| Shannon Beveridge | |
| Birth Name: | Shannon Nicole Beveridge |
| Birth Date: | 19 March 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Carrollton, Texas, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Channel Name: | nowthisisliving |
| Years Active: | 2009–present |
| Subscribers: | 673,000+ |
| Views: | 100 million+ |
| Network: | None |
| Silver Button: | yes |
| Silver Year: | 2015[1] |
Shannon Beveridge (born March 19, 1992) is an American YouTuber, Podcaster, Photographer, Director, Creative Director, and LGBT Advocate. Born in Texas,[2] she started her YouTube channel, nowthisisliving, in 2012 and now has over 600,000 subscribers. In 2017, she won the best LGBTQ+ YouTube Channel at the 9th Shorty Awards and the LGBT+ Celebrity Rising Star Award at the 2017 British LGBT Awards.[3]
Shannon Beveridge was born in Carrollton, Texas and lived in Norman, Oklahoma before moving to her current home in Los Angeles.[4] She attended the University of Oklahoma and was in the Delta Delta Delta sorority. She dated fellow YouTuber Cammie Scott from November 2012 to May 2016. From 2016 to 2020, she dated singer-songwriter Cari Fletcher. From 2021 to 2023, she dated LA-influencer Becky Missal.In July 2024, Shannon posted on instagram that she is dating LA-influencer Becca Moore.
Many of the videos posed on her YouTube channel are about LGBTQ+ topics. During their relationship, Cammie Scott was often featured in her videos. On July 1, 2016, they posted a video channel explaining their breakup, which has received over 3.4 million views. Beveridge went on the "Love Is Love" tour with Miles McKenna and Rebecca Black in 2017.[5] In 2017, Beveridge starred in the music video for Fletcher's single "Wasted Youth." Fletcher's 2020 EP The S(ex) Tapes tells the aftermath of their breakup.[6] She filmed and directed music videos for Fletcher's EP The S(ex) Tapes, including "Sex (With My Ex), which she also starred in. In July 2022, Fletcher released the single "Becky's So Hot" about Beveridge's new girlfriend, Becky Missal.[7] Beveridge worked with her close friend, singer-songwriter Zolita, for a music video trilogy in 2021 and 2022. She played Zolita's high school cheerleading coach in "Somebody I F*cked Once," and was the creative director for "Single in September" and "I F*cking Love You."
| Year | Award | Category | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | British LGBT Awards | Outstanding Contribution to LGBT+ Life | [8] | |
| 2017 | British LGBT Awards | LGBT Celebrity Rising Star Award | [9] | |
| 2017 | Shorty Awards | LGBTQ+ YouTube Channel Award |
| Year | Video | Artist | Credit | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | "Stripped Bare" | Alyson Stoner | Director | [10] | |
| 2020 | "Bitter" | Fletcher featuring Kito | Director, producer, and editor | ||
| "Forever (Stripped)" | Fletcher | Director and producer | |||
| "If I Hated You" | Director and cinematographer | ||||
| "The One" | |||||
| "Feel (A Cappella)" | |||||
| "Shh...Don't Say It" | |||||
| "Silence" | |||||
| "Sex (With My Ex)" | |||||
| "vicious" | Tate McRae, ft. Lil Mosey | Director | |||
| 2021 | "Pool House" | Kevin Burke | Director | [11] | |
| 2022 | "Single in September" | Zolita | Creative director | ||
| "I F*cking Love You" | |||||
| "Ruin My Life" | |||||
| 2023 | "Crazy Ex" | Zolita | Creative director | ||
| 2024 | "Bloodstream" | Zolita | Creative director |
| Year | Video | Role | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | "Piece of Cake" | Jessie | Short film: Ella Lentini (director) | ||
| 2017 | "Wasted Youth" | Self | Music video: Fletcher | ||
| 2020 | "If I Hated You" | Self | Music video: Fletcher | ||
| 2020 | "Sex (With My Ex)" | Self | Music video: Fletcher | ||
| 2021 | "Somebody I F*cked Once" | Unnamed coach | Music video: Zolita |