Shanola Hampton
Hampton in March 2012
Born (1977-05-27) May 27, 1977
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S[1]
Alma materWinthrop University[2]
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign[3]
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Daren Dukes
​
(m. 2000)​
Children2
AwardsGrand Jury Prize for Best Actress, 2013 American Black Film Festival[4]

Shanola Hampton (born May 27, 1977) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Veronica Fisher on Showtime dramedy Shameless, Gabi Mosely in the NBC drama series Found, and as the face model of Rochelle in the video game Left 4 Dead 2.

Acting career

2000–2010: Early career

Hampton played a part in "The Gift", a musical at Tiffany Theater in Hollywood in 2000.[5]

Hampton appeared in several television series, such as Shameless, Reba, Popular, Scrubs, Criminal Minds, Related, and Miami Medical. She has also had roles in the movies: The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green,[6] The Hanged Man,[2] Christmas in the City, and You Again.[7]

She was the face model for Rochelle in the video game Left 4 Dead 2.[8]

Hampton graduated from Winthrop University[2] with a degree in theater. While studying acting at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Hampton worked at Goose Island Brewery in Wrigleyville.[3] Hampton earned a Masters of Fine Arts in acting.[3]

2011–present

In Summer 2010, Hampton was cast as a series regular on the Showtime dramedy Shameless as Veronica Fisher, a role for which she has received critical acclaim.[1][9][10]

In 2013, Hampton co-starred in the movie Things Never Said.[11] Hampton played a woman who tries to find the strength to leave her physically abusive husband.[12] The movie was part of the Annual American Black Film Festival,[13] the North Carolina Black Film Festival,[14] Roxbury International Film Festival,[15] the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival,[12] the Black Star Film Festival,[16] and the Laguna Film Festival.[17] She signed a deal with NBCUniversal via Universal Television more recently.[18]

Hampton stars in the lead role in the current NBC television series Found, along with serving as a producer.[19]

Personal life

Hampton was born in Summerville, South Carolina.[1] Hampton attended Summerville High School.[20]

She has been married to Daren Dukes since March 2000.[21][22] The couple have a daughter named Cai MyAnna Dukes (born January 2014)[21] and a son named Daren O.C. Dukes (born May 2016).[23][24]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Love and basketball Sarah Short film
2004 Girls' Lunch Short film
2005 The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green Charlotte
2007 The Hanged Man X-Factor
2010 You Again Tammy
2012 Hot and Bothered Alex Short film
2013 They Die by Dawn Pretty Woman Short film
2013 Things Never Said Kalindra Stepney
2014 Suburban Gothic Ticona
2014 Ricky Robot Arms Alexia Short film
2015 Worthy Kyra
2015 Forever Laura
2015 The Audition Shanola Hampton Video short
2018 Do No Harm Gunnery Sergeant Witte Short film
2019 #Truth Katrina Little
2019 American Bullet announced
2021 Deadly Illusions Elaine Fuller

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Electra Woman and Dyna Girl Daisy
2001 Reba Marci Episode: "The Steaks Are High"
2001 Popular Girl #1 Episode: "Fag"
2002 Strong Medicine Tracy Saunders Episode: "Family Stories"
2004 Scrubs Woman Episode: "My Best Moment"
2005–06 Related Flash 4 episodes
2006 Pepper Dennis Darcine Episode: "True Love is Dead"
2010 Miami Medical Dr. Graceffa 6 episodes
2011–2021 Shameless Veronica Fisher 134 episodes
Main cast (Season 1–11)
Directed S11 E08
2012 Criminal Minds Cindi Burns Episode: "The Company"
2013 Christmas in the City Angie Television film
2014 Hell's Kitchen Herself Season 12 Episode 20: "Winner Chosen"
2014-2018 Noches con Platanito Herself 2 episodes
2015 Stalker Pam Tyler Episodes: "Love Hurts" and "Love Kills"
2018 Good Mythical Morning Episode:"Name That Pet Shame"
2019 Three's Complicated Deja Television film; Also executive producer
2020 The Eric Andre Show Herself Episode: "Hannibal Quits"
2022 The Neighborhood Nicki Episode: "Welcome to the Dream Girls"
2023 Found Gabrielle "Gabi" Mosely Lead role; Also producer

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Left 4 Dead 2 Rochelle Face model

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2013 American Black Film Festival Best actor Things Never Said Won

References

  1. 1 2 3 Turner, Miki (March 14, 2011). "'Juicy Character' Gives 'Shameless' An Edge". Jet: Chicago. p. 43.
  2. 1 2 3 Callum-Penso, Lillia (June 19, 2006). "Actress happy to be back in home state". The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina). p. D1.
  3. 1 2 3 Metz, Nina (October 28, 2016). "Nina Metz column". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ↑ "2013 Award Winners – American Black Film Festival Miami".
  5. ↑ Henerson, Eva. (July 21, 2000). "Boys Will Be Boys, Even on Stage, in 'The Gift'". Daily News (Los Angeles, California). p. L18.
  6. ↑ Kern, Laura (June 16, 2006). "A Life Lacks Spark in 'The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green'". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ "Shanola Hampton". IMDb.
  8. ↑ "Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)". IMDb.
  9. ↑ Gibbs, Adrienne Samuels (April 2012). "Shanola Hampton". Ebony: Houston. p. 32.
  10. ↑ Mateo, Ashley (January 5, 2011). "Eat Like A Star: Shameless' Shanola Hampton". Self Magazine.
  11. ↑ Greenstein, Colelte (June 13, 2013). "In the Mix". The Boston Banner. p. 21.
  12. 1 2 Williams, Kam (September 4, 2013). "Battered wife's emotional rollercoaster proves lovin' two ain't nothing healthy". Call & Post (Cleveland, Ohio). p. 5.
  13. ↑ Grant, Kimberly (June 20, 2013). "Jeff Clanagan's Codeblack films among movie festival highlights". South Florida Times (Coral Springs, Florida). p. 3C, 4C, 5C.
  14. ↑ Ingram, Hunter (March 12, 2014). "Black film festival recognizes best in the biz". Star-News (Wilmington, North Carolina.
  15. ↑ King, Loren (June 9, 2013). "Sweet 15 for both RIFF and PIFF". Boston Globe. p. N9.
  16. ↑ Webb, Genea (May 7, 2014). "One Day Black Star Film Festival". New Pittsburgh Courier. p. B6.
  17. ↑ Jacobo, Armando (October 27, 2015). "Film festival offers opportunity to up-and-comers". University Wire (Carlsbad, California).
  18. ↑ "NBCU, Shanola Hampton sign overall deal". C21media. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  19. ↑ Otterson, Joe (March 2, 2022). "'Shameless' Alum Shanola Hampton to Lead NBC Drama Pilot 'Found' From Nkechi Okoro Carroll". Variety. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Low Country Reviving 'Dead Language'". Associated Press. The State (Columbia, South Carolina). December 21, 1993 p. 2B.
  21. 1 2 Derakhshani, Tirdad (January 23, 2014). "The Philadelphia Inquirer Sideshow column". McClatchy-Tribune Business News.
  22. ↑ Hampton, Shanola (March 16, 2016). "Marrying you 16 years ago was so darn smart! Happy Anniversary @shangolive! I love our life! I love being in this world with you! Here's to many more sunsets together. #easybreezyliving". Instagram. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  23. ↑ Leon, Anya (January 22, 2014). "Shanola Hampton Welcomes Daughter Cai Myanna". People. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  24. ↑ Juneau, Jen and Michaud, Sarah (May 12, 2016). "Shanola Hampton Welcomes Son Daren". People. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
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