Shania Twain
Known for: Acting
Born: August 28, 1965
Place of birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Filmography
39 movies · 61 TV shows, newest first
9.7
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
2.0
Easy's Waltz
2025
6.8
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter
2024
5.8
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024
6.5
Doctor Odyssey
2024
6.8
Twisters
2024
NR
Superfan
2023
8.0
Love Songs at the BBC: Volume Two
2023
6.8
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
2022
3.7
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022
7.8
For Love
2022
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
7.0
Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl
2022
9.0
Women Who Rock
2022
8.5
The Kardashians
2022
NR
Canada's Got Talent
2022
4.0
Starstruck
2022
8.0
Anne Murray: Full Circle
2021
5.0
Canadian Hits at the BBC
2021
5.9
This Is Pop
2021
5.8
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
5.5
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
2020
10.0
ACM Presents: Our Country
2020
7.6
I Still Believe
2020
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
5.3
Trading Paint
2019
6.1
Rob & Romesh Vs
2019
6.5
Real Country
2018
7.0
Reel Stories
2018
6.7
American Idol
2018
NR
The Launch
2018
6.5
Drop the Mic
2017
7.5
Shania Twain: BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park
2017NR
Jalen Vs. Everybody
2017
NR
Shania Twain: Empowerment
2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.4
Lip Sync Battle
2015
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
8.0
Shania: Still the One - Live from Vegas
2015
9.2
Shania: Still the One - Live from Vegas
2014
8.3
Chicken Shop Date
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
7.1
Broad City
2014
10.0
Paula Fernandes: Encontros Pelo Caminho
2014
2.0
En mode Salvail
2013
7.5
Country at the BBC
2011
8.0
Women of Country Music: Glamour Girls
2011
NR
Why Not? with Shania Twain
2011
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
NR
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
2009
5.5
Markus Lanz
2008
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
20074.8
The Reichen Show
2005
6.1
Dancing with the Stars
2005
7.0
CMT: Inside Fame
2005
NR
Shania Twain - by Stetson
2005
4.7
Tout le monde en parle
2004
6.3
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
4.9
The Celebrity Apprentice
2004
8.3
Shania Twain Up! Close and Personal
2003
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
8.4
Shania Twain Up! Live in Chicago
2003
10.0
CMT Music Awards
2002
6.1
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
NR
Shania Twain: A Collection of Video Hits
2002
9.0
Shania Twain: The Specials
2001
7.5
Shania Twain - The Platinum Collection
2001
6.1
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
5.7
Star Academy
2001
9.0
Party in the Park
2001
NR
Shania Twain: Come On Over
1999
9.1
Teen Choice Awards
1999
NR
Shania Twain: Winter Break
1999
NR
The Paris Concert for Amnesty International
1998
3.6
Vivement dimanche
1998
9.3
Shania Twain Live
1998
7.9
VH1: Divas Live
1998
NR
Parkinson
1998
4.3
The View
1997
4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
7.5
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
7.0
TOTP2
1994
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
5.6
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992NR
ECHO-Verleihung
1992
7.0
Geld oder Liebe
1989
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
5.6
Wetten, dass..?
1981
9.2
People's Choice Awards
1975
8.2
American Music Awards
1974
6.1
Great Performances
1971
9.0
CMA Awards
1967
8.6
The Grammys
1959
9.0
Bambi
1948
NR
Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale
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Shania
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