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Angela Shelton first began acting at 8 when she was a mime at the local mall. She went on to do some community theater and in her teens played Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. She then went into the more lucrative career of modeling and focused on her writing during her down time. She landed the lead role of Meadow Adare in Gavin O’Connor’s first film, Comfortably Numb. She moved to Los Angeles in 1996 and booked a pilot every year that she auditioned. She was in TNT’s BIG TIME, Fox’s ELIE’S THEORY, and the TV version of SWINGERS called HOLLYWOOD TALES. She has appeared in guest star roles in BECKER, CHICAGO HOPE, PACIFIC BLUE and SILK STALKINGS. She is proud to have worked with Richard Benjamin when she did her first comedy role for the screen in THE SHRINK IS IN outside of a guest star on HBO’s comedy show HARDCORE TV.

Angela was also in AIR GUITAR NATION! As a COMEDIAN Angela is a regular on the Free Speech Show and Comedy Nation. She has also appeared at the Comedy Store.

When Angela booked the role as SAFE SIDE SUPERCHICK in the Safe Side Video Series, Angela was elated to do physical comedy, her own stunts, and play the various characters.

Training and Skills

Larry Moss – scene study
Jean-Louis Rodrigue – Alexander Technique
Richard Balin – Singing and Voice
Improv Olympic – Improv
The Groundlings – Improv
Sally Johnson – Meisner
Melissa Skoff – Scene Study
Louis Van Bergen – Scene Study
Santa Monica City College – Technique
Greenville Theatre Group – Mime

SPECIAL SKILLS: driving, dancing, writing, improv, fearlessness, fighting, aerial dancing

Videos and Acting Reels

Angela was the lead in the film Beautiful Dreamer (aka Daysleeper). The movie is about a young girl who has narcolepsy and when she falls asleep she sees children who are being abused and finds clues about how to save them. Angela plays her mother who does not believe her until the end of the film when she realizes that her daughter has a beautiful gift. Director Daniel Dimarco and producer Gaalan Engen talk about how it was to work with Angela in the below video:

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