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  • BIRTH 28/08/1965
  • Country Canada
  • SHOWS 19
  • MOVIES 8

Shania Twain

Shania Twain, a Canadian country music singer-songwriter and actor, was born on August 28, 1965 as Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She is one of three daughters of Clarence and Sharon (Morrison) Edwards (sister Jill is two years older and Carrie-Ann three years younger). When she was age six, her mother remarried Jerry Twain, a full-blooded Ojibwa native from Timmins, Ontario, who adopted her as his own. She started out singing in bars as a child after hours, and, at thirteen, appeared on The Tommy Hunter Show (1965). When she was 22, her parents were killed in an accident, and she became the legal guardian of her half-brothers (Mark, then 13, and Darryl, then 14) and sister, putting her musical career on hold to raise her family. In 1991 she changed her name to Shania (meaning "I'm on my way" in Ojibwa, it was the name of a co-worker), and signed a contract with Mercury Nashville that same year. Her first album went by without notice, but her second album (produced with Robert John (Mutt) Lange, who she wed on December 28, 1993 and divorced on June 9, 2010) broke world records with its sales! Referred to as "The Queen of Country Pop," she is one of the most commercially successful artists of all time, having sold over 85 million albums. Presently married to Frederic Nicolas Thiebaud on January 1, 2011 - present.

Shania Twain

Shows (19)

Doctor Odyssey
Doctor Odyssey
Grandma
Star Academy
Star Academy
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
The Kardashians
The Kardashians
Self
The View
The View
Self
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Guest Judge
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Rob & Romesh Vs
Rob & Romesh Vs
Self
Chicken Shop Date
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Tout le monde en parle (QC)
Tout le monde en parle (QC)
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
American Music Awards
American Music Awards
Musical Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
The Launch
The Launch
Herself - Mentor
Real Country
Real Country
Herself
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Self

Movies (8)

A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter
Self
I Still Believe
I Still Believe
Terry Camp
Trading Paint
Trading Paint
Becca
Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl
Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl
Self
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Mrs. Potts
Harry Styles - Live Coachella 2022
Harry Styles - Live Coachella 2022
Herself
For Love
For Love
Narrator
Shania Twain: Up! Close & Personal
Shania Twain: Up! Close & Personal
Self - Vocals