--- name: "Vonda Shepard" canonical: "https://film.one/person/vonda-shepard" fi1m_id: "vonda-shepard" imdb_id: "nm0005423" tmdb_id: 168283 wikidata_id: "Q293696" roles: ["Actor"] born: "7 July 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-07T12:46:43.232910+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Vonda Shepard ## Identity Vonda Shepard - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vonda-shepard - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** vonda-shepard - **IMDb ID:** nm0005423 - **TMDB ID:** 168283 - **Wikidata ID:** Q293696 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vonda_Shepard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q293696, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168283 Actor. Born 7 July 1963 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 7 July 1963, New York City, New York, USA - **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award (1 won · 2 nominated) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vonda_Shepard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q293696, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168283 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Ally McBeal*](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md) (63) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Vonda Shepard is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and actress. Born on 7 July 1963 in New York City, she moved with her family to California as a child and began performing in clubs as a teenager. She is best known for her recurring role as a fictionalised version of herself on the television series *Ally McBeal* (1997–2002), appearing as the resident singer at the bar where the central characters socialise. Shepard performed on screen throughout the series and contributed to its soundtracks, including the theme song "Searchin' My Soul". She has released nine studio albums and three live albums. As a cast member of *Ally McBeal*, she received a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1999, along with two further nominations, and a Billboard award for soundtrack sales. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Ally McBeal* (1997), Fi1m 63, as Vonda Shepard — [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md) ## Complete filmography (1) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Vonda Shepard — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md) ## Gallery - ![Vonda Shepard](https://film.one/media/person/6782896/gallery-3fa2d73dded2.jpg) Vonda Shepard — Makroconcert Media Sp. z o.o., CC BY 2.5 pl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Vondashepard_czarnob.jpg/1280px-Vondashepard_czarnob.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Vonda Shepard's concert in the opening concert of San Javier International Jazz Festival (30-june-2018)](https://film.one/media/person/6782896/gallery-8ea92bcb7c0d.jpg) Vonda Shepard's concert in the opening concert of San Javier International Jazz Festival (30-june-2018) — Tsaorin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Vonda_Shepard_San_Javier_2018_02.jpg/1280px-Vonda_Shepard_San_Javier_2018_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Vonda Shepard performing live at WitZend in Venice California on Saturday December 20th, 2014.](https://film.one/media/person/6782896/gallery-f37d72371fd3.jpg) Vonda Shepard performing live at WitZend in Venice California on Saturday December 20th, 2014. — Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Vonda_Shepard_12_20_2014_-8_%2815889843619%29.jpg/1280px-Vonda_Shepard_12_20_2014_-8_%2815889843619%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Vonda Shepard performing live at WitZend in Venice California on Saturday December 20th, 2014.](https://film.one/media/person/6782896/gallery-8e51aa0d2a95.jpg) Vonda Shepard performing live at WitZend in Venice California on Saturday December 20th, 2014. — Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Vonda_Shepard_12_20_2014_-7_%2815888653970%29.jpg/1280px-Vonda_Shepard_12_20_2014_-7_%2815888653970%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Vonda Shepard performing live at WitZend in Venice California on Saturday December 20th, 2014.](https://film.one/media/person/6782896/gallery-94066d87e1be.jpg) Vonda Shepard performing live at WitZend in Venice California on Saturday December 20th, 2014. — Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Vonda_Shepard_12_20_2014_-11_%2815888650960%29.jpg/1280px-Vonda_Shepard_12_20_2014_-11_%2815888650960%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Vonda Shepard's concert in the opening concert of San Javier International Jazz Festival (30-june-2018)](https://film.one/media/person/6782896/gallery-84f6fa6e3e78.jpg) Vonda Shepard's concert in the opening concert of San Javier International Jazz Festival (30-june-2018) — Tsaorin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Vonda_Shepard_San_Javier_2018_03.jpg/1280px-Vonda_Shepard_San_Javier_2018_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### SAG Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated - 2001: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (nominated), for *Ally McBeal* - 2000: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (nominated), for *Ally McBeal* - 1999: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (won), for *Ally McBeal* ### Other awards — 2 won - ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2000: ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards (won) - ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1999: ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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