...STORYTELLER, DREAMER, DOER.

SHELLI BOONE HAS BEEN WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS, AND IS CURRENTLY RECURRING ON CW’S HIT SHOW “ALL AMERICAN:HOMECOMING” AND BET’S “ALL THE QUEEN’S

MEN” SEASON FOUR. SHE HAS ALSO RECURRED ON CBS’ SECOND SEASON OF “WHY WOMEN KILL”. SHE HAS GUEST STARRED ON POPULAR SHOWS SUCH AS “ALL RISE”, “CSI:VEGAS”, “THE

ROOKIE”, “NCIS:LA”, “DEAR WHITE PEOPLE”, “ENTOURAGE”, “CASTLE”, “GREY’S ANATOMY”, “PRIVATE PRACTICE”, “MR. BOX OFFICE” AND TYLER PERRY’S “HOUSE OF PAYNE.” SHE WAS ALSO A SERIES REGULAR ON FOX’S PRIMETIME DRAMA SOAP “SAINTS AND SINNERS”. SHE RECENTLY APPEARED ON NETFLIX’S EMMY NOMINATED SKETCH COMEDY SHOW “I THINK YOU SHOULDLEAVE NOW”, PUTTING HER IMPROVISATION SKILLS TO GOOD USE. SHE ALSO WON A BEST ACTRESS AWARD IN THE LAWEBFEST FOR HER LEAD ROLE IN THE SERIES “SISTAH DID WHAT”.

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SHELLI IS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED SINGER, AND SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR AN NAACP BEST ACTRESS AWARD FOR HER STAGE PORTRAYAL OF DOROTHY DANDRIDGE IN “DOROTHY AND OTTO”. SHE

ALSO EMBODIED THE VIVACIOUS JOSEPHINE BAKER IN “WHEN DIVAS WERE DIVAS” WHICH TOURED BOTH NATIONALLY AND IN EUROPE. SHE HAS PRODUCED HER OWN STAGE PRODUCTIONS, “OUT WEST: WOMEN OF THE PLAINS” AND “THE CELL BLOCK SEVEN”, WHICH PREMIERED IN WASHINGTON, DC AND WENT ON TO EARN ANOTHER NAACP NOMINATION FOR BEST ENSEMBLE.

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SHELLI HAS APPEARED IN OVER TWENTY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIALS AND MODELED IN PRINT CAMPAIGNS FOR ANHEUSER-BUSCH AND MILKBONE. SHE HAS VOICED RADIO SPOTS MCDONALD’S, HBO AND CHEVROLET, AND CURRENTLY VOICES CHARACTERS FOR WONDERY’S PODCASTS. SHE HAS EXPANDED HER LOVE OF THE CRAFT BY COACHING ACTORS HERSELF - HER

CLIENTS HAVE LANDED MAJOR ROLES IN FEATURES AND TELEVISION.

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SHELLI IS ALSO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE WILLIE AGEE PLAYHOUSE IN INGLEWOOD, BRINGING QUALITY PROGRAMMING TO A COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE UNDERSERVED. SHE IS PROUD OF THE PRODUCTIONS AND WORKSHOPS SHE HAS DEVELOPED RIGHT IN HER OWN BACKYARD.

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HER FAITH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE HER BIGGEST SOURCES OF INSPIRATION TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE

AS AN ENTERTAINER AND CREATOR. SHE IS GRATEFUL TO LA COUNTY FOR THIS ARTS RECOVERY GRANT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAR IN HER SECOND SOLO SHOW.

 

@SHELLIBOONE