Born On: 7 September 1973 Born At Houston, Texas, USA Height: 5' 9" Education Waco High School, Waco, Texas Profession  Actress, model Claim to Fame Nadia in "American Pie"   Shannon Elizabeth (born Shannon Elizabeth Fadal on September 7, 1973) is an American actress and former fashion model.

Elizabeth was born in Houston, Texas as the only child of Gerald Edward Fadal and Patricia Dianne Abbott; her father is of Syrian and Lebanese descent and her mother has French, English and Cherokee ancestry. She was raised in Waco, Texas. In high school, she was very much interested in tennis and at one point even considered a professional tennis career. She worked as a model before she began a career in film.

Elizabeth appeared in several low-budget films, including the notorious Jack Frost, before being cast in 1999's American Pie, which was a major box office success. Elizabeth subsequently appeared in several major Hollywood films, including Scary Movie (2000) and Tomcats. Elizabeth now stars in the UPN series Cuts.

In August 1999, she appeared nude in Playboy magazine. In 2003, she was featured in Maxim magazine.

She is currently said to be dating Michael Hyde, a fireman in the Air Force. There are also rumors that she has been involved with poker player Joe Sebok, Son of poker legend Barry Greenstein.

Elizabeth, who describes poker as her "second career", is considered by the media to be "one of the leading celebrity poker players". She visits Las Vegas up to three times each month in order to participate in poker games with the top players of the United States. Elizabeth was involved in the main event of the 2005 World Series of Poker and won a special tournament celebrating the opening of a new poker room at Caesars Palace hotel in January 2006, beating out 83 celebrities and poker professionals to win $55,000.

Animal Avengers, a non-profit animal rescue organization founded by Elizabeth, is dedicated to rescuing and finding a home for homeless pets, reducing pet overpopulation, promoting responsible pet guardianship and preventing animal cruelty. Among the many fund raising events, Team Bodog raised over $50,000 for Animal Avengers in a celebrity poker night on October 8, 2005. The event was hosted by noted tournament director Matt Savage. Over the past year Shannon Elizabeth has participated in numerous other Bodog-sponsored charity events as well.