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The CBC made-for-television biopic Shania: A Life in Eight Albums reconstructs and dramatizes the early life and ascent to stardom of country rocker Shania Twain, one of the most commercially successful recording artists in Canadian history. It tells of Twain's climb from the obscurity of a low-income family during childhood (when she is played by Reva Timbers) to the initial rumblings of musical talent and ambition as a teenager (when she is played by Shenae Grimes). It recreates her thrilling work on The Tommy Hunter Show in Toronto, where she makes her first televised appearance, as well as her pivotal move to Nashville and her tenacious attempts to make it into the country music business, with limited success - until she meets and signs with megaproducer Mutt Lange - the man she will eventually marry. Meredith Henderson portrays the adult Twain; Meagan Follows co-stars as Twain's mother, Sharon, and Eric Schweig plays Jerry, her adoptive father.