Last Updated on 19 March 2024 by Erotica Pleasure
Shenae Grimes-Beech, previously credited as Shenae Grimes, is a Canadian actress. She portrayed Annie Wilson on The CW series 90210, a spin-off of Fox‘s Beverly Hills, 90210. Prior to that, she had a recurring role on the television series Naturally, Sadie, and played Darcy Edwards on the CTV series Degrassi: The Next Generation for four seasons.
Nickname: Shen
Years active: 2004–present
Born age: October 24, 1989, 34 years old and 5 months, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5’3″ / 1.60 m
Measurements: 30-24-32 in / 76-61-81 cm
Bra size: 30A US/ 65A EU
Canadian actress Shenae Grimes
Tesla entrepreneur Elon, 48, and the Canadian-born artist have been linked since May 2018, when they debuted their relationship at the Met Gala
Family
Siblings: Bowie Scarlett Beech, Kingsley Taylor Beech
Spouse: Josh Beech (m. 2013)
Children: Bowie Scarlett Beech, Kingsley Taylor Beech
Early life
Grimes was born in Toronto, Ontario, on October 24, 1989. She attended Forest Hill Collegiate Institute. She interned at Toronto’s Fashion Television as part of her high school education. Grimes attended City Academy, a private school for her last two years of high school.
Career
Acting
Beginning with a recurring role in 2004, Grimes became a lead character on Degrassi: The Next Generation in 2006, playing the role of Darcy Edwards. In 2008, Grimes left the series and Canada after being cast as Annie Wilson in 90210, the CW‘s spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210.
She also appeared in Picture This with Ashley Tisdale and with her former Degrassi: The Next Generation co-star Lauren Collins, and then in True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet alongside singer JoJo.
In 2009, Grimes was named one of the world’s most beautiful people without makeup, by People magazine. She also appeared in a music video for rock band Our Lady Peace‘s single “All You Did Was Save My Life“.
Grimes appears in the 2010 silent fashion short film Unzipped. She wrote and directed a 2010 music video for her song “Myself and I”. She also participated in YouTuber Freddie Wong‘s video “Gun Size Matters”. She made a cameo in the horror film Scream 4, released in April 2011.
In 2011, she traveled to Japan with her 90210 costars AnnaLynne McCord and Jessica Stroup to attend the Asia Girls Explosion (AGE) in Tokyo, after filming 90210‘s third-season finale. Grimes was caught up in Japan due to the events of the tsunami and earthquake. According to the actress, she was at Buddha‘s temple at the time when the earthquakes first occurred. Consequently, she started a campaign called “Spread The Heart” with the aim of supporting Japan by victim relief after the events of the tsunami and earthquakes. Many celebrities joined the campaign which later became a big movement.
In May 2011, during her 90210 hiatus, she took a six-week internship at Teen Vogue in New York City. She stated that working as an editor for a fashion magazine has always been her dream. In the fall of 2011, she directed a music video for Megan and Liz‘s original song “Are You Happy Now?” to raise awareness about anti-bullying, in partnership with DoSomething.org. In 2013, Grimes starred in the film Sugar about a runaway girl living on the streets of Venice, Los Angeles.
In 2018, Grimes began playing homicide detective Jacqueline Cooper on CTV‘s police drama The Detail; the role marks her first time playing an adult character.
Other projects
Grimes has graced the covers of numerous fashion magazines, including US’s Nylon, Vervegirl, Saturday Night Magazine, Teen Prom and Dirrty Glam. She also modeled for Teen Vogue and Complex. She has appeared in television commercials for Coffee Crisp.
In 2014, she became the brand ambassador for the Montreal-based Annabelle Cosmetics. As the face of the cosmetics line, she appeared in print and television advertisements to promote the products. Grimes and husband Josh Beech started their own clothing line in 2014 called “Two Halves.” The line featured jewelry and clothes that were sold online and at the Toronto-based boutique Jonathon + Olivia.
Personal life
Grimes began dating British model and musician Josh Beech in May 2012. In December 2012, after nine months of dating, Grimes announced that she and Beech were engaged. They were married on May 10, 2013 in Ashford, Kent, England. In May 2018, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child; their daughter was born in September 2018. Their second child, a son, was born in August 2021.
On December 20, 2019, Grimes announced on her Instagram page that she had become an American citizen, and now holds dual Canadian-American citizenship. Grimes is an atheist.
Trivia
- In 2009, she was named one of the world’s most beautiful women on the People magazine.
- She has a tattoo on the right part of her ribcage which says “Myself and I”.
- She won the role of Annie Wilson on 90210 after Hilary Duff declined it.
- A role as “Rebecca Harper” in the pilot Glimmer (working title for The Latest Buzz), Later, Shenae Grimes would be replaced by Zoë Belkin before the regular series had been aired. (Part 1and Part 2)
- She is the first female Degrassi actress had left the youth-oriented Family (which Canada-based DHX was owned by the network and producing live-action series such as Naturally, Sadie and The Latest Buzz, but later acquired by the franchise‘s studio Epitome in April 2014) and YTV networks (How to Be Indie) before Charlotte Arnold (Naturally, Sadie), Melinda Shankar (How to Be Indie), Jordan Todosey (Life with Derek), Zoë Belkin and Vanessa Morgan (The Latest Buzz), Ana Goija (Connor Undercover and What’s Up Warthogs!), Niamh Wilson (Debra!), Sara Waisglass (Overruled!), and Jamie Bloch (Wingin’ It).
- She and her friend were kidnapped in the 4th grade, by a father of an old friend. (A Kidnapping Story)
- She was in the music video All you did was save my life by Our Lady Peace.
- She is in a short video/film. Watch it here! Behind the scenes
- Shenae wrote and performed a song called “Myself & I”. Watch the video here!
- She shares a birthday with Aubrey Graham (Jimmy) although he’s three years older.
- Shenae directed the video Are You Happy Now
- According to a recent interview on E!’s Chelsea Lately, she is an atheist.
- She guest-starred on America’s Next Top Model: College Edition, on the episode “The Girl Who Cries Home”.
- She is now married. Her husband is Josh Beech, a British model. The couple wed on May 10, 2013, just outside of London. She later confirmed the marriage by sharing a photo on her Twitter, which was tweeted, “I now pronounce us Mr. and Mrs. Beech! Ahhh! Xx”
- She gave birth to her first child, a girl named Bowie Scarlett Beech, on September 27, 2018. Their second child, a boy named Kingsley Taylor Beech, was born on August 13th, 2021.
Shenae Grimes Career Highlights
First Film: The Cross Road (2008)
First TV show: Degrassi: The Next Generation (2004)
Shenae Grimes Interesting Facts
She has a beauty mark under her right eyebrow.
The actress has a tattoo on the right side of her rib cage that says, Myself and I.
Her first on-screen kiss was with her Degrassi: The Next Generation TV series co-star Shane Kippel.
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