Shenae Grimes (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Shenae Sonya Grimes (born October 24, 1989) is a Canadian actress. She currently portrays the role of Annie Wilson on 90210, a spinoff of Beverly Hills, 90210. Prior to that she played Darcy Edwards on Degrassi: The Next Generation. She was also a recurring guest star on the series Naturally, Sadie, and had a role in the horror film Scream 4.

Early life

Grimes was born in Toronto, Ontario. She has 3 siblings Aiden, Liam and Maya. She attended Forest Hill Public School for elementary school. She interned at Toronto's Fashion Television as part of her high school education. Grimes attended City Academy for her last two years of high school.

Career

Beginning with a minor role in 2004, Grimes became a lead character on Degrassi: The Next Generation in 2006, playing the role of Darcy Edwards. In 2008, Grimes left the series and Canada after being cast as Annie Wilson in 90210, the CW's spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210.

She also appeared in Picture This with her former Degrassi: The Next Generation co-star Lauren Collins and Ashley Tisdale and then in True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet alongside singer JoJo.

In 2009, Grimes was named one of the world's most beautiful people, without makeup, by People magazine. She also appeared in a music video for rock band Our Lady Peace's single "All You Did Was Save My Life".

Grimes appears in the 2010 silent short film Unzipped. She wrote and directed a 2010 music video for her song "Myself and I", which features an appearance by her 90210 co-star Ryan Eggold. She also participated in YouTuber Freddie Wong's video "Gun Size Matters". She made a cameo in the horror film Scream 4, released in April 2011.

In 2011, she traveled to Japan with her 90210 costars AnnaLynne McCord and Jessica Stroup to attend the Asia Girls Explosion (AGE) in Tokyo, after filming 90210's third season finale. Grimes was caught up in Japan due to the events of the tsunami and earthquakes. According to the actress, she was at Buddha's temple at the time when the earthquakes first occurred. Consequently, she started a campaign called "Spread The Heart" with the aim of supporting Japan by victim relief after the events of the tsunami and earthquakes. Many celebrities joined the campaign which later became a big movement.

In May 2011, during her 90210 hiatus, she took a six-week internship at Teen Vogue in New York City. She stated that working as an editor for a fashion magazine has always been her dream.

In the fall of 2011, she directed a music video for Megan & Liz's original song "Are You Happy Now?" to raise awareness about anti-bullying, in partnership with DoSomething.org. The video debuted on Teen.com on October 17, 2011 and uploaded to Megan & Liz's YouTube channel the following day. Since then, it has received over 4 million views and over 60,000 likes.

Personal life

Grimes is an atheist. She has cited Natalie Portman as her inspiration and also admires Johnny Depp.

Grimes began dating British model and musician Josh Beech in the spring of 2012. In December 2012, after nine months of dating, Grimes announced that she and Beech are engaged. She is half Irish on her father's side, and half Italian on her mother's side.

Filmography

Films

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005	Shania: A Life in Eight Albums	Eilleen Twain 13-16 Years	Supporting role
2008	Picture This	Cayenne	Supporting role
2008	True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet	Marissa Dahl	Supporting role
2009	The Cross Road	Bridget
2009	Dead Like Me: Life After Death	Jennifer Hardick
2010	Unzipped	Lead	Short film
2010	Gun Size Matters	Herself	Short film
2011	Scream 4	Trudie	Cameo
2012	Sugar	Sugar	Lead role
2013	Empire State	Eleni	Supporting role

Television

Television
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004-2008	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Darcy Edwards	Won Gemini Award-For Episode "Eyes Without a Face" 2004-2006, Seasons 4-5 (Recurring) 2006-2008, Seasons 6-7 (Series regular) 2008, Season 8 (Guest star)
2005	Kevin Hill	Katie Lassman	Episode "Sacrificial Lambs"
2005	The Power Strikers	Alexa Watson
2005-2007	Naturally, Sadie	Arden Alcott	Recurring
2006	72 Hours: True Crime	Teenage Girl	Episode "Lust'
2009	Overruled!	Abbie	Guest star - 1 episode
2008-present	90210	Annie Wilson	Lead role
2012	Punk'd	Herself	Tyler the Creator (#9.4)
2012	America's Next Top Model	Herself	1 episode

Music videos

Music videos
Year	Band	Title	Notes
2009	Our Lady Peace	"All You Did Was Save My Life"	Shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

As a director
Year	Singer	Title	Notes
2010	Shenae Grimes	"Myself and I"	Grimes' directorial, singing and song-writing debut
2011	Megan & Liz	"Are You Happy Now?"

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Notes
2006	Young Artist Award	Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series	Degrassi: The Next Generation	(Shared with: Dalmar Abuzeid, John Bregar, Deanna Casaluce, Daniel Clark, Lauren Collins, Ryan Cooley, Marc Donato, Jake Epstein, Stacey Farber, Aubrey Graham, Jake Goldsbie, Jamie Johnston, Shane Kippel, Andrea Lewis, Mike Lobel, Miriam McDonald, Melissa McIntyre, Daniel Morrison, Adamo Ruggiero, Cassie Steele and Sarah Barrable-Tishauer)
2007	Gemini Awards	Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series	Degrassi: The Next Generation
2008	Monaco International Film Festival	Best Ensemble Cast	The Cross Road	(Shared with: Tommy Lioutas, Garen Boyajian, Bruce Gooch and Sean O'Neill)
2010	Teen Choice Awards	TV - Choice Scene Stealer, Female	90210

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