Shanica Channell Knowles (born November 17, 1990) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Amber Addison on Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...

.

Acting career

She is best known for playing Amber Addison on Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...

, and for playing Shauna Keaton in Jump In!. She has also portrayed Vanessa on Unfabulous

Unfabulous

Unfabulous is an American children's television series that aired on Nickelodeon The series is about an "unfabulous" junior high school student, played by Emma Roberts...

. She made a small appearance in the beginning of Super Sweet 16: The Movie

Super Sweet 16: The Movie

Super Sweet 16: The Movie is an MTV television film, based on the series My Super Sweet 16. It stars teen pop stars Aly & AJ and features performances by Hellogoodbye and Pretty Ricky...

starring Aly & AJ.

In July 2007, she appeared in a second-season episode of Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...

as Amber Addison, a popular high school girl who is a rival of Miley Stewart. She is best friends with Ashley, (Anna Maria Perez de Taglé

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle

Anna Manria Francesca Enriquez Perez de Taglé is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Ashley Dewitt on Hannah Montana and Ella Pador on Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam...

). She bosses Ashley around by telling her things like to snap and clap instead of singing. And she bullies Miley all the time. Also in 2007, she appeared in nearly all of the episodes in the first-season of Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...

as Amber Addison. She returned in January 2011 in the final episode as Amber Addison. Shanica appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...

dancing in the audience on July 8, 2008 like DeGeneres does at the beginning of every show. She also appeared in a State Farm commercial in August 2007.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Next Big Star	Herself/Singer	TV series
2002	Showtime at the Apollo Showtime at the Apollo Showtime at the Apollo is a syndicated music television show, first broadcast on September 12, 1987 to May 24, 2008 with 1093 episodes, and is produced by the Apollo Theater...	Herself
2005–2006	Unfabulous Unfabulous Unfabulous is an American children's television series that aired on Nickelodeon The series is about an "unfabulous" junior high school student, played by Emma Roberts...	Vanessa	3 episodes
2006	New Year Sing-A-Long Bowl-A-Thon!	Herself-Host	Disney Channel TV special
2006–2007, 2011	Hannah Montana Hannah Montana Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...	Amber Addison	Recurring role
2007	Jump In!	Shauna Keaton
	Dancing With The Stars	Herself
	Super Sweet 16: The Movie Super Sweet 16: The Movie Super Sweet 16: The Movie is an MTV television film, based on the series My Super Sweet 16. It stars teen pop stars Aly & AJ and features performances by Hellogoodbye and Pretty Ricky...	Sierra
2011	Harry's Law Harry's Law Harry's Law is an American legal comedy-drama television series created by David E. Kelley. which premiered on January 17, 2011.On May 12, 2011, NBC renewed the show for a second season, which premiered Wednesday September 21, 2011...	Shonda	1 episode
	Awkward. Awkward. (TV series) Awkward. is an American comedy-drama series which premiered on July 19, 2011 on MTV. The show revolves around the life of 16-year-old Jenna Hamilton , who is struggling with her identity, especially after an accident is misconstrued as a suicide attempt.The show is based on the high school, Palos...	Michelle	3 episodes

Music

Knowles sang various Hannah Montana songs on Hannah Montana and has been featured in Next Big Star, where she sang various songs from other artists. A number of songs performed by her are featured on her official website.

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