SHANNON HARDY

Shannon Hardy is a comedian, actress, writer from Massachusetts. She received her BA in Film & TV Production from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. She's studied acting at Anthony Gilardi's Acting Studio, the Brandon Thomas Acting Studio, and Anne DeSalvo at USC. Hardy won the Cineddiction Spotlight Film Award for Best Actress in 2022. In addition, Her pilot, THE GODMOTHER, is a Second Rounder in the 2022 Launch Pad Pilot Writing Competition and #11 on The Red List's top comedy pilots. As a 2022 Quarterfinalist, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices ranked THE GODMOTHER's dialogue and characters among the 92nd percentile, with judges calling it "one of a kind in its genre." In 2021, Hardy was a Yes and Laughter Lab finalist. Her short films have been featured at Clexacon, LA Women’s Independent Film Festival, AGLIFF, LA Cinefest, NFFTY, and Film Pipeline. Her film "Yes and No" is available for streaming on Tello and The Advocate's PRIDE.com. ​For two years, she was tv personality/host on Dirty Water TV (NESN). She then went on to host the mini-series, Conspiracy Central (Pollution TV) as well as USC's Women Creating Comedy alongside Ziwe Fumudoh, Rachel Sennott, Chelsea Devantez, London Hughes, and Jana Schmieding. More recently, Shannon acted in the Phoebe Robinson (2 Dope Queens) Holiday Mess sketch directed by Kristian Mercado Figueroa (Michael Che: Shame the Devil, Taylor Tomlinson: Look at You).

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Shannon's performed stand-up at the Hollywood Improv, the Comedy Store, the House of Blues, the Ice House, Laugh Boston, and all over New England and Los Angeles. Recently, she did a guest spot for Tim Meadows (Mean Girls, SNL, Life & Beth), and produces the comedy show, Tight 10's, at Bar Lubitsch in Los Angeles.

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Right now, she's developing and packaging a feature for herself with Temple Hill, and a short film with Kris Mercado.

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faith france (CAA) & Justin Sardis (HG5 / Just the Beginning Prod.)

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