HELLO
my name is
ZINNIA SHACKLEBOLT

NOW, AT THE PRESENT TIME

• professional quidditch player: Kenmare Kestrels (chaser)
  Zinnia is known as an incredibly graceful and aggressive flyer and utilizes her flexibility and confidence as a trained aerialist. She very serious player and one that rarely smiles during a match regardless of score or personal accomplishment during said match. It is not until she has dismounted her broom that she shows any emotion in her posture or on her face which was off-putting to the press, fans, and teammates alike in the early days of her career. She has loosened up a bit over the years and become a more personable player on the pitch as well as off. During interviews and meet and greets during her first handful of years in the professional quidditch sphere, Zinnia was too poised and stiff as her go-to was to behave as she would while paraded around at pageants and during pageant interviews. It was not until her tell-all with Seeker Weekly that she showed any vulnerability or 'realness' with reporters and fans. She still remains very poised and stiffly professional during most press conferences and interviews but is much more open and better received in the public eye thanks to her tell-all interview, quidditch camp, and continued involvement with the U-14 league.
  
  
• entrepreneur
  • April 2100 launches "ZS Activewear"
  • September 2101 launches private pottery line
  Discovering a passion for pottery during a particularly difficult time in her private life, Zinnia distributed pieces to private businesses for sale. Her name not attached to the launch, Zinnia continued to remain anonymous to consumers until the launch of her summer 2105 launch of her activewear line. She continues to make pieces on the rare occasion available for purchase to the public with proceeds going towards youth charities.
  
  Her activewear line, ZS, was primarily marketed for the female figure until 2104 when the brand branched out into menswear and increased its unisex options. ZS best sellers include workout training crops and compression leggings.
• personal life
  Zinnia is notorious for keeping her private life away from the public eye. This more than often results in reporters and paparazzi being invasive and aggressive when they descend upon her in public, trying to particularly rile her up with questions about retirement, marriage, and children. Children in particular is a very sensitive topic and one she dodges more swiftly than she does bludgers. Her biggest tell of frustration, aggravation, and general annoyance is excessive rubbing to her forehead. Her tell-all interview with Seeker Weekly in 2106 revealed a toxicity of the overbearing pureblood environment in which she grew up in and exposed the dark side of the beauty pageant industry of which she had to participate in through her teen years. The latest development in her private life as covered by the press is her marriage to Ramiel Skeres, former Ollivanders owner and wandmaker. Their first date in 2096 being in Azkaban was heavily covered by the tabloids when details of them becoming a couple came to light in 2101. Professionally she still goes by Shacklebolt and has no intention of hyphenating her last name to Shacklebolt-Skeres. Zinnia has been tied to other supposed dating and relationship scandals with former peers from Hogwarts, but none were able to get much traction with the tabloids and press before her publicist and team squashed rumors and paid off anonymous tippers.

NOTEABLE APPEARANCES:

• 2094-present British and Irish Quidditch League (Kenmare Kestrels, Chaser)
  • 2110 Quidditch World Cup (Bulgaria, Chaser [captain])
  • 2108 Seeker Weekly exclusive interview
  • 2106 Quidditch World Cup; first place (Bulgaria, Chaser [captain])
  • 2106 - present; summer camps & quarterly clinics : founder & co-owner of SYNERGY Quidditch
  • 2106 Cover/Cover story of Seeker Weekly
  • 2105 British and Irish Quidditch League Champions
  • 2099-present: strength and conditioning coach for U-17 Ireland team
  • 2098 Quidditch World Cup; third place (Bulgaria, Chaser)
  • Breakthrough Player of the Year 2095 (shared title with Henry Whittebrook)
• U-17 British and Irish Quidditch League (England, Chaser) 2092 - 2094
• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Ravenclaw) 2092-2094
• U-17 Eastern Europe Quidditch League (Bulgaria, Chaser) 2087 - 2091
• Durmstrang Institute (Wolverine) 2087 - 2092

OOC: this is not a formal character biography but rather a career introduction and related information that your characters may be privy to should they have an interest in her particular industry. Therefore, the above information may be considered IC at the RPer's discretion. Zinnia has a bio in the professional athletes thread that you can take a look at for more information that may be IC knowledge to your character. Feel free to nudge me for headcanons or to discuss connections if you'd like!