Shanna Igoe is a delightful combination of pretty girl meets funny meets sexy.  If Jennifer Aniston, Lori Laughlin and Susan Dey were to have a baby, she might come out something like Igoe.  Her background in movement (she began ballet training at age two) has offered her a lithesome quality with graceful timing.  She was raised by hippies in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains of California and that, coupled with her fantastic travels, contributed to her great sense of humor and a sharp, sardonic wit. 

At age 14, Igoe took on her first dramatic role as Chava, the youngest sister in, “Fiddler on the Roof.”  Surprising herself with her voice, she decided to audition for the local community theatre and was pleased to be cast in such quality pieces as “Amadeus,” “Mousetrap” and Jules Pfeiffer’s, “Hold Me,” while still in high school.  She left her small town of Clovis, Ca. at 18 and attended college in Los Angeles where she poured over classic literature and theatre.  Near the end of her college career, she attended university in South Wales and honed her theatrical skills as Helen in “Women of Troy,” the title role in “Cinderella,” and Margaret More in “A Man for All Seasons.” 

Since moving back to Los Angeles, Igoe has enjoyed playing obscure characters in television commercials with a notable blasé performance as the Saturn girlfriend exclaiming, “What’s up with that guy?”  She has studied with two of the most prolific acting coaches in town, Stephen Book, who encouraged her to write her own show and Robyn Lee, who later cast and directed Igoe in her standout performance in Eve Ensler’s, “Floating Rhoda and the Glue Man.” 

Igoe became inspired to write her own show and spent several years studying, work-shopping, rewriting and performing the pieces that shaped her ideas into, “Queen for a Day,” which premiered at The Space in West Hollywood.  After favorable reviews, she continued to nurture her writing skills alongside her acting chops and became involved with the ACME Comedy Theatre where she wrote and performed her own sketch comedy pieces.  She has also created additional sketch shows with her writing partner, Alan Heitz, including “Pop Life” and “Relationshit.” 

While theatre has always been her first love, Igoe has enjoyed her work in independent film and television.  Among her favorites “Gunplay” where she played Candy Barr, a self-absorbed fiancé from hell and “Caroline in the City” as the girl Annie thought Del should sleep with.  Directors have complimented Igoe on how easy she is to work with and say she has a human understanding beyond her years.