Shawnee Pearl Badger is an actor (SAG-AFTRA), writer, internationally published model, and artist living in Los Angeles, CA. Theatre credits: Laura in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (The Main Theatre/Dir: Luck Hari); Catherine in Proof by David Auburn (The Main Theatre/Dir: James Castle Stevens); Corie in Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon (The Main Theatre/Dir: Patrick T. Rogers); Louise in The Underpants by Steve Martin (The Main Theatre/Dir: Marlowe Weisman); Death in Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (CalArts/Dir: Damian D. Lewis); Eurydice in Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl (The Main Theatre/Dir: Luck Hari); Polly in The Gingerbread Lady by Neil Simon (The Main Theatre/Dir: Brad Sergi). Workshops: The Master/Azazello in The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (CalArts/Dir: Cora Badey); Education: BFA in Acting with a minor in Creative Writing from California Institute of the the Arts (CalArts). Awards: The Main Element - Outstanding Acting for Laura in The Glass Menagerie.

Other current projects include a short film, The Climb, which she is writing and will star in, shooting early 2025; additionally Shawnee is revising a one act play she wrote based on true events and her childhood passion of saving oak trees, titled Treesitter. Her work was selected as a finalist in the 33rd Annual Pittsburgh New Works Festival in 2024.