Shannon Berry
{{Short description|Australian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shannon Berry
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Port Hedland, Western Australia
| education = Mount Lawley Senior High School
| occupation = Actress
| known_for = The Wilds
| television =
| yearsactive = 2016–present
}}
Shannon Berry is an Australian television actress. She played Dot Campbell on two series of Prime Video series The Wilds.
Early life
Berry was brought up in Perth, Western Australia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.themudmag.com/post/shannon-berry-shines-on-amazon-s-the-wilds|website=themudmag|accessdate=17 May 2023|title= Shannon Berry Shines on Amazon's The Wilds|date=5 January 2022}} She was born in Port Hedland, and spent her early childhood in the Pilbara before moving to Dianella at eight years-old.{{Cite web|title=Playing a teen mum 'life changing' for Perth starlet|first=Jacqui|last=Bahr|website=The West Australian|date=4 July 2017|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/tv/playing-a-teen-mum-life-changing-for-perth-starlet-ng-b88513878z|accessdate=17 May 2023}} She first started acting while in primary school at John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School and attended Mount Lawley Senior High School until 2016. Shortly afterwards she moved from Perth to pursue acting jobs in Melbourne.{{Cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-gossip/perth-teen-quits-school-to-join-offspring-ng-ya-111926|accessdate=17 May 2013|title=Perth teen quits school to join Offspring|first=Sue|last=Yeap|website=The West Australian|date=7 July 2016}}
Career
Berry appeared in Australian comedy-drama Offspring, for Network Ten, aged sixteen years-old.{{Cite web|website=News.com.au|first=Colin|last=Vickery|date=12 July 2016|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/shannon-berry-joins-cast-of-offspring-as-rebellious-teen-brody-jordan/news-story/6cf193d7dbc995397734bdeeb1328871|title= Shannon Berry joins cast of Offspring as rebellious teen Brody Jordan|accessdate=17 May 2023}} She also appeared in Geoffrey Wright’s reboot of Romper Stomper into a television series for Stan. Berry featured as Emme in Gale Anne Hurd led Syfy series Hunters.{{Cite web|website=Screen Rant|accessdate=17 May 2023|first=Brynne|last=Ramella|date=15 December 2020|title= The Wilds Season 1 Cast Guide: Where You Recognize The Actors From|url=https://screenrant.com/wilds-amazon-prime-show-cast-character-guide/}} In 2018,
Berry appeared in her first feature film, opposite Jacqueline McKenzie, called The Gateway.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/gateway-film-review-1093558|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=17 May 2023|title= The Gateway': Film Review|first=Harry|last=Windsor|date=12 March 2018}}
Berry played tough Texan teenager Dot Campbell in Amazon Video desert island survivalist drama series The Wilds, which ran for two seasons between 2020 and 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/01/28/fans-believe-the-last-of-us-has-found-its-abby-actress-for-season-2|website=Forbes|first=Paul|last=Tassi|date=28 January 2023|accessdate=17 May 2023|title= Fans Believe 'The Last Of Us' Has Found Its Abby Actress For Season 2}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/03/the-last-of-us-season-two-shannon-berry-abby/ |accessdate=17 May 2023|website=Pink News|title= The Last of Us fans are convinced The Wilds' Shannon Berry is playing Abby in season 2|date=3 March 2023|first=Charlie|last= Duncan}} She was cast alongside Emilia Jones in the Susanna Fogel directed film Winner.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/winner-shannon-berry-susanna-fogel-biopic-reality-winner-1235366736/|website=Deadline Hollywood|title= 'Winner': Shannon Berry Joins Susanna Fogel's Biopic About Reality Winner|first= Jesse|last=Whittock|date=16 May 2023}} Berry has a small role which was written specifically for her in Michael Nikou’s Melbourne-filmed independent movie Slant.{{Cite web|url=https://glittermagazine.co/2021/02/24/interview-shannon-berry/|website=Glitter Magazine|accessdate=17 May 2023|title= INTERVIEW: Shannon Berry on the Amazon Original Series 'The Wilds,' Strong Female Characters, Fan Theories, Social Isolation, and Self-Love|first=Nikki|last=Fowler|date=24 February 2021}}
In 2024, she appeared in the Australian mystery thriller television series High Country.{{cite web|url=https://if.com.au/high-country-trailer/|accessdate=20 March 2024|title= High Country' (Trailer)|website=IF.com|date=12 February 2024}}
Berry is set to star in the Netflix miniseries adaptation of Jane Harper's novel, The Survivors.
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} |Denotes works that have not yet been released |
= Television appearances =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2016
| Hunters |Emme |10 episodes |
| 2017
|Brody Jordan |22 episodes |
| 2018
|Moo |2 episodes |
| 2018
| Monday Night Menace |Abbey |4 episodes |
| 2020-2022
|Dot |18 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2024
|Sophie |4 episodes |
| Fake
|Montana |2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2025
|Autumn Franco |Episode: "Pilot" |
| The Survivors
|Bronte |TV series |
= Film appearances =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes !Ref |
| 2024
|Skin to Skin |Maebel |Short | |
| 2024
|Kaylee Thompson |Feature film |
| 2022
|Samantha | | |
| 2018
|The Gateway |Samantha |Feature film | |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|7318700}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berry, Shannon}} Category:Australian film actresses
Category:Australian television actresses
Category:Actresses from Perth, Western Australia
Category:People from Port Hedland, Western Australia