Shauna Bloom

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Shauna Bloom
Born
Alma mater San Diego State University
Occupation(s)Actor, producer
Awards LA Weekly Theater Award

Shauna Bloom is an American actress and producer, best known for her work on The Mentalist as Red John's accomplice, Rebecca Anderson. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Bloom was born in Daly City, California. She is the granddaughter of journeyman character actor Harry Wilson.

She studied theatre and stage performance at San Diego State University and then went on to receive her equity card while performing children's theatre at The American Stage Festival in New Hampshire.

Career

Bloom has acted in American Horror Story , The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , Nip/Tuck, and The Bold and the Beautiful . Film work includes Memoria [3] with James Franco, [4] Funeral Day, Is it a Crime with Cam’ron Giles, Knock Her Socks Off (Best Actress Nom, Flagler Film Festival), Sunshine Underground (official selection Glendale and Wasteland Film festivals) and the Oscar-winning live action short Visas and Virtue . She has performed Off Broadway in Let’s Get Ready Together at The Tank, Mother Love at the Alchemical Lab, and Resistance at The Wild Project. Los Angeles theatre includes The Closeness of the Horizon at The Odyssey Theatre, The Dinosaur Within at The Theatre @ Boston Court [5] , Leipzig at The Stella Adler and Ouroboros at The Road Theatre Company.

Bloom received an LA Weekly Theatre Award as producer and actress in the palindrome sci-fi [6] play Ouroboros by Los Angeles-based playwright Tom Jacobson in 2005. Her performance as Catherine was described by Philip Brandes as "a harrowing depiction of crumbling identity" in his 2004 review for the Los Angeles Times. [7] The production received numerous accolades and awards including a Critics Pick Citation from The Los Angeles Times.

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