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China Shavers | |
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| Born | June 16, 1977 |
| Other names | China Jesusita Shavers |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–present |
China Shavers (born June 16, 1977)[ citation needed ] is an American actress best known for her supporting roles as Brooke Harper on the high school drama Boston Public [1] and as Dreama on the supernatural sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch .
Shavers had a recurring role on the TV series ER . Her guest-star appearances include roles in Beverly Hills, 90210 , The District , Girlfriends and Sleeper Cell , among others. She appeared in films like National Lampoon's Adam & Eve , The Glass House , Not Another Teen Movie and Dorm Daze 2 .
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Glass House | E.B. | |
| 2001 | Not Another Teen Movie | North Compton Cheerleader | |
| 2005 | National Lampoon's Adam & Eve | Sarah | |
| 2008 | Killer Pad | Shirley (uncredited) | |
| 2010 | Beginners | Shauna | |
| 2021 | Judas and the Black Messiah | College Student |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Harambee! | Shanora | Movie |
| 1997 | New York Undercover | Dana Herrington | Episode: "Fade Out" |
| 1998 | Felicity | R.A. #5 | Episode: "Drawing the Line: Part 1" |
| 1999 | Any Day Now | Shanice | Episode: "Trust Me" |
| 1999 | V.I.P. | Cheryl | Episode: "Val on the Run" |
| 1999 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Linda Barret | Episode: "Bobbi Dearest" |
| 1999–2000 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Dreama | 12 episodes |
| 2000 | The District | Alicia Ray | Episode: "Pot Scrubbers" |
| 2001 | When Billie Beat Bobby | Basketball Girl | Movie |
| 2001–03 | Boston Public | Brooke Harper | 26 episodes |
| 2005 | Sleeper Cell | Nichelle | Episode: "Immigrant" |
| 2005–06 | ER | Olivia Evans | 7 episodes |
| 2006 | Twenty Questions | Angela Selfridge | Movie |
| 2006 | National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 | Robin Daniels | Video |
| 2007 | Girlfriends | Alicia | Episode: "Time to Man Up" |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Rhonda Brewer | Episode: "Baggage" |
| 2010 | Saving Grace | Maya Taylor | Episode: "Let's Talk" |
| 2010 | House | Hanna | Episode: "Help Me" |
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone | Air Marshal | Episode: "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" |
Earnie Dee Shaver, best known as Earnie Shavers, was an American professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1995. A two-time world heavyweight championship challenger, he is known as one of the hardest punchers in heavyweight boxing history. He scored 70 knockout wins, including 23 in the first round, for a 76.7% overall knockout rate.
Eliza Patricia Dushku is an American and Albanian actress. She is best known for starring as Faith in the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–2003) and its spin-off series Angel (2000–2003). She also had lead roles in the Fox supernatural drama series Tru Calling (2003–2005) and the Fox science fiction series Dollhouse (2009–2010), for which she was a producer.
Chloe Webb is an American actress, best known for her roles in the films Sid and Nancy (1986), The Belly of an Architect (1987), Twins (1988), and Heart Condition (1990). She also was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for her role as Laurette Barber in the ABC drama series China Beach, and had a recurring role as Monica Gallagher on the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless.
Chai Ling is a Chinese psychologist who was one of the student leaders in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. According in the documentary Gate of Heavenly Peace, she had indicated that the strategy of the leadership group she dominated was to provoke the Government to use violence against the unarmed students. She had also claimed to have witnessed soldiers killing student protesters inside Tiananmen Square.
Jeri Lynn Ryan is an American actress best known for her role as the former Borg drone Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager (1997–2001), for which she was nominated four times for a Saturn Award and won in 2001. She reprised her role as Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023), for which she won another Saturn Award.
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom. The OPSI is part of the National Archives of the United Kingdom and is responsible for Crown copyright.
Richard Sharpe Shaver was an American writer and artist who achieved notoriety in the years following World War II as the author of controversial stories which were printed in science fiction magazines. Shaver claimed that he had personal experience of a sinister ancient civilization that harbored fantastic technology in caverns under the earth. The controversy stemmed from the claim by Shaver, and his editor and publisher Ray Palmer, that Shaver's writings, whilst presented in the guise of fiction, were fundamentally true. Shaver's stories were promoted by Ray Palmer as "The Shaver Mystery".
Billy Joe Shaver was an American singer, songwriter and actor.
Helen Shaver is a Canadian actress and film and television director. After appearing in a number of Canadian movies, she received a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama In Praise of Older Women (1978). She later appeared in the films The Amityville Horror (1979), The Osterman Weekend (1983), Desert Hearts (1985), The Color of Money (1986), The Believers (1987), The Craft (1996),Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) and Down River (2013). She received another Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress nomination for the 1986 drama film Lost!, and won a Best Supporting Actress for We All Fall Down (2000). Shaver also starred in some short-lived television series, including United States (1980) and Jessica Novak (1981), and from 1996 to 1999 starred in the Showtime horror series, Poltergeist: The Legacy, for which she received a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television nomination.
XXX: State of the Union (released as XXX2: The Next Level and XXX: State of Emergency outside North America) is a 2005 American action spy film directed by Lee Tamahori and a sequel to the 2002 film XXX. It is the second installment of the XXX film series, and was produced by Revolution Studios for Columbia Pictures.
Philishave is the brand name for electric shavers, their spare parts and accessories manufactured by the Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care unit of Philips. In recent years, Philips had extended the Philishave brand to include hair clippers, beard trimmers and beard shapers. Philips used the Philishave brand name for their shavers from 1939 to 2006.
Currie Graham is a Canadian stage, film and television actor. While primarily recognized as a TV actor, he has numerous film credits, including the action thrillers Rancid and Assault on Precinct 13.
Tsai Chin is a Chinese-British actress, singer, director, and teacher. Her career spans more than six decades and three continents.
Shaver Lake is an artificial lake on Stevenson Creek, in the Sierra National Forest of Fresno County, California. At elevation 5,500 ft (1,700 m), several smaller streams also flow into the lake, and it receives water from the tunnels of Southern California Edison's Big Creek Hydroelectric Project. The town Shaver Lake is located on its south-west shore.
Desert Hearts is a 1985 American romantic drama film directed by Donna Deitch. The screenplay, written by Natalie Cooper, is an adaptation of the 1964 lesbian novel Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule. Set in Reno, Nevada in 1959, it tells the story of a university professor awaiting a divorce who finds her true self through a relationship with another, more self-confident woman. The film stars Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau with a supporting performance by Audra Lindley.
Toni Graphia is an American writer and television producer.
The Shaver Transportation Company is an inland water freight transportation company based in Portland, Oregon, United States. The company was founded in 1880 and played a major role in the development of freight transport in the Portland area and along the Columbia.
Nancy K. Kopp is an American politician who previously served as the Treasurer of Maryland from 2002 to 2021. A Democrat, she was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing the 16th legislative district in Montgomery County, from 1975 to 2002.
Dorothy Shaver was the first woman in the United States to head a multimillion-dollar firm. She was a well known leader of the fashion industry.
Sarah Dixon was a wooden sternwheel-driven steamboat operated by the Shaver Transportation Company on the Columbia and lower Willamette rivers from 1892 to 1926. Originally Sarah Dixon was built as a mixed use passenger and freight vessel, and was considered a prestige vessel for the time.
