Shawnee Smith (born July 3, 1970) is an American actress. As well as the many films and television shows in which she has appeared, Smith once fronted the band Fydolla Ho, with which she toured the USA and the UK, and is the other half of country band Smith & Pyle with actress Missi Pyle.

Biography

Personal life

Shawnee Smith was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the second child of Patricia, an oncology nurse, and Jim Smith, a financial planner and Air Force pilot. (Interestingly, Shawnee would be cast at age 15 as one of Jason Gedrick's fellow Air Force brats in the original Iron Eagle.)
Shawnee's parents divorced when she was 2, her mother remarried when she was 8, and then the family relocated from the South to Van Nuys, California. She attended Ranchito Elementary School in Panorama City, California.The Unofficial Shawnee Smith Information Site - People Magazine