Biography

...storyteller, dreamer, doer.

Shelli Boone has been working in Hollywood for over fifteen years, and she is currently recurring on CW's hit show "All American" and CBS' second season of "Why Women Kill". She has guest starred on popular shows such as "SWAT", "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 prime time drama soap "Saints and Sinners".

A regular on the film festival circuit, she played twins in the Lionsgate horror release "Holla", garnering her a Best Actress nom in the Chicago Film Festival. She was also proud to have starred in the short film "Wedlocked", focused on gay marriage rights, featured in over fifty festivals around the globe.

A lover of comedy, Shelli starred alongside Kevin Hart in the underground cult classic "Something Like a Business" and played Stacey Dash's bestie in "House Arrest". She recently appeared on Netflix's sketch comedy show "I Think You Should Leave Now", putting her improvisation skills to good use. She played a hilarious version of Nicole Richie in the parody "A Week in London" and also won a Best Actress award in the LAWebFest for her lead role in the series "Sistah Did What".

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.

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.

She has expanded her love of the craft by coaching actors herself - her clients have landed major roles in features and television. Shelli is also the Artistic Director of the Willie Agee Playhouse in Inglewood, bringing quality programming to a community that might otherwise be under served. She is proud of the productions and workshops she has developed right in her own backyard. Her faith, family and friends are her biggest sources of inspiration to continue to thrive as an entertainer and creator.

- IMDb mini biography by: Shelli Boone - October 2021