Shannyn Sossamon

As a musician, she provided vocals and drums to Warpaint from 2004 to 2008. She abruptly left the group after recording their first EP. Sossamon's sole recording with the band is the 2009 EP Exquisite Corpse. In 2009, Sossamon began directing and producing shorts and music videos through her small production company, the Maudegone Theater. In 2019 she created a video channel called THE MAUDE ROOM, a variety show in which she serves as writer, director, and performer. Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon was born in Hawaii, and was raised in Reno, Nevada. Her ancestry includes Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, Filipina, and Hawaiian.