Biography:

Shannon Meta Whirry is a American actress, born in Green Lake, Wisconsin, USA, on 7 November, 1964. Despite serious acting training at the American Academy for Dramatic Arts in the 1980s, Ms Whirry worked mostly in erotic B-movies in the early 1990s along with other "queens" of that era Tanya Roberts, Delia Sheppard, Maria Ford, and Shannon Tweed. Director Gregory Hippolyte, in particular, was adept at bringing out the best of Ms. Whirry. His productions of Animal Instincts I and II, Body of Influence, and Mirror Images II featured Shannon's outstanding assets in various stages of undress in repeated scenes. Other notable roles included Private Obsession and Playback, a Playboy production. As her roles in softcore movies declined in the late 1990s, she branched out into other genres such as action, sci-fi, horror. She had a recurring role as Velda on the television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and had guest starring roles in such hit TV shows as ER, Felicity, V.I.P., Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Malcolm in the Middle and Nash Bridges. She also played Vox Populi in the short-lived Roger Corman produced series Black Scorpion and a small role in the Jim Carrey film, Me, Myself and Irene. Coming from repeatedly divorced parents, Shannon, now over 40, eschews marriage and currently resides in the Phoenix area, performing on stage.