Shelley Miranda Barrett | |
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Born | Penarth |
Nationality | Welsh |
Other names | Shelley Norton |
Occupation | Business proprietor |
Spouse(s) | Liam Curtin |
Children | 3 |
Shelley Miranda Barrett (born c.1974), also known as Shelley Norton, is the founder of Shelley Norton Stage School and Agency and The Talent Shack. She used to be an actress, best known for her role as Mandy in the BBC Wales television series Satellite City.
Barrett was born in Penarth and is the daughter of politician Lorraine Barrett and music industry agent Paul Barrett. Her brother, Lincoln, is High Contrast. She was educated at Stanwell Comprehensive School and Coleg Glan Hafren. She married the actor Richard Norton in 2002, at Albertson's Chapel on Sunset Boulevard.; the couple met while appearing in a play entitled Killing Kangaroos at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. They separated in 2015.
Shelley lived for a while in Australia and returned to Wales to work at the Wales Millennium Centre.
In 2011, under the name Shelley Barrett-Norton, she launched The Big Talent School and Agency with Leigh-Ann Regan. In 2016 she opened The Talent Shack and established the Shelley Norton Stage School and Management. She has three children and established Penarth Soul Club in 2014 with her partner Liam Curtin.