Shanna McCullough

McCullough grew up in San Francisco, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.wickedpictures.com/bio/p-z/Shanna_Mccullough.html|title=Adult Star Directory|access-date=March 30, 2009|publisher=Wicked Pictures|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322124508/http://www.wickedpictures.com/bio/p-z/Shanna_Mccullough.html|archive-date=March 22, 2009}} At school, she was involved with the theater group, and acted in drama and musicals. She went to college and received a degree in accounting. Then she worked as an electrician for two years, and also as a veterinary technician.

Shanna McCullough chose her stage name Shanna after the heroine from her favorite romance novel, and McCullough because of her Irish ancestry.{{cite AV media | people=Garfinkel, Nathan S. (director) | date=2003 | title=Fluffy Cumsalot, Porn Star | type=Motion picture | time=05:08}}

After starting to work in porn, she also performed as a dancer in nightclubs. During a break from the business, she also worked as a stripper and went back to school to study zoology, with the aim of working in the animal health care field. In 1999, wired.com reported that Shanna was operating a website called ShannaCam giving members 24-hour access to multiple webcams installed in her home.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1999/12/32797|title=Not Your Brother's Webcam|access-date=March 30, 2009|magazine=Wired magazine|date=December 1, 1999}} As of March 2009, the website appears to have ceased operating. In March 2008, she walked the Los Angeles Marathon.{{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/4761.html|title= Shanna McCullough and Wendy Nitz Complete LA Marathon|access-date= March 16, 2008|author= Mike Albo|date= March 14, 2008|magazine= AVN|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100315170200/http://business.avn.com/articles/4761.html|archive-date= March 15, 2010}} Dave Cummings has said Shanna was one of the actresses he most enjoyed working with.{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/13055.html|title=RETRACTION|access-date=March 30, 2009|magazine=AVN|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204002421/http://business.avn.com/articles/13055.html|archive-date=February 4, 2010}}

In a 2014 interview with The Rialto Report, McCullough said she picked her stage name as it sounded like her grandmother's last name. She also professed to have had a fairly "normal upbringing" and that she did well in school.{{cite web|url=http://www.therialtoreport.com/?powerpress_pinw=5437-podcast |title=The Rialto Report interview|website=therialtoreport.com|access-date=April 6, 2016}} In the interview, she clarified how her name "McCullough" is pronounced ("-lough" should be articulated "-low" rather "-off"). She is of English, French, German, Irish, and Swiss descent.{{cite web|url=http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=mcculogh/gender=f/shanna-mccullough.htm |title=Shanna McCullough|work=IAFD|accessdate=September 9, 2014}}

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• 1988 AVN Award – Best Actress—Video (Hands Off){{cite magazine|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/|title=Past Winners|access-date=September 22, 2007|magazine=AVN|archive-date=October 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014042657/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners|url-status=dead}}
• 1997 AVN Award – Best Supporting Actress—Film (Bobby Sox)
• 1999 AVN Award – Best Actress—Film (Looker)
• 2000 AVN Award – Best Supporting Actress—Video (Double Feature)
• AVN Hall of Fame
• XRCO Hall of Fame{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
• Lifetime Achievement Award – Free Speech Coalition, July 2000

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