Shannon Elizabeth was born September 7, 1973 and is an American actress and fashion model, turned poker player. Her name came to prominence in the 1999 comedy film “American Pie”.
Elizabeth, who describes poker as her “second career” has been called “one of the leading celebrity poker players.” She comes to Las Vegas up to three times a month to participate in poker games alongside the top players in the country.
Elizabeth participated 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 a stunning $55,000.
She’s also cashed four times at the World Series of Poker in 2006 and 2007, but again busted out of the Main Event early. In 2007, she advanced to the semi-finals of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship in a field consisting of the top professionals before losing to the eventual champion Paul Wasicka.
Among the four opponents she defeated were three World Series of Poker multi-time bracelet winners: Jeff Madsen, Barry Greenstein and Humberto Brenes.
