American actress Shanna Collins first arrived on the scene in the mid-2000s, during her teenage years. Film roles between 2004 and 2008 included Lisa in Kevin VanHook's supernatural horror picture Death Row and Chantel in Thomas Mignone's drama On the Doll (2008). Collins also found steady work on the small screen, appearing as a guest actor on such popular shows as Veronica Mars, Malcolm in the Middle, Criminal Minds, and Medium; she also played the character of Amber on multiple episodes of Wildfire. In 2008, she took on her first regular television role, playing teenager Laurie Miller on the period drama Swingtown.