- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Shannon Frank was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the niece of Emmy Award-winning actor Gary Frank and producer Carroll Newman, and cousin of actress Jessica Frank. Shannon was a finalist in the 1989 and 1991 Miss San Jose Pageants and won the title of Miss Congeniality. She has modeled for numerous campaigns such as Blockbuster Video, City of San Jose, Burbank Suzuki, RGB Studios and many others. Her two sons, Jamie and Jacob, have modeled for national campaigns such as Mervyn's, Macy's, New York Times Square, City of San Jose, and Happy Hollow Park and Zoo.
Shannon and her sons were the cover models in the "2008 Best of the Best" Promotional Ad for the upscale "iMotion Studios" in Los Gatos, California. In addition, Kaiser Permanente has featured Shannon and her sons in their April 2008 Inside Connection, in an article depicting life with autism. Since 2007, Shannon Frank has contributed creative talent for many of Kaiser Permanente's internal instructional videos at the Santa Clara, California hospital and medical center.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous - Shannon Frank studied theater at San Jose State University from 1987-1990. In 1996, she furthered her theatrical training at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in Los Angeles, at the advisement of her uncle, Emmy Award-winning actor, Gary Frank, who also graduated from the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in 1969. At that time, Shannon claimed that the books that Uncle Gary gave her, "An Actor Prepares" and "Building a Character" by Konstantin Stanislavski, were her first deep dive lessons into understanding the true science to being an authentic actor. Shannon Frank also studied with George Randall at the Celebrity International Center in Hollywood while she pursued work as an actress in Los Angeles, California.
After raising her two sons with ASD alone as a single mother for nearly a decade, Frank pursued her academic studies when she met her current husband, Dr. Robert Richter. In 2014, Shannon obtained her degree in Liberal Arts in Cupertino, California with high honors (Magna Cum Laude) and became a lifetime member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. In 2016, Shannon Frank-Richter graduated Summa Cum Laude from Palo Alto University with a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Psychology and Social Action. In November 2018, Frank-Richter earned her Master's degree in Counseling (emphasis in Child/Adult/Marriage & Family emphasis), and graduated with a 4.0 GPA from Palo Alto University's Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. Frank-Richter credits her love for character development in acting as a correlation to her ultimate passion in counseling, which allows her to help others learn, embrace and heal the human psyche that survives significant experiential crises and trauma. Frank-Richter's next projects include pursuing her doctorate degree, and applying her clinical and academic experience to researching how empathy acts as a critical cornerstone within all human engagements - personal and professional.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpouseDr. Robert Scott Richter(September 12, 2014 - present)
- RelativesGary Frank(Aunt or Uncle)Carroll Newman(Aunt or Uncle)Jessica Frank(Cousin)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Stepdaughter is Audrey Richter Locke.
- Sons are Jamie Frank and Jacob Frank. Uncle is Gary Frank. Aunt is Carroll Newman.
- Cousin of Jessica Frank.
- Stepsons are Cody Sinclair and Quinton Richter.
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