Life, Values & Legacy: Our Chat with Shoshanna Withers of Jersey City

We’re looking forward to introducing you to Shoshanna Withers. Check out our conversation below.

Hi Shoshanna, thank you for taking the time to reflect back on your journey with us. I think our readers are in for a real treat. There is so much we can all learn from each other and so thank you again for opening up with us. Let’s get into it: What are you being called to do now, that you may have been afraid of before?
Right now, I’m being called to slow down, and that used to terrify me. For so long, I equated movement with progress: more auditions, more sets, more films, more proof that I was “becoming” something. But this new season of life and motherhood has completely rewritten that script. It’s teaching me that stillness can be just as creative and just as transformative.

I’m learning to trust the in-between moments, to let my art and my company, Evermoor Studios, evolve from a place of grace instead of urgency. I used to fear that slowing down meant losing momentum. Now I see it as the space where the real evolution begins.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m Shoshanna Lisa Withers, an actor, writer, producer, and model who has spent over twenty years immersed in the art of storytelling, both in front of and behind the camera. I’m also the founder of Evermoor Studios, a New Jersey–based production company dedicated to creating stories that linger. These are films that weave together myth, emotion, and memory in ways that feel deeply human and visually cinematic.

Alongside my film career, I’ve worked as a runway and print model for twenty-five years, modeling for brands including Victoria’s Secret PINK. In the last year and a half, I’ve produced more than ten films, a feature, and an animated project, earned seven Best Actress nominations for Betty and Love & Hatred in Megawave City, and appeared in three national commercials. Most recently, I produced and played a supporting role opposite Gbenga Akinnagbe (The Wire, Nurse Jackie, The Deuce) in the upcoming feature film Forget Me Not, directed by Michael Cooke and also starring Curtiss Cook (The Chi, Chicago Med, House of Cards) and Matthew Maher (Our Flag Means Death, Mozart in the Jungle, GTA V). I also joined the award-winning SAG-AFTRA fantasy radio series The Visionaries as a season regular, and I’m going to be producing a feature horror film set to begin production in Summer 2026.

Beyond my work, I’m stepping into a new and deeply meaningful role. I’m going to be a mother, with my first child due in April 2026. For me, Evermoor Studios isn’t just a company. It’s a calling, and now, it’s part of a larger legacy built on creativity, courage, and the stories we leave behind.

Great, so let’s dive into your journey a bit more. What breaks the bonds between people—and what restores them?
I think what breaks the bonds between people is pride, the quiet kind that disguises itself as self-protection. It is that moment when we choose to be right instead of real, or to be strong instead of honest. We start building walls instead of bridges, and we forget that love, friendship, and collaboration are living things. They need care. They need humility.

What restores those bonds is grace. The ability to see someone’s flaws and stay anyway. The courage to say, “I understand you, even if I don’t agree with you.” But I’ve also learned that grace has boundaries. You can offer it again and again, but eventually, you have to recognize when holding on is costing you your peace. Sometimes letting go is its own kind of grace.

That is also what art does for me. Through storytelling, I’ve learned that healing does not come from perfection. It comes from presence. Whether I’m acting or producing, my goal is always to remind people that connection is not about sameness. It is about seeing and being seen, even when it is hard.

If you could say one kind thing to your younger self, what would it be?
I would tell her to stop waiting for permission. No one is coming to open the door for you. You have to build it yourself. Every “no” you will ever hear will eventually guide you toward the right “yes.” Trust the detours; they are not delays. They are preparation.

You already have everything you need to create the life you are dreaming of. The strength, the voice, the vision, it is all there. Do not waste time shrinking for the comfort of others. You were meant to take up space.

Next, maybe we can discuss some of your foundational philosophies and views? What truths are so foundational in your life that you rarely articulate them?
That everything we experience is teaching us something about love. Every success, every loss, every pause between chapters, it all shapes how deeply we can feel and how honestly we can connect. I have learned that nothing in life is wasted, not even the heartbreaks. They carve out space for more understanding, more compassion, and more truth.

As an actor and filmmaker, that belief guides everything I do. I have learned that art is not about permanence; it is about presence. You pour yourself into a story knowing it will eventually fade, but the emotion you leave behind will echo in someone else. That is what keeps me creating, the quiet knowing that what we share outlives us, even if the moment itself is brief.

Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. If immortality were real, what would you build?
If immortality were real, I would keep building stories that outlast me. Not for recognition, but to remind people what it means to feel deeply and to be seen.

I think legacy is less about being remembered and more about what you leave in others. Every film, every connection, every act of creation plants something that continues to grow long after you are gone. If I had forever, I would spend it creating spaces where people can recognize themselves, heal a little, and believe again in something bigger than survival.

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