Shannon Elaine Cochran[1] (born 1958 or 1959[2]) is an American actress. While she has numerous credits to her name, she is particularly recognizable as having played the mysterious Anna Morgan in the 2002 horror film The Ring.
Cochran has performed in multiple theatres in the US and Europe. She began acting professionally in theaters in Cincinnati and Memphis, and in 1984 she toured with a revue whose stops included the Bahamas, Boston, California, and Miami.[3] Her Broadway credits include August: Osage County (2009), Cabaret (2016), and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2019).[4]