Actor

writer

model

artist

Currently: SLOAN in The Climb, coming to film festivals in 2026.

Other current projects include playing Mae in a production of You Got Older by Clare Barron in August 2026. Writing projects include her feature Princess, her play Treesitter, and rewriting her other feature, On The Run.

Shawnee Pearl Badger is an actor (SAG-AFTRA), writer, internationally published model, and artist living in Los Angeles, CA. Theatre credits: Jessica in This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan (Theatre Extempore/Jeremy D. Thompson); Caithleen in Bloomsday by Steven Dietz (Transport Theatre/Dir: Tom Mueller); 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). Education: BFA in Acting with a minor in Creative Writing from California Institute of the the Arts (CalArts). Awards: The Main Element - Outstanding Performance for Laura in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

Her play, Treesitter, was selected as a Finalist at the 33rd Annual Pittsburgh New Works Festival in 2024. Her short film script, The Climb, was named a 2025 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Quarter-Finalist. In 2025, Shawnee was named a UCLA Phyllis Gebauer Scholarship In Writing recipient.