Shannyn Sossamon
NeTi III-
Demographics
Gender Female
Birth Name Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon
Birthplace Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Birth Date October 3, 1978
Ethnicity Northwestern European, Polynesian, Southeast Asian
Father French, Irish
Mother Native Hawaiian, Filipino, English, German
Nationality American
Career Actress, director, musician, DJ
Color Season Dark Autumn
Notes and Motifs
Roles include the films A Knight’s Tale, 40 Days and 40 Nights, The Rules of Attraction, Undiscovered, One Missed Call, Life Is Hot in Cracktown, Our Family Wedding, The Day, Sinister 2, Ghost Light, and Grimcutty, and the shows Wayward Pines and Sleepy Hollow
NeTi III- Adaptive
Sossamon: "I really want to keep at it until I find out what I'm capable of."
Sossamon: "But I'm trying not to be cynical - I don't want to be one of those people who has a cool opportunity and blows it. It's really amazing what's happening to me."
Sossamon: "I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying."
Sossamon: "Less Than Zero and American Psycho were both really different, so I was just like, Okay, he's just really doesn't have anything pleasant to say, you know? But I get it. I get at least why it's difficult and what he's really doing."
Sossamon: "I'm a film doll. But I'm enjoying it. So I'm gonna keep doing it."
Sossamon: "I think the main thing I remembered throughout all of filming it was just that she just was extremely self-destructive. I think everybody can relate to that a little bit. She doesn't like herself."
Sossamon: "You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me."
Sossamon: "Most of the auditions I went on, I passed up the projects because I just wasn't interested. When I read A Knight's Tale, that was that. I knew I wanted to do this movie."
Sossamon: "Someone pays me a hundred bucks every Tuesday to DJ. I don't think I'll ever give that up."
Sossamon: "It's become like an urban myth. I don't know her. I don't know anybody she knows. I was standing there at the party by myself for an hour and then I left. Once I got those auditions, I worked really hard. Nobody did me any favors."
Sossamon: "I was always interested in doing it, but I was so content with my life that I didn't really go after it."