Marley Shelton | |
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Shelton at the 2007 Austin premiere of Grindhouse
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Born |
Marley Eve Shelton April 12, 1974 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1990–present |
Spouse(s) | Beau Flynn (m. 2001) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Samantha Shelton (sister) |
Marley Eve Shelton (born April 12, 1974) is an American film and television actress. She made her film debut in the drama Grand Canyon (1991), which was followed by parts in the pictures The Sandlot (1993), Nixon (1995), and Warriors of Virtue (1997). In the late 1990s and early 2000s, she played significant roles in films aimed at a teenage audience, including Pleasantville (1998), Never Been Kissed (1999), Sugar & Spice (2001) and Valentine (2001).
Shelton has found larger recognition for her appearances in the neo-noir thriller Sin City (2005), the double feature Grindhouse (2007) and the slasher sequel Scream 4 (2011), and has also starred in numerous independent films throughout her career, including Just a Kiss (2002), Grand Theft Parsons (2003), Women in Trouble (2009), (Untitled) (2009), Elektra Luxx (2010), The Mighty Macs (2011), and Decoding Annie Parker (2014). She recently starred in the short-lived Lifetime show The Lottery (2014) and appeared in the psychological thriller Solace (2015).
Shelton was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Carol (née Stromme), a teacher and former singer, and Christopher Shelton, a director and producer. She is the second of four children; her sisters are Koren, Erin and Samantha Shelton (who is also an actress and a musician). She grew up in the residential neighborhood of Eagle Rock, where she attended Eagle Rock High School. Shelton attended University of California, Los Angeles, where she majored in Film and Theatre. She studied with acting coach Larry Moss and also with Robert Carnegie, while supporting her career through mainly small parts in film and television in the early 1990s. Despite this, Shelton dropped out when she was cast in a leading role in the adventure film Warriors of Virtue.