About
Angela Shelton is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, actor, public speaker and superhero. 
Due to the huge following of her doc in the trauma and recovery world and hearing from over 30,000 survivors of child sexual abuse, rape and domestic violence, Angela created The Survivor Manual. There you can find articles and videos pertaining to healing the past and moving forward.
Angela has written screenplays and teleplays, published a memoir, written workbooks on dealing with trauma and spoken worldwide. (downloads are in the Ejunkie store)
A brief history of Angela Shelton:
Angela first began acting at eight-years-old when she was a mime at the local mall. She went on to do community theater and in her teens played Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. Angela then went into the more lucrative career of modeling and focused on her writing during her down time. Angela wrote her first manuscript at the age of 19 while modeling in Paris.
She bridged back into acting from modeling, and booked the lead in Gavin O’Connor’s first film, Comfortably Numb. Angela appeared in national commercials and TV shows while continuing to write. Angela teamed up with Gavin and the pair adapted Angela’s first novel into the film Tumbleweeds. The film won the filmmaker’s trophy at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival and brought the lead actress, Janet McTeer, an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe win. Angela began writing screenplays and teleplays and received outstanding reviews for her adaptation of Kaye Gibbon’s novel Charms for the Easy Life for Showtime starring Gena Rowlands and Mimi Rogers.
Angela left Hollywood and went on the road to make her directing debut by traveling the US interviewing other Angela Sheltons in an effort to survey American women. Her multi-award winning film Searching for Angela Shelton surprised her and the world when it put a spotlight on sexual abuse and domestic violence and began a grassroots movement of healing for abuse survivors worldwide. Angela appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, 48 Hours Investigates, NPR, Lifetime Television for Women and the cover of the New York Times.
She has spoken in Congress, universities, military bases, high schools, elementary schools, community centers, conferences and seminars nationwide and abroad. The United States Justice Department presented Angela with a certificate of appreciation for her hard work on behalf of crime victims. The mayor of Asheville, NC made April 29th Angela Shelton Day in honor of all abuse survivors. Angela’s memoir, Finding Angela Shelton, tells how making her documentary changer her life and the lives of many other forever. The book is mandatory reading in many Women’s Studies programs around the US.
Angela became a Superhero for children in The Safe Side video series created by Baby Einstein’s Julie Clark. Angela won an Emmy for her performance as Safe Side Superchick.
Angela is proud to have been in the Air Guitar Championships and be featured in the documentary AIR GUITAR NATION!
Angela’s goal in life is to host Saturday Night Live more than once. There’s a fan page for that!
You can read testimonials here.
To bring Angela to your community, contact events@angelashelton.com
