Where Is the Cast Now? Let's Catch Up

June 2024 · 4 minute read

Lifetime's 'Escaping Polygamy' has featured several women who've left the notorious Kingston Clan polygamous cult — here's what they're up to now.

Mustafa Gatollari - Author

The Gist:

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The Lifetime series Escaping Polygamy follows the lives of three sisters — Andrea, Shanell, and Jessica — as they navigate life outside of the Kingston Clan (also referred to as the Latter Day Church of Christ or The Order). The show details how the women were able to extricate themselves from their former lifestyles and features them reflecting on their pasts as they work to free others from the group. So where are they now?

'Escaping Polygamy' — where are Andrea, Shanell, Jessica, and the rest of the cast now?

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Andrea Brewer

Upon leaving the Kingston Clan, Andrea studied law at the University of Washington and is an attorney who is dedicated to helping other women leave the lifestyle that she herself was able to free herself from. She continues to dedicate her efforts to running Hope After Polygamy and is an active advocate for women who are in the same situation she was once mired in.

We’re still here! And we want to thank all of you who have stuck with us as we’ve been silent on social media but working behind the scenes on some exciting things to come in the near future!
Hope After Polygamy is coming up on our 5 year anniversary!
📷 pic.twitter.com/LrR4YQtKjD

— Hope After Polygamy (@HopeAftPolygamy) August 25, 2023

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Jessica Christensen

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Shanell Snow

While Shanell's Instagram is currently set to private, she says that she is "happily married" and is a "proud mom" after leaving a marriage to one of her "verbally and physically abusive" first cousins she was coerced into having at just 18 years of age. She's featured several interviews with her brother online, and like Jessica and Andrea, also advocates for Hope After Polygamy. She continues to spread awareness on child marriages in America on X.

I want to give a shout-out to Justin!
I really appreciate you helping me on Friday! Was heading to the hot springs for my birthday celebration. If not for your help, I'd have gone home. Thank you so, very much! pic.twitter.com/e80faBtxiS

— Shanell Snow D (@Shanzy745) February 13, 2023

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Kollene Snow

Featured in six episodes of Escaping Polygamy toward the end of the show's run, Kollene got married to her second cousin at just 16 years of age and when her husband said he wanted more wives, she tried to get him to leave the religion with her. He declined, but she went on her way to become a successful makeup artist while advocating for other women to leave The Order and religious groups like it.

In a recent post she listed that she's teaching Yoga at a local gym, and she shows off various modeling looks on her social media as well.

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Ava/Michelle

Distractify has previously covered Ava's difficult road to emancipation — the young woman made her decision to leave her family at just 17 years of age. A bright student who was years ahead of her peers, Ava was being pressured from just 8 years old to marry her cousin. Hope After Polygamy helped in extricating her from her situation, and shortly after being emancipated she earned her associate's degree at just 18 years old.

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Amanda Rae Grant

Amanda recently went in depth about her experiences with The Order and how she was able to free herself from the group when she was just a teenager. Now she's currently involved in a massive lawsuit along with other women accusing members of the church for forcing them and others into marriages. The suit "also alleges the children are forced to work unpaid for Order-owned businesses, which it claims violates child labor laws," as Wonderwall reports.

She posts regularly about her struggles in leaving the cult and has dedicated her life to advocating for other women to escape.

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