Biography

Lori Anne is an actress and artist known for "Dead Maker", "Cash & Carry" and "The Further Adventures OF...". She was born Lori Anne Watwood and raised in Torrance, California, and comes from a family of artists, writers and actors. Her parents are Randall Alan Watwood and Barba Loraine Peel Watwood. During her youth, she was in school and local theater productions, sang in school & church choirs, was a sprinter on the Track Team at North Torrance High School (where she held the J. V. record for the 440 yard dash) and went to El Camino College for her AA in Communications, while playing Co-ed Volleyball.

She is a member of SAG-AFTRA and has been singing in choirs and acting since she was three years old. She has had years of training and on set experience with lead and supporting roles in over thirty Theater Productions, as well as principle roles in many independent and short films, and has appeared in some TV and Cable shows including appearing as Raj's Bar Lady in "The Big Bang Theory: The Hofstadter Isotope", a butter bust eating competitor on "Weeds: Pinwheels and Whirligigs" and an infomercial for Never sew fabric ware.

She has been painting (mostly landscapes and fantasy) since college. She usually paints landscapes, dragons and cats, but she has also done exclusives for Comic Con such as Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman. Her usual format is acrylic paint on canvas but she has also done backdrops for plays.

Lori Anne lives in Redondo Beach, is married to Mike Shields III and has two children, Amanda Lorraine Shields and Scott James Shields.
- IMDb mini biography by: Lori Anne Shields