January 2000
Where you’ve seen her:
Improving international relations and fueling countless fantasies as a Czechoslovakian exchange student in American Pie. Also appeared in teen slasher flick Scary Movie and has a three-picture deal with Miramax. (Wanna bet she stars opposite Matt or Ben in one of those?)

We couldn’t agree more:
“I can definitely appreciate a beautiful girl and talk about how she’s really pretty, but I don’t necessarily want to go jump her bones…But a woman’s body is much more beautiful than a man’s body. A man’s naked body isn’t always the prettiest thing to look at, even when he’s in good shape.”

Cult status?
Shannon hails from Waco, Texas.

December 2003
Where you’ve seen her:
Reviving the time-honored ’80s-teen-movie tradition of gratuitous nudity in the first American Pie; as the dork-loving temptress Nadia in American Pie 2; as high school slasher fodder in the horror movie parody Scary Movie; running screaming through the horror nonparody Thirteen Ghosts; and swapping saliva with talking monkey Jason Mewes in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. This lanky Texan will next be seen in a multiple-episode guest stint on Fox’s That ’70s Show, then warm up her vocal chords again for Wes Craven’s werewolf screamer Cursed.

Hirsute highway:
“I like excessive facial hair, and I like long hair. I like the bad-boy look, unkempt. I’ve never been big on back hair. But I’ve always dated guys with goatees and beards.”

Flying low:
“I get paranoid if people around me are whispering. I feel like I did something wrong. Maybe I didn’t zip up my pants or something.”

Canine crazy:
“Sometimes when I see a stray dog, I’ll jump out of my car and try to get it, even if I’m in a bad part of town. That’s the stupid, strange, dangerous stuff I do. I think most people now know me as a dog rescuer.”