Shannon Beveridge
{{short description|American YouTuber}}
{{Primary sources|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = Shannon Beveridge
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| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, United States
| channel_handle = nowthisisliving
| years_active = 2009–present
| genre = {{hlist|comedy|vlog}}
| subscribers = 675 thousand
| views = 100 million
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Cammie Scott
- Amy Ordman
- Meghan Currie
- Jess Panneton
- Jack Dodge
- Miles McKenna
- Rebecca Black
- Cari Fletcher
- Zolita
- Becky Missal (influencer)
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Shannon Beveridge is an American YouTuber, Podcast Host, Photographer, Director, and LGBTQ+ advocate. In 2017, she won the best LGBTQ+ YouTube Channel at the 9th Shorty Awards and the LGBT+ Celebrity Rising Star Award at the 2017 British LGBT Awards.{{Cite web |url=https://britishlgbtawards.com/backstage-with-shannon-beveridge-at-the-2017-british-lgbt-awards/ |title=The British LGBT Awards {{!}} Backstage with Shannon Beveridge at the 2017 British LGBT Awards|website=britishlgbtawards.com|date=May 18, 2017 |language=en-GB|access-date=June 9, 2017}}
Early life
Career
Beveridge first rose to prominence on her YouTube channel nowthisisliving. Many of the videos posed on her YouTube channel are about LGBTQ+ topics. Her former girlfriend Cammie Scott was often featured in her videos. On July 1, 2016, they posted a video channel explaining their breakup, which has received over 3.4 million views.{{Citation |last1=Beveridge |first1=Shannon |title=why we broke up |date=2016-07-01 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uxw2X0hNGg |type=Video, nowthisisliving |publisher=YouTube |language=en |last2=Scott |first2=Cammie (Camden)}}
Beveridge went on the "Love Is Love" tour with Miles McKenna and Rebecca Black in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Love Is Love |url=https://fullscreenlive.com/love-is-love |access-date=October 11, 2017 |website=Fullscreen Live |language=en-US |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012095011/https://fullscreenlive.com/love-is-love |url-status=dead }} In 2017, Beveridge starred in the music video for her former girlfriend Fletcher's single "Wasted Youth."{{Citation |last= |first= |title=FLETCHER - Wasted Youth |date=2017-03-07 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCX2axvbE4o |language=en}} Fletcher's 2020 EP The S(ex) Tapes tells the aftermath of their breakup.{{Cite web |last=Cerón |first=Ella |title=Fletcher Talks New Album, Breakup, and White Privilege |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/fletcher-new-album-sex-tape |access-date=2020-09-11 |website=Teen Vogue |date=September 10, 2020 |language=en-us}} She filmed and directed music videos for Fletcher's EP The S(ex) Tapes, including "Sex (With My Ex), which she also starred in.{{Citation |last= |first= |title=FLETCHER - Sex (With My Ex) |date=2020-09-18 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfavwT3gKn8 |language=en}} In July 2022, Fletcher released the single "Becky's So Hot" about Beveridge's new girlfriend, Becky Missal.{{Cite web |last=Degrazia |first=Leah |date=2022-07-21 |title=FLETCHER Is Not Your Typical Jealous Ex On New Song "Becky's So Hot" |url=https://genius.com/a/fletcher-is-not-your-typical-jealous-ex-on-new-song-beckys-so-hot |website=Genius |language=en}}
Beveridge worked with her close friend, singer-songwriter Zolita, for a music video trilogy in 2021 and 2022. She played Zolita's high school cheerleading coach in "Somebody I Fucked Once,"{{Citation |title=Zolita - Somebody I F*cked Once (Official Music Video) |date=2021-09-22 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy32_Z3kVms |type=Music video |language=en}} and was the creative director for "Single in September"{{Citation |title=Zolita - Single in September (Official Music Video) |date=2022-02-16 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW-KwWFA-bg |language=en}} and "I Fucking Love You."{{Citation |title=Zolita - I F*cking Love You (Official Music Video) |date=2022-04-27 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptHY0sKWyLw |language=en}}
In 2024, Beveridge launched the podcast "exes and o's" about queer relationships and sex.{{Cite web |title=exes and o's podcast |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=PLnvbRVXqb91vEFvPdnQzmw5xIaKbAWjko |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=YouTube |language=en}} The podcast has included a range of LGBT guests, including Nikki Hitlz, PeachPRC, Tegan and Sara, as well as her ex-girlfriend Fletcher.
Personal life
Shannon Beveridge was born in Dallas, Texas and lived in Norman, Oklahoma while attending the University of Oklahoma before moving to her current home in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |date=2017-08-09 |title=Shannon Beveridge on How to Become Internet Famous |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2017/08/shannon-beveridge-interview-youtube/ |access-date=2019-03-01 |website=D Magazine |language=en}} She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in Finance and was in the Delta Delta Delta sorority.{{Citation |last=Beveridge |first=Shannon |title=BEING GAY IN A SORORITY |date=2017-05-07 |type=Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LDVtJiSAk |publisher=YouTube |language=en}}
She dated fellow YouTuber Cammie Scott from November 2012 to May 2016. From 2016 to 2020, she dated singer-songwriter Cari Fletcher. From 2021 to 2023, she dated LA-influencer Becky Missal.
In July 2024, Shannon posted on instagram that she is dating LA-influencer Becca Moore. The two announced a breakup on an episode of the For The Girls podcast released in December 2024.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsesrAG35fE |title=We're Breaking Up - For the Girls with Becca Moore (ft. Shannon Beveridge) |date=2024-12-18 |last=Becca Moore |access-date=2024-12-19 |via=YouTube}}
Awards
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| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016
| Outstanding Contribution to LGBT+ Life | |||
| 2017
| LGBT Celebrity Rising Star Award | |||
| 2017
| LGBTQ+ YouTube Channel Award |
Videography
*List does not include personal and/or collaborative YouTube videos.
= Directing and filming =
== Music videos ==
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!Year !Video !Artist !Credit !Ref. |
| 2019
|"Stripped Bare" |Director |
|---|
| rowspan="9" |2020
|"Bitter" |Director, producer, and editor |
| "Forever (Stripped)"
| rowspan="7" |Fletcher |Director and producer |
| "If I Hated You"
| rowspan="6" |Director and cinematographer |
| "The One" |
| "Feel (A Cappella)" |
| "Shh...Don't Say It" |
| "Silence" |
| "Sex (With My Ex)" |
| "vicious"
|Tate McRae, ft. Lil Mosey |Director |
| 2021
|"Pool House" |Kevin Burke |Director |
| rowspan="3" |2022
|"Single in September" | rowspan="3" |Zolita | rowspan="3" |Creative director |
| "I F*cking Love You" |
| "Ruin My Life" |
| rowspan="1" |2023
|"Crazy Ex" | rowspan="1" |Zolita | rowspan="1" |Creative director |
| rowspan="1" |2024
|"Bloodstream" | rowspan="1" |Zolita | rowspan="1" |Creative director |
= Acting =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!Year !Video !Role !Notes !Ref. |
| 2016
|"Piece of Cake" |Jessie |Short film: Ella Lentini (director) |
|---|
| 2017
|"Wasted Youth" |Self |Music video: Fletcher |
| 2020
|"If I Hated You" |Self |Music video: Fletcher |
| 2020
|"Sex (With My Ex)" |Self |Music video: Fletcher |
| 2021
|"Somebody I F*cked Once" |Unnamed coach |Music video: Zolita |
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8123331/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Shannon Beveridge] at IMDb
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Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:American LGBTQ rights activists
Category:American lesbian actresses
Category:YouTubers from Los Angeles
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:LGBTQ people from Texas
Category:21st-century American LGBTQ people