Karen Sheperd

Karen Sheperd is an accomplished American actress with numerous credits in film, television and theatre. Also a highly accomplished athlete, Karen found an early fascination with theatre as a very young girl. Working backstage on a regional production of "The King and I' in Oregon, Karen found herself holding the exact ball-gown that Deborah Kerr wore in the 1956 film of the same title. Karen memorized the whole play that summer and imagined herself going from "backstage" to "center-stage". Karen began appearing in high-school and regional plays. Her first theatre lead was the role of Bilbo Baggins in "Lord of the Rings". The company took the production "on the road" and played for numerous grade-school and junior-high school students throughout Oregon. Sheperd later went on to appear in regional summer productions such as "Brigadoon" and "Fiddler on the Roof", directed by Oregon's legendary theatre Director and teacher, Ed Ragozzino. Enthralled with Bruce Lee, Karen Sheperd found ano