Early life

Grimes was born in Toronto, Ontario. She has three siblings, Aiden, Liam and Maya. She attended Forest Hill Public School for elementary school. She attended Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, along with her Degrassi co-star, Aubrey Graham (Drake). She interned at Toronto's Fashion Television as part of her high school education. Grimes attended City Academy, a private school for her last two years of high school.

Career

Beginning with a recurring role in 2004, Grimes became a lead character on Degrassi: The Next Generation in 2006, playing the role of Darcy Edwards. In 2008, Grimes left the series and Canada after being cast as Annie Wilson in 90210, the CW's spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210.

She also appeared in Picture This with Ashley Tisdale and with her former Degrassi: The Next Generation co-star Lauren Collins, and then in True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet alongside singer JoJo.

In 2009, Grimes was named one of the world's most beautiful people, without makeup, by People magazine. She also appeared in a music video for rock band Our Lady Peace's single "All You Did Was Save My Life".

Grimes appears in the 2010 silent fashion short film Unzipped. She wrote and directed a 2010 music video for her song "Myself and I", which features an appearance by her 90210 co-star Ryan Eggold. She also participated in YouTuber Freddie Wong's video "Gun Size Matters". She made a cameo in the horror film Scream 4, released in April 2011.

In 2011, she traveled to Japan with her 90210 costars AnnaLynne McCord and Jessica Stroup to attend the Asia Girls Explosion (AGE) in Tokyo, after filming 90210's third season finale. Grimes was caught up in Japan due to the events of the tsunami and earthquakes. According to the actress, she was at Buddha's temple at the time when the earthquakes first occurred. Consequently, she started a campaign called "Spread The Heart" with the aim of supporting Japan by victim relief after the events of the tsunami and earthquakes. Many celebrities joined the campaign which later became a big movement.

In May 2011, during her 90210 hiatus, she took a six-week internship at Teen Vogue in New York City. She stated that working as an editor for a fashion magazine has always been her dream.

In the fall of 2011, she directed a music video for Megan and Liz's original song "Are You Happy Now?" to raise awareness about anti-bullying, in partnership with DoSomething.org.

In 2013, Grimes starred in the film Sugar about a runaway girl living on the streets of Venice, Los Angeles.

Personal life

Grimes began dating British model and musician Josh Beech in March 2012. In December 2012, after nine months of dating, Grimes announced that she and Beech were engaged. They were married on May 10, 2013 in Ashford, Kent, England.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Cross Road, TheThe Cross Road	Bridget
2009	Dead Like Me: Life After Death	Jennifer Hardick	Direct-to-video
2010	Gun Size Matters	Herself	Short film
2011	Scream 4	Trudie	Cameo appearance
2013	Empire State	Eleni
2013	Sugar	Sugar
2014	The Hazing Secret	Megan Harris

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004-08	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Darcy Edwards	Recurring role (seasons 4-5); main role (seasons 6-7); 40 episodes
2005	Shania: A Life in Eight Albums	Eilleen Twain 13-16 years	Television film
2005	Biography	Teenage Shania Twain	Episode: "Shania Twain"
2005	Kevin Hill	Katie Lassman	Episode: "Sacrificial Lambs"
2005-07	Naturally, Sadie	Arden Alcott	Recurring role; 15 episodes
2006	72 Hours: True Crime	Teenage girl	Episode: "Lust"
2008-13	90210	Annie Wilson	Series regular; 114 episodes
2008	Picture This	Cayenne	Television film
2008	True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet	Marissa Dahl	Television film
2009	Overruled!	Abby	Uncredited; episode: "Style Conscience"
2010	Hills, TheThe Hills	Herself	Episode: "Between a Rocker and a Hard Place"
2012	Punk'd	Herself	Episode: "Tyler the Creator"
2012	America's Next Top Model	Herself	Episode: "The Girl Who Cries Home"
2012	Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model	Herself	Cycle 8, episode 12
2015	Christmas Incorporated	Riley	Television film

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2009	"All You Did Was Save My Life"	Our Lady Peace	Shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

As a music video director

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2010	"Myself and I"	Shenae Grimes	Grimes' directorial, singing and songwriting debut
2011	"Are You Happy Now?"	Megan & Liz

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Notes
2006	Young Artist Award	Best Young Ensemble Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama)	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Nominated
2007	Gemini Award	Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Won
2008	Monaco International Film Festival	Best Ensemble Cast	The Cross Road	Won
2010	Teen Choice Award	Choice TV: Female Scene Stealer	90210	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]