Shana Elizabeth Dowdeswell (1 April 1989 – 12 December 2012), was a Hollywood actress of Zimbabwean descent.
She started acting career at age eight, and later played Anne Frank in a production at the Paper Mill Playhouse.
On 7 December 2012, Shana went to a New York City Greenwich Village bar, called The Basement and drank several shots of whiskey.
A dog walker discovered her unconscious body and she was rushed to Beth Israel Medical Center.
Meanwhile, Shana also appeared in the film The Stream, The Winning Season, Asylum Seekers, and Choose before her death.