Shannon Woodward is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Sabrina Collins on the FOX sitcom Raising Hope (2010-2014), Elsie Hughes on the HBO science-fiction thriller series Westworld (2016-2018), and the voice and motion capture of Dina in the video game The Last of Us Part II, for which she received a BAFTA Award for Performer in a Supporting Role nomination at the 17th British Academy Games Awards.
As a child, she moved with her family to Florida, where she attended Olympic Heights Community High School. There, she began acting and later caught the attention of a casting director for Nickelodeon's Clarissa Explains It All (1991).
Learned to play violin as a child.
While living in Florida with her family, Shannon starred in several local community plays.
I worked for a charity for a while, but... well, I started acting while I was in high school. I kind of just got lucky enough to live at my parents' house until I was actually making enough money to be somebody's roommate.
When you have parents who are a little out of their minds, somebody has to take responsibility.
Being a family in general is a comedy of errors.
People just usually think I'm someone else. They'll look at me twice, and I'll just say, 'Not Ellen Page.'