Scheana Shay

Scheana was born Scheana Marie Jancan, and is half Mexican. She graduated with the class of 2002 from Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California. In 2006, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Azusa Pacific University. She worked at Hooters during her late teenage years.

Shay in 2017

She began her acting career with guest appearances on television shows Greek, Jonas,[1] Victorious and 90210.[2] In 2012, she portrayed Angel Tomlin in two episodes of the anthology television series Femme Fatales.[2] In 2013, she became a regular cast member of Bravo's reality television series Vanderpump Rules.[3] The series follows the lives of SUR and PUMP servers in West Hollywood, California. During her time on Vanderpump Rules, Shay has released several dance-pop singles, most notably "Good as Gold." For her role on Vanderpump Rules, Shay and her co-stars Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney and Lala Kent won the "Best Reality On-Screen Team" award at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards.[4]

In 2018, Shay relocated to Las Vegas for several months and starred in a stage show called Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man at Anthony Cools Theater at Paris Las Vegas.[5] She replaced Kendra Wilkinson in the role of Robyn.[6] On August 18, 2023, she released a song, "Apples" with Los Angeles-based group The 27s.[7] Rolling Stone wrote of the song: "Not only does it sound like a bop, but it also seems like she’s drawing inspiration from her recent experiences dealing with friendship breakups in light of Scandoval."[7] Entertainment Weekly called the song "kind of a banger" and predicted "it might just be the song of the summer."[8]

She hosts a weekly podcast titled Scheananigans with Scheana Shay.[9]

Shay was part of a lawsuit against Hooters where she was secretly filmed while undressing in 2004.[17]

Shay was caught in a cheating scandal with actor Eddie Cibrian, who was married to wife of 8 years, Brandi Glanville. Shay and Cibrian were having an affair from 2006 to 2009. However, Cibrian was also cheating on both his mistress, Shay, and his wife, Glanville with singer LeAnn Rimes from 2008 to 2009. Shay has denied that she knew Cibrian was still married during their 3 years together, admitted to believing that he was separated from his wife and was waiting on the divorce to finalize. She had no idea that Rimes was even in the picture.[18][19][20]

Shay married Michael Shay on July 27, 2014, at Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Santa Susana, California after knowing each other for over a decade.[21] The couple announced their separation in November 2016 and finalized their divorce in April 2017.[22][23][24]

After her divorce, Shay decided to freeze her eggs. For the six weeks before her egg retrieval procedure, Shay said she stopped drinking, smoking marijuana, and having sex. She was successfully able to harvest 12 eggs. In 2019, Shay froze her eggs again less than a year after undergoing the procedure for the first time.[25]

After suffering a miscarriage with boyfriend, Brock Davies, Shay announced on October 28, 2020, that she was expecting her first child in April 2021.[26] The couple’s daughter was born on April 26, 2021.[27] Shay legally married Brock Davies in August 2021;[28] they held a wedding celebration on August 23, 2022, at Dreams Natura Resort & Spa in Cancún, Mexico.[29]

She has several tattoos, including an apple, a treble clef symbol, a flower, a star and the word "Summer," a tribute to her daughter. She also has the sentence, "It's All Happening" tattooed on her arm. It's from her favorite film Almost Famous and it's said in the film many times.[30]

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