Shannon Lawson is a fictional character

Fictional character

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 on ITV

ITV

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 British

Great Britain

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 drama Footballers' Wives

Footballers' Wives

Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006...

, played by English actress Sarah Barrand

Sarah Barrand

Sarah Barrand is an English actress known for her role as Shannon Donnelly-Lawson in Footballers Wives and its ITV2 spin-off Footballers' Wives: Extra Time...

. She was initially a parody

Parody

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 of Coleen McLoughlin

Coleen McLoughlin

Coleen Mary Rooney is best known for being the wife of Manchester United and England football star Wayne Rooney...

, but in later seasons she matured and moved away from her original personality

Personality type

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 traits.

Trivia

The character is still credited as Lawson in Series 5, despite having divorced from her husband.

Extra Time - Series 1

Before Conrad Gates

Conrad Gates

Conrad Gates is a fictional character from the British TV show Footballers' Wives, played by Ben Price; he is a parody of real-life football player David Beckham.-Series 3:...

funeral, Shannon tells Harley that she couldn't live without him. At the wake, Gary Ryan tells Harley, now that Madrid have lost out on Conrad, they are now interested in signing Harley. Although Shannon flatly refuses to consider the idea of moving to Spain, Harley is adamant - he's going to Madrid with or without her. On reflection, Harley is quite pleased with the turn of events as it gives him the chance to make a new start, hopefully with Katie at his side. But then Shannon surprises him with her latest purchase, a speak Spanish CD. She decides to go to Spain with him. Harley arranges to go on ahead to Madrid for a medical and believes that Shannon is staying at home. He is actually travelling with Katie. Eager to surprise him, Shannon books herself a ticket and hot foots it to the airport only to bump into Katie. Initially, Shannon believes that their encounter is a coincidence, but when Katie reveals the truth, she is mortified and realises she has lost her husband forever.

Extra Time - Series 2

Shannon visits recovering Darius in hospital with her new boyfriend Callum. After Seb Webb's death, Shannon visits Darius again. She and Callum visit Darius at home and are interested to hear about Jeanette Dunkley's healing abilities. They think she can get rid of Callum's mum Trisha's cancer.