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~*Brandon Beemer/Shawn-Douglas Brady Bio*~

Shawn Brady was born to Bo and Hope Brady. Shortly after his birth, the Bradys left on a three-year cruise around the world. Although he spent a good portion of his life without Hope, he formed bonds with several "step-moms." The Brady's were put through quite an ordeal when Shawn was kidnapped by Stefano DiMera's thugs. Stefano planned to "save" the boy and thereby make himself out to be a hero. Shawn escaped, however, before Stefano's devious plan was carried out. Later, Shawn's jacket was found floating in the river and the Brady household braced themselves for the worst. Bo launched a search for his son and was relieved to find him still alive. When Hope made the transition to Gina, she sent Shawn to the Westborough Academy. Shawn "broke out" of the boarding school and returned to Salem with a new bad-boy look and attitude to match. Back at home, Shawn openly voiced his concerns about his "mother." He sensed that something wasn't right about "Hope" but his father was too blinded by love to see the truth. Later, Gina/"Hope" forced Shawn to jump over the balcony during a wedding reception party at the Penthouse Grill. Shawn was injured and rushed to the hospital. Later, when "Hope" died, they found out that she was really Gina and Hope might still be alive. Shawn accompanied his father and family back to France to find his mother. The real Hope returned to Salem and Bo and Shawn enjoyed a more stable family life.
At Salem High, Shawn established himself as a dominant force. He won the attention of the girls and initially made an enemy of Philip Kiriakis, over their competition over Belle Black and then Chloe Lane. Eventually, Shawn and Philip became the best of friends. Shawn and Belle went to the Last Blast Dance as friends and, afterwards followed Mimi to a back alley and discovered that she was homeless. They enlisted the help of Habitat for Humanity to build her family a new home. The next year at the Last Blast, Shawn and Belle had their first official date -- as a couple, not just as friends. The following summer, Shawn and Belle joined some other teens from Salem High on a trip to Puerto Rico, where they were supposed to study the environment. Instead, they went on an adventure to find some missing jewels, including a ruby belonging to Alice Horton. Much to the dismay of the criminally-minded Paul, the teens were successful and Shawn was able to return the ruby to his grandmother. During the trip, he and Belle also came very close to making love.
When they returned to Salem, Shawn found himself involved in Jan's tragic story. He claimed he was the father of the baby she conceived when Paul raped her on the island. Belle was heartbroken, but Shawn had promised to stand by Jan and not to tell anyone how she really became pregnant. By the end of their senior year, the truth came out, but Belle was still not very forgiving. Eventually, at the Last Blast Dance, they made tentative steps toward a reconciliation. Through the summer, they grew closer, as they took care of their new "friends," Rex and Cassie, who had apparently fallen out of the sky. Shawn had planned on going away to college, but he and Belle both decided on starting their college careers at Salem University. The beginning of college can be stressful, and that has proven to be true as these two young lovebirds had some trust issues left unresolved from the Jan experience and brought back to the surface over Belle's need to protect Rex and Cassie. Then Shawn's mother and baby brother were kidnapped, helping the two of them to put aside their seemingly petty problems and reunite. They eventually exchanged purity rings, declaring their commitment to one another and to waiting until marriage to have sex. The return of Philip Kiriakis threw a wrench into Shawn and Belle's relationship. The two were on the outs when Belle decided to do a reality dating show with Mimi and Cassie, Love is Blind. The mysterious suitor chose Belle for his final date and when he removed his mask, he was revealed to be Philip!
Shawn moved out of the dorm and into the loft next door to Belle, then started working part-time for his Uncle Mickey, who thought he would make a fine lawyer one day. He helped out in a case with a mysterious woman named Maya who had ties to Tony and a mysterious goop. His parents tracked down the goop and were almost killed in the process, only to return to Salem and really put their lives in danger during Belle's Basic Black fashion show. Unbeknownst to most of Salem, Jan Spears returned. She passed her time stalking Shawn and planning how to remove Belle from the picture and get him for herself. The murder spree of the Salem Stalker saw many of Shawn's closest relatives killed. Much to his dismay, the murderess turned out to be none other than Marlena, Belle's mother. Belle had even provided the alibi for her mother, a turn of events that was partially responsible for Shawn's great-grandmother Alice being killed. Things certainly didn't look good for Shawn and Belle and he decided to get out of Salem for awhile and clear his head. This played right into Jan's hands. Her alter ego old lady lured him to her country home, where she caged him as her love slave.
Shawn remained in the cage for months, with Jan tormenting him with images of Belle with his best friend Philip. He watched them grow progressively closer, until he could take it no more and escaped. Unfortunately, Jan caught up with him again and took him hostage, forcing him to watch Belle and Philip at the Green Mountain Lodge, where it looked as if they had made love. Shawn made it away again and raced back to the Lodge, hoping to find Belle before she went any further with Philip. He didn't make it back to Salem. On the way, he crashed his motorcycle and was rushed to the hospital. When he woke up after surgery, all he could remember was his anger at Belle and Philip. Much to his friends' surprise and chagrin, he asked for Jan! It seemed that Shawn's personality had changed completely. He couldn't remember anything about the last few months, so Jan told him – and everybody else – that they'd spent the summer having hot sex and doing little else. And they were engaged. And Shawn was drinking. A lot. Shawn didn't know how it had all happened, but he believed Jan. Eventually, though, he realized that he still loved Belle. Unfortunately, he didn't fully realize it until the night of her wedding to Philip. Kate, who feared Shawn would try something, had the church completely locked up. Crazed Shawn drove his motorcycle through the stained glass wedding, very nearly killing Belle and himself in the process. And he didn't even get there in time to stop the wedding! He was arrested, however, and tested positive for both drugs and alcohol. Thanks, Jan.
Belle and Shawn's love, though, could still not be denied. He seemed to have gotten his act together and Belle realized that she did still love him. Before she could tell her new husband she was in love with another man, Philip's Marine unit shipped out. Shawn pressured her into telling Philip over the phone, knowing she couldn't commit to him until she'd broken things off with her husband. Before she had a chance to, however, Philip was taken hostage. Belle was devastated and felt extremely guilty. When neither the Marines nor the ISA could manage to rescue Philip, Shawn knew there was only one thing he could do. He would have to rescue Philip himself. He talked Rex, Brady and Lucas into going with him, and with the help of John's rescue plan that Rex had conveniently hacked off the computer, they took off behind enemy lines. They were captured first by the Marines and escaped, only to be recaptured, by Tony's men. And the person who rescued them? Sami. Everyone but Philip, who returned to his unit, left for Salem. They were given a heroes' welcome, but it wasn't long before they learned that Philip had been injured by a landmine. Belle, Kate and John flew to Germany to be with him; with some assistance from his mother, Shawn followed. He demanded Belle make a choice and she did; she chose Philip. They all returned to Salem.
After Rex learned the truth about Mimi's abortion and left town, she moved into the loft with Shawn. It wasn't long before friendship turned to romance; the two decided to get married. This didn't rest easily with Belle, who knew this meant she had lost Shawn for good. Nevertheless, Shawn and Mimi were married in a sweet and romantic ceremony. Unfortunately, Mimi was harboring a horrible secret; she knew that Shawn, not Philip was the father of Belle's baby Claire. He should've been able to figure it out; after his brother Zack was killed by a hit-and-run driver, his liver was a match for Claire and saved her life.When the truth about who had killed Zack came out – it was Shawn's half-sister Chelsea – it caused a huge rift between him and his father. Shawn blamed Bo for covering up the crime and trying to protect Chelsea. He was happy when his mother left his father and even when she became pregnant with Patrick Lockhart's baby. Meanwhile, he and Mimi tried to get pregnant through in vitro; she lost the baby and they decided to go with a surrogate. At the same time, Philip and Belle were having trouble getting pregnant and also decided to use in vitro. Surprise, surprise. The eggs were switched and therefore fertilized with the wrong sperm. Now, Belle is pregnant with Shawn's child and Mimi's surrogate is pregnant with Philip's. Was this just a terrible mix-up, or is someone messing with their lives?

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Brandon beemer Biography