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Shann Christen — Film & Television
Before The House, Shann Christen worked in the film industry under the professional name Shann Beeman, building a career in hair and makeup for motion pictures and television. His production credits span work as an assistant hair stylist, hair stylist, key hair stylist, and makeup artist, including films such as Go, Rip It Off, Flamingo Dreams, Lucky 13, and the television film Maniac Magee.
His film work placed Shann within productions featuring actors including Katie Holmes, Timothy Olyphant, Taye Diggs, Breckin Meyer, Sarah Polley, Melissa McCarthy, Jane Krakowski, Jennifer Esposito, Alyson Hannigan, and Nastassja Kinski. In Go, Shann also stepped briefly in front of the camera, appearing as Jimmy while being credited behind the scenes as an assistant hair stylist.
Beyond the film set, his career expanded into longstanding relationships with Hollywood and the entertainment industry, with work involving Sean Young, Cloris Leachman, Joan Collins, Nicole Kidman, and Belinda Carlisle, among many others across film, television, editorial, award seasons, and the red carpet. The name on those early film credits may read Shann Beeman, but the work forms an important part of the professional history of Shann Christen.