Kristina and Karissa Shannon
| Kristina and Karissa Shannon | |
|---|---|
 Karissa (left) and Kristina Shannon People.com article 4/27/25 | |
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| July/August 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Candice Cassidy |
| Succeeded by | Kimberly Phillips |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 2, 1989 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
Kristina and Karissa Shannon (born October 2, 1989) are American Playboy Playmates and twin sisters.
Career
[edit]In 2008, the Shannons moved into the Playboy Mansion as two of Hugh Hefner's three new girlfriends; because of their relationship with Hefner, the Shannons began appearing on the E! network reality television series The Girls Next Door. Despite their "girlfriend" status, Karissa said the relationship she and Kristina shared with Hefner was more for fun and the opportunity to be on the show, rather than romance. The first episode they appeared in attracted 2.4 million viewers, making it the most-watched season premiere in the show's history;[1] five weeks after the premiere, viewership had dropped to 919,000.[2]
The Shannons appeared as Miss July and Miss August 2009 in the combined "summer issue" of Playboy magazine; the double issue was necessitated by financial problems at the publisher.[3] Unlike previous centerfold twins, they managed to earn two consecutive months as Playmates, but shared a single centerfold.[4] By January 2010, the Shannon twins moved out of the mansion, though they continued to appear in The Girls Next Door.
The twins had small roles in Somewhere, a film directed by Sofia Coppola which won top honors at the 67th Venice International Film Festival in 2010.[5]
On January 5, 2012, the twins participated in the ninth series of the UK reality show, Celebrity Big Brother in which they came fifth. They also appeared on the companion series to the show, Big Brother's Bit on the Side.[6][7]
Personal lives
[edit]The twins were raised in Clearwater Beach, Florida and attended Largo High School for a time.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Girls Next Door | Themselves | 14 episodes |
| 2010 | Somewhere | Cindy and Bambi | |
| 2012 | Celebrity Big Brother | Themselves | |
| 2015 | Botched | ||
| Cocked (TV pilot)[8] | Macy & Stacy | ||
| 2016 | Rob & Chyna | Themselves | Guest appearance; Chyna's friends |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cable Ratings: 'Knocked Up', New 'Girls Next Door,' Propel E!". Broadcasting & Cable. October 12, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
- ^ "Sunday cable finals: World War II in HD beats Curbed, Dexter, Prisoner and Californication". Tvbythenumbers.com. November 18, 2009. Archived from the original on June 3, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
- ^ "Hugh Hefner sells LA property as financial crisis hits Playboy". The Daily Telegraph. London. August 11, 2009. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ Staff. "The Shannon Twins — Double trouble". FHM.com. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
- ^ "Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' Wins Venice Film Festival Top Prize". Bloomberg. September 11, 2010. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010.
- ^ Staff. "Karissa Shannon". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "Kristina Shannon". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ Cocked
External links
[edit]
- Karissa Shannon at IMDb
- Kristina Shannon at IMDb
- Karissa Shannon on Twitter
- Kristina Shannon on Twitter
- Shannon Twins Unfiltered on Instagram
- ^ "The Shannon Twins Open Up About Life After 'Playboy' — and What's Happened in Their 6 Years Away from the Spotlight (Exclusive)". People.com. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- Identical twins
- Participants in American reality television series
- People from Ann Arbor, Michigan
- American identical twin actors
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Twin models
- 2000s Playboy Playmates
- American pornographic film actresses
- People from Clearwater, Florida
- People from Largo, Florida
- Female models from Florida
- Pornographic film actors from Florida