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Shannon "Shan" Barnes is a minor recurring character in the first season, and major character in the second season, of Gossip Girl revival. She is portrayed by Grace Duah.
Shan is a a free spirit and best friend to Zoya Lott.
Early Life[]
Television Series[]
Season One[]
In "You Can't Take It With Jules", while in academic probation in detention, Zoya meets Shan who showed up due to detention late after some obvious made up excuse of a cab being late. Halfway into detention, Shan asks the the monitor in charge for his breakfast bar, and bites it only for it to start an allergy attack, which she uses as a way to get her and Zoya out of there by faking going to the nurse. The rest of the day is spent wondering and exploring the city as the two girls decide to ditch school for the rest of the day. While eating at Chinese restaurant, Zoya and Shan start talking about their backstories about how Shan comes from strict parents who don't like her way of living and expressing herself, while Zoya vents about her dad being hard on her for actions caused by Julien, and how she wants to help Julien through the process with Davis, but her dad doesn't let her. When Nick gets worried about where Zoya is, she lies by saying she was hanging out with Julien only for it to back fire when Julien stops by Nick's place with her grandmother. After Zoya gets caught, Nick grounds her by not letting her go to the school's annual winter recital, Shan shows up at her doorsteps and steals her away from the apartment, and secretly sneaks her in the winter recital by the upstairs balcony. As the recital ended, Zoya and Shan forget that they snuck out, and get caught by Nick again. Having enough of Zoya getting reprimanded by her dad, Shan steps in and gives Nick a piece of her mind about how Zoya is being treated unfairly, while the other rich kids do more horrible things, but suffer no consequences. After listening to her, Nick decides to reconcile with Zoya and decides to be less harsh on her in the future.
in the end of episode, Zoya texts Shan thanking her for sticking up to her father.
In "Gossip Gone, Girl", As New years is approaching, Zoya considers staying in the city, instead of going upstate with Julien and her friends for their annual New Years celebrations. However, Shan convinces her to go as she feels that Julien and Zoya need some sister bonding time after she learns about Davis's legal trouble. When Zoya arrives at the house upstate, she calls Shan talking about the house looks like the one in a Quentin Tarantino movie. In the end of the episode, it's shown that Julien called Shan to come pick up Zoya and to spend the rest of the night with her as a way to make up for what happened in the first semester.
Season Two[]
Personality[]
Shan is a free spirited hipster
Memorable Quotes[]
-“And I know who you are, you’re the newest member of the Calloway Cartel”
Hobbies & Skills[]
Trivia[]
- Shan revealed that her parents were considering sending her to boarding school.
- Shan's sexuality is bisexual, similar to that of Aki.
- Shan's character mirrors that of Vanessa Abrams. However in this depiction, she's part of a rich family who likes to portray herself as a humble student.
Gallery[]
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