Shani Pride is a powerhouse keynote speaker, creative visionary, and dynamic force at the intersection of media, education, and social impact. With a career spanning globally across business, entertainment, and storytelling, Pride has captivated audiences on some of the world’s most prestigious stages. She has spoken at large business conferences, hosted and held her own transformative events in Johannesburg and London, and performed on renowned theater stages throughout the United States and Europe.

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As a speaker, Pride commands the room with a unique ability to blend creativity, storytelling, and transformative strategic insights, leaving audiences inspired and empowered. Her extensive experience in the entertainment industry—starring in hit films and television series, including American Horror Story, CSI, and Weeds, while working with major studios like CBS, HBO, Showtime, and Warner Bros.—has given her a profound understanding of the power of creativity as a driver for change.

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Topics Pride speaks on include:

• Unlocking your purpose & creating a life of impact

• Harnessing creativity as a tool for transformation

• Rewriting your story & breaking free from limitations

• The power of storytelling in media, business & personal growth

• Owning your voice & stepping into your greatest potential

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As a filmmaker and entrepreneur, Pride is dedicated to impact-driven storytelling. She is in pre-production on a film she is writing and directing in Italy, and developing her television series Brownsville Redemption. Pride is also the founder of Foundation E, a 501(c)(3) media and education company, utilizing storytelling to galvanize, transform and unite.

 

With a theater background from UCLA and extensive studies at the Sundance Institute, Pride inspires audiences to embrace their passions, step into their purpose, and create lives of meaning and impact.