- Born
- Birth nameShirley Anne Manson
- Nicknames
- Shirl
- Queen Helen
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Shirley Manson was born on August 26, 1966 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008), Captain Marvel (2019) and The World Is Not Enough (1999). She has been married to Billy Bush since May 2010. She was previously married to Eddie Farrell.
- SpousesBilly Bush(May 2010 - present)Eddie Farrell(September 7, 1996 - 2003) (divorced)
- ParentsJohn MitchellMuriel Flora Manson
- Her contralto singing voice
- Dark red hair
- Her amazing legs
- Scottish accent
- Was supposed to have a solo musical career but canceled it when her record label dismissed her work as "too noir". She reunited her alternative rock band Garbage for a new album called "Not Your Kind of People". Garbage self-released the album on their new independent label, Stun Volume Records.
- Has reported that she used to cut herself as a teenager, even keeping a Swiss Army Knife in her boots, and has since used her celebrity status to bring awareness to the dangers of self-mutilation.
- Singer for the band Garbage
- In 2005, she revealed that she has the condition body dysmorphia, which may be the root of the depression which she has mentioned previously.
- She quit smoking after her husband's nephew died of cancer at age seven
- I love looking at naked bodies, male or female, whenever possible. I think nudity is always tasteful.
- 'The truth is, I've always been wracked with self-loathing and terrible, paralysing depression" (Talking about her childhood years and the terrible self-image she had as a child)
- "Young girls now correlate the word 'sexy' with nakedness. It's practically, 'Show us your labia'. If you play that game of allowing yourself to be judged by your physicality, it will not sustain you through a long career. There's always going to be someone younger, more beautiful, more desirable. It's a temple of dust." (About the music industry)
- "Speech is my absolute lifeline and I felt like I'd lost my personality, been stripped completely of me; I felt invisible." (About having a cyst removed from her vocal chords)
- "Here am I. I'm 38. My career's probably never been better. And I've made a decision which may or may not impact on it - I refuse to hide my experience and my age, as if it's something I should be ashamed of. I'm alive. I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody." (about being almost 40)
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