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Shannon Esra (real name Shannon Esrechowitz) is a South African actress.
She is a well-known face on South African television. Shannon Esrechowitz (also known as Shannon Esra) is one of the six heroines in Nikhil Advani's movie Salaam-e-Ishq .
At the age of 24, Shannon has come a long way since she began her acting career at 16. Shannon's very first acting assignment was in the movie 'I Dreamed of Africa' (2000) that starred Kim Basinger and Vincent Perez in lead roles. In the movie, Shannon played a young girl named Siri.
Having already begun her acting career at a young age, Shannon then went on to study Dramatic Arts at the University of Witwatersrand where she received a special commendation for being the most outstanding student.
After taking her honorary degree, Shannon dabbled in theatre productions. She gave an award winning performance in Dorothy Ann Gould's production 'Japes'.
From year 2005, Shannon's acting career began to pick up. She played a small but important role opposite actor Eric Stoltz in the Sci Fi Channel's miniseries 'The Triangle'.