Shawnee Smith (born July 3, 1970) is an American film and television actress and musician. Smith is well known for her roles as Amanda Young in the Saw film series and Linda in the CBS sitcom Becker. Smith once fronted the band Fydolla Ho, with which she toured the United States and the UK, and is also the other half of Smith & Pyle, a desert country-rock band, with actress Missi Pyle.

Early life

Shawnee Smith was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the second child of Patricia, an oncology nurse, and Jim Smith, a financial planner and US Air Force pilot. The family relocated from South Carolina to Van Nuys, California when she was a year old. Smith's biological parents divorced when she was two and her mother remarried when she was eight. She attended Ranchito Avenue Elementary School in Panorama City, California. She also attended North Hollywood High School in North Hollywood, California and graduated in 1987.