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Lindsey Shaw

American actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ275961
Source-derived summary

Lindsey Shaw (born May 10, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for playing Jennifer "Moze" Mosely on the Nickelodeon series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. She also co-starred in the 2007 CW sitcom Aliens in America, and was the lead on ABC Family's 2009 comedy series 10 Things I Hate About You. From 2011 to 2017, she played the recurring role of Paige McCullers on the ABC Family teen drama series Pretty Little Liars.

Early life

Shaw was born on May 10, 1989 in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Barbara (née Sucha) and Michael "Mike" Shaw, where she was also raised. Shaw attended St. Peter Catholic School in her hometown before she and her mother moved to Los Angeles when she was 13 to pursue an acting career.

Career

Shaw portrayed Jennifer Ann "Moze" Mosely on the Nickelodeon series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, which debuted in 2004 and ended in 2007 after three seasons. She dated her co-star Devon Werkheiser briefly. After the show ended, the sitcom Aliens in America debuted on The CW, where Shaw played the character Claire.

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The public source identifies “Lindsey Shaw” as american actress. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lindsey, Shaw and American.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989, 2007, 2009, 2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1989-05-10. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lindsey, Shaw and American providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q275961. VIAF identifies the subject as 63829621. The Library of Congress control number is no2008133935. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989, 2007, 2009 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from Lindsey Shaw” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.