Shauna Rappold

Biography

Shauna Rappold is an American actress who portrayed Donald Simms’ staffer in 24: Legacy.

Other recent and notable roles include Megan Griggs in NCIS: New Orleans, Lucy Creb in the award-winning American Horror Story from FX, and Heidi, playing opposite Patrick Wilson and Lena Heady in Zipper, the story of a young federal prosecutor’s obsession with escort services.

A native New Orleanian, Shauna garnered early experience in community theater starring as Eurydice in Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses and co-starring as Susan in Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles.

Shortly before graduation from Louisiana State University with a Theater degree, she auditioned for her first film, the popular fantasy thriller, Warbirds, and won a leading role as Betsy Quigley, a World War II pilot who crashes on a Pacific island inhabited by flying dinosaurs. Television roles include appearances in 24:Legacy, Memphis Beat, Breakout Kings, and, significantly, a recurring role on HBO’s Treme.

An accomplished and trained vocalist, Rappold calls New Orleans home. Shauna is married to
writer, director and producer Armando Leduc.