An award-winning Hollywood makeup artist and special effects producer known for her work on popular movies like “Rebel Moon and “Mean Girls” has been fighting for her life in the hospital after she was allegedly stabbed over 20 times by an ex-boyfriend.
Allie Shehorn was moved out of the ICU Tuesday, nearly a week after her ex broke into her Shadow Hills, Los Angeles home and stabbed her repeatedly before fleeing, according to reports.
Shehorn, who had recently filed for a restraining order against the man, was found after the attack Thursday by her surrogate mother, who said the bloody scene was not “a pretty sight.”
“This is not the kind of thing that should happen to anybody,” Christine White, the 35-year-old’s surrogate mother, told KTLA. “You don’t think this is ever going to happen to you.”
“I found her and I had to go into the bedroom where it happened,” she said. “That wasn’t a pretty sight.”
Shehorn suffered multiple slashes to her neck as well as cuts on her arms and abdomen during the grisly assault.
Friends say Shehorn has made tremendous progress. An update to a GoFundMe for the makeup artist noted that she was moved out of the ICU on Tuesday.
An earlier update on Monday said that Shehorn had started talking more and was eating once again.
“The fact that she was able to get through what she did that night and how fast she’s recovering is really amazing,” her friend Christopher Wayne told the station.
Emily MacDonald, another friend, said Shehorn has been in a good mood despite the circumstances — and the fact that a lengthy hospital stay is likely ahead of her.
“She’s been in really good spirits,” MacDonald said. “I feel like she’s comforting all of us, which is kind of how Allie is. Even when she’s at rock bottom, she’s still looking to see how she can lift other people up.”
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Shehorn’s alleged assailant fled the state after the violent attack.
According to Shehorn’s friends, her ex-boyfriend was arrested in Texas near the US-Mexico border.
He has not been publicly named.
A GoFundMe has been organized to help with Shehorn’s hospital bills.
The 35-year-old has worked on numerous popular films including the “Rebel Moon” movies, the “Mean Girls” musical remake and “Babylon.”
She has also won several awards for her makeup and special effects work, specifically on horror movies, according to her IMDB page.
Just last year she won “Best SFX Makeup” at the Hollywood Blood Horror Festival for her work on “Incorrigible.”
In 2022 she won the “Outstanding Achievement Award (Makeup and Hairstyling) at the IndieX Film Festival for her work on “The Last Altruist” and in 2018 she won “Best Make Up Short Film” at the Five Continents International Film Festival for makeup in “Goodnight, Gracie.”