Marley Shelton
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Biography
Marley Shelton became a teen movie regular with roles in "Never Been Kissed" (1999), "Sugar and Spice" (2001) and "Valentine" (2001) before landing recurring parts in "Eleventh Hour" (CBS, 2008-09), "The Lottery" (Lifetime, 2014) and "Rise" (NBC, 2018-). Born in Los Angeles, CA in 1974, Shelton first appeared on the small screen in an episode of sitcom "The Family Man" and big screen in ensemble drama "Grand Canyon" (1991). While studying Film and Theatre at the University of California, she played a lifeguard in "The Sandlot" (1993), Branch Davidian in "Ambush in Waco" (1993) and Neurian maiden in "Hercules of the Underworld" (1994). She also appeared as a high school student and bulimia sufferer in TV movies "Death of a Cheerleader" (1994) and "When Friendship Kills" (1996) respectively, portrayed First Daughter Tricia in "Nixon" (1995) and guested on numerous TV shows including "Cybill" (CBS, 1995-98), "Family Matters" (ABC, 1989-1998) and "McKenna" (ABC, 1994-95). Following supporting roles in martial arts fantasy "Warriors of Virtue" (1997) and rom-com "Trojan War" (1997), Shelton played Tobey Maguire's love interest Margaret in "Pleasantville" (1998), mean girl Kristin in "Never Been Kissed" (1999) and Renee Zellweger's sister Natalie in "The Bachelor" (1999). After starring opposite Dennis Hopper in murder-mystery "Lured Innocence" (2000), Shelton landed major roles in three consecutive teen movies, high school cheerleader Diane in "Sugar and Spice" (2001), serial killer target Kate in "Valentine" (2001) and Jake Gyllenhaal's girlfriend Chloe in "Bubble Boy" (2001). Shelton then appeared in cross-country drama "On the Borderline" (2001) and dark comedy "Just a Kiss" (2002) before co-starring with her sister Samantha in their director father Christopher's "Moving Alan" (2003). She continued to flit between the indie world and Hollywood, appearing in Scott Caan's directorial debut "Dallas 362" (2003), Christian drama "Jesus, Mary and Joey" (2005) and road movie "Don't Come Knocking" (2005), while also showing up as Brittany Murphy's BFF in rom-com "Uptown Girls" (2003), Phil Kaufman's girlfriend in biopic "Grand Theft Parsons" (2003) and The Customer in neo-noir "Sin City" (2005). After appearing in talent show satire "American Dreamz" (2006) and Zach Braff's "The Last Kiss" (2006), Shelton worked with Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez on their grindhouse homages, playing Dr. Dakota Block in both "Death Proof" (2007) and "Planet Terror" (2007). She then portrayed George W. Bush's ex-girlfriend in "W." (2008), starred as gallery owner Madeleine in "(Untitled)" (2009) and played flight attendant Cora in "Women in Trouble" (2009) and its sequel "Elektra Luxx" (2010). Shelton bagged her first recurring role, FBI Special Agent Rachel Young, in sci-fi "Eleventh Hour" (CBS, 2008-09), and following parts in "A Perfect Getaway" (2009), "Scream 4" (2011) and "Decoding Annie Parker" (2013), landed her second, Dr. Alison Lennon, in dystopian drama "The Lottery" (Lifetime, 2014). Shelton then appeared in mystery thriller "Solace" (2015) and spiritual romance "Heaven Sent" (2016) before showing up as an astronaut in monster movie "Rampage" (2018). That same year she was cast as Josh Radnor's piano teacher wife Gail in musical drama "Rise" (NBC, 2018-).
Filmography
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Life Events
1990
Early TV credit, a guest starring turn on the short-lived CBS sitcom, "The Family Man" (billed as Marlee Shelton)
1991
Film debut in Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon"
1992
Had a two episode recurring role on "Camp Wilder" (ABC)
1993
Appeared as a lifeguard in the children's feature "The Sandlot"
1993
Had a regular role as the troubled Brandi on the short-lived CBS drama "Angel Falls"
1994
Appeared in the NBC TV-movie "A Friend to Die For"
1994
Starred alongside Kevin Sorbo and Anthony Quinn in the syndicated special "Hercules in the Underworld"
1995
Played Tricia Nixon in Oliver Stone's ambitious presidental biopic "Nixon"
1996
Starred in the NBC TV-movie "A Secret Between Friends: A Moment of Truth Movie"
1997
Starred in the direct-to-video teen sex comedy "Trojan War"
1997
Was featured in the children's actioner "Warriors of Virtue"
1998
Appeared in the pilot episode of ABC's remake series "Fantasy Island"
1998
Played Tobey Maguire's love interest in "Pleasantville"
1998
Worked with her father, commercial director Christopher Shelton, on the short film "Protect-O-Man"
1999
Played Natalie, the sarcastic younger sister of Renee Zellweger's Ann, in "The Bachelor"
1999
Co-starred as Kristin, one of a trio of snobbish popular girls, in the high-school set comedy "Never Been Kissed"
2000
Played a pregnant cheerleader who, along with her loyal squad, pulls off a bank heist to support her unborn child in "Sugar & Spice"
2002
Appeared in romantic comedy "Just a Kiss"
2002
Co-starred with sister Samantha in "Between Us"; directed by father Christopher
2003
Cast in the summer comedy "Uptown Girls"
2004
Joined the cast of NBC's White House drama "The West Wing" as a former feature reporter
2004
Cast in the low-budget comedy "Grand Theft Parsons"
2006
Cast in Wim Wenders' neo-Western "Don't Come Knocking" starring Sam Shepard
2006
Co-starred in "The Last Kiss" directed by Tony Goldwyn and scripted by Paul Haggis
2007
Played Dr. Dakota Block in both segments of the double feature, "Grindhouse," a collaboration of both Robert Rodriguez's "Planet Terror," and Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof"
2008
Cast as FBI Special Agent Rachel Young in the CBS series "Eleventh Hour"
2008
Had a small role in the Oliver Stone directed, "W."
2009
Co-starred in the horror film "A Perfect Getaway"
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