Why American Pie’s Shannon Elizabeth Left Hollywood

The now 51-year-old recalled her time taking part in Nadia within the coming of age franchise and the way it helped her proceed engaged on her true ardour.

Shannon Elizabeth has no regrets about leaving Hollywood, regardless of getting quite a lot of hearts racing throughout her appearing profession.

The American Pie star appeared at Metal Metropolis Con in Pittsburgh on April 5, the place she opened up about dwelling in South Africa for the reason that coming of age franchise.

“We’re constructing a sanctuary,” she revealed, per PEOPLE. “Now we have a blind black rhino we have been caring for, and we’ll convey in additional rhinos as quickly as we are able to do an enlargement.”

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After her success in American Pie, Elizabeth started her charity, Animal Avengers.

“And it has been going since then, it is simply morphed over time into conservation and wildlife from canines and cats,” she added.

She additionally recalled her time on American Pie alongside former costar Mena Suvari on the panel, and the way she thought the movie was going to be a flop due to her character Nadia’s accent.

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The 51-year-old actress mentioned she was going out and in of the studio making an attempt totally different inflections and accents.

“After that entire train, I did not know what they have been going to decide on,” she mentioned. “All of my mates have been like, ‘So how was it?’ I used to be like, ‘This film goes to suck … they’re messing with the accent.’ I had no thought!”

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She has additionally been grateful for her begin in American Pie, because it gave her the assets and platform to “begin giving again.”

“I began canine and cat rescues in LA as a result of canines have been what I knew,” she shared on the Life Exterior Poker podcast in July 2024.

The final time most individuals noticed Elizabeth in entrance of the digital camera was in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot in 2019, in addition to her Celeb Huge Brother look in 2018.