Lucy

Playwrights Horizons

Training

BFA in Drama

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Meisner Technique

Terry Knickerbocker Studio

Screen Acting

Stonestreet Studios

Practical Aesthetics

Atlantic Theater Company

Disciplinary

Playwrights Horizons

Theatre Development Fund 'Open Doors' Scholarship Recipient

Shania Shields is a mixed-race actress of Jamaican and Italian descent, based in New York City. She earned her BFA in Acting from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She brings authenticity and warmth to screen roles, often cast as witty best friends, ambitious young professionals, and grounded romantic leads. SAG-Eligible.

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'7"

Weight: 140 lbs

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