Date of Birth: 24 October 1989
Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birth Name: Shenae Sonya Grimes
Height: 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
Claim to fame: Degrassi: The Next Generation

Canadian born actress Shenae Grimes stars in The CW’s new darama “90210,” her first U.S. television series, as the sweet theater student Annie Wilson.

The 18-year-old who hails from Toronto is best known to audiences for her role as Darcy in “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” for which she won the Gemini Award in 2007 for “Best Performance in a Youth Series.”

Grimes has had a love of performing since a very young age. Her acting career began when she enrolled in a triple-threat program and was discovered by her agent at a performance. Since then, she has fallen in love with acting and has been focused on developing her film and television career.

Grimes will next be seen starring opposite Ashley Tisdale in “Picture This!” and recently completed production on the feature “Dead Like Me,” as well as the television movie “True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet.” Grimes previously co-starred in the CBC movie of the week “Shania,” where she portrayed a teenaged Shania Twain, and had a recurring role on “Naturally Sadie.” Grimes has a love for fashion and recently completed an internship at Fashion Television in Toronto.

Grimes currently resides in Los Angeles.

Trivia

Has a tattoo on the right side of her ribcage which says “Myself and I”.

Accepted the role of Annie Wilson after Hilary Duff declined it.

Quotes

“I thought I’d be an artist, a fashion designer, a singer, a dancer, but never an actor until an agent approached me when I was leaving a dance recital. From there my passion for moving people through portrayals of different characters grew with every job. And five years later, here I am.”

“I think Annie and Brenda are very similar for the obvious reasons, new girl in school trying to fit in with the high-rollers, an interest in musical theatre. Yet, at the same time, she reminds me a lot of Brandon as well. Brenda was a little less conscientious of rules and consequences and a little more impulsive, where as Annie, much like Brandon, often seems a little wiser than the average teen. She seems to have a pretty sophisticated sense of right from wrong.”

“They both had this careless air of cool, you just kinda wanted to be their friends. And of course my favorite storylines were anytime those two got back together.” – on Brenda & Dylan (Beverly Hills, 90210)

“The pressure was there but collectively I think we all chose to put it in the back of our minds and keep it there. From the beginning, we knew we were riding some pretty groundbreaking coattails and wanted to do that justice but at the same time, we knew we were here to do our own thing, our own way, on our own show.”

“I’m young and my goal as an actor is to experience and portray as many different roles as possible. I thrive off of challenge and change and am definitely a fan of keeping my plate full, but for now I’ll try to spread my wings during the off season.”