Shanna McCullough | |
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Born | |
Other names | Shanna McCullogh, Nichole Thomas, Marcia Gray |
Occupation | Pornographic actress |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Shanna McCullough (born April 1, 1960) [1] is an American pornographic actress.
McCullough grew up in San Francisco, California. [2] At school, she was involved with the theater group, and acted in drama and musicals. [2] She went to college and received a degree in accounting. [2] Then she worked as an electrician for two years, and also as a veterinary technician. [2]
Shanna McCullough chose her stage name Shanna after the heroine from her favorite romance novel, and McCullough because of her Irish ancestry. [3]
After starting to work in porn, she also performed as a dancer in nightclubs. [2] During a break from the business, she also worked as a stripper and went back to school to study zoology, with the aim of working in the animal health care field. [2] In 1999, wired.com reported that Shanna was operating a website called ShannaCam giving members 24-hour access to multiple webcams installed in her home. [4] As of March 2009, the website appears to have ceased operating. In March 2008, she walked the Los Angeles Marathon. [5] Dave Cummings has said Shanna was one of the actresses he most enjoyed working with. [6]
In a 2014 interview with The Rialto Report, McCullough said she picked her stage name as it sounded like her grandmother's last name. She also professed to have had a fairly "normal upbringing" and that she did well in school. [7] In the interview, she clarified how her name "McCullough" is pronounced ("-lough" should be articulated "-low" rather "-off"). She is of English, French, German, Irish, and Swiss descent. [8] [7]