Shelley Robertson

Episode 9 of the The Actors Lounge podcast, hosted by Melanie Victor, titled "Shelley Robertson " was published on February 19, 2019 and runs 58 minutes.

February 19, 2019 ·58m · The Actors Lounge

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Summary

Shelley Robertson's most recent credits include guest starring roles on "The Rookie", "This Is Us", "Lucifer" and "Timeless". She also has upcoming roles in Amazon's "Goliath", and Apple TV's new show, "Morning Show". Shelley is also best known for her many TV commercials, such as Facebook Portal, Geico, Samsung (Danny Glover's wife), Bayer Aspirin, Jif Peanut Butter, Xerox (one of the Greek chorus members), and McDonald's. Her other tv guest starring roles include "Criminal Minds", "Code Black", "Extant", "CSI:Cyber", "NCIS", and "The Newsroom"... among so many others. With performing in her DNA, Shelley was born in Philadelphia, PA and started singing/acting in school productions in middle school. She left Philly for Atlanta, GA where she attended Emory University graduating with a Political Science degree headed to law school. After a stint working a 9-5 in Atlanta city government and getting halfway through her master's degree in Public Administration, her DNA moved life in another direction. Working with Howard E. Rollins and Carroll O'Connor on "In the Heat of the Night" began Shelley's professional acting career. Within a few years, she was living in Los Angeles. Upon arrival in Hollywood, the Theatre called; and she was overjoyed to receive a LA Weekly nomination for Best Actress for "Joe Louis Blues", and a NAACP Theatre Award Best Supporting Actress nomination for "Long Time Since Yesterday" with a great run at the National Black Theatre Festival in North Carolina. Then, Shelley's most rewarding role to date happened... Motherhood. Aiyana and Randy are her motivation and her joy! Along the journey, she's recurred on "Cold Case", "Brothers and Sisters", and "Greek". And is also credited on critically acclaimed TV shows such as: "Grey's Anatomy", "Everybody Loves Raymond", "ER", "Touched By An Angel", "The West Wing", "CSI and CSI:Miami", "Southland", a leading role in "The Ditchdigger's Daughters", and more. While everyday feels like her career is just getting started, Shelley is excited to finish her first book, produce a screenplay and pilot she's written, and mark her brand with her production company, Hawk Productions LLC. Follow the journey on ig, fb and twitter @iamshelleyrobertson.

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Shelley Robertson's most recent credits include guest starring roles on "The Rookie", "This Is Us", "Lucifer" and "Timeless". She also has upcoming roles in Amazon's "Goliath", and Apple TV's new show, "Morning Show". Shelley is also best known for her many TV commercials, such as Facebook Portal, Geico, Samsung (Danny Glover's wife), Bayer Aspirin, Jif Peanut Butter, Xerox (one of the Greek chorus members), and McDonald's. Her other tv guest starring roles include "Criminal Minds", "Code Black", "Extant", "CSI:Cyber", "NCIS", and "The Newsroom"... among so many others. With performing in her DNA, Shelley was born in Philadelphia, PA and started singing/acting in school productions in middle school. She left Philly for Atlanta, GA where she attended Emory University graduating with a Political Science degree headed to law school. After a stint working a 9-5 in Atlanta city government and getting halfway through her master's degree in Public Administration, her DNA moved life in another direction. Working with Howard E. Rollins and Carroll O'Connor on "In the Heat of the Night" began Shelley's professional acting career. Within a few years, she was living in Los Angeles. Upon arrival in Hollywood, the Theatre called; and she was overjoyed to receive a LA Weekly nomination for Best Actress for "Joe Louis Blues", and a NAACP Theatre Award Best Supporting Actress nomination for "Long Time Since Yesterday" with a great run at the National Black Theatre Festival in North Carolina. Then, Shelley's most rewarding role to date happened... Motherhood. Aiyana and Randy are her motivation and her joy! Along the journey, she's recurred on "Cold Case", "Brothers and Sisters", and "Greek". And is also credited on critically acclaimed TV shows such as: "Grey's Anatomy", "Everybody Loves Raymond", "ER", "Touched By An Angel", "The West Wing", "CSI and CSI:Miami", "Southland", a leading role in "The Ditchdigger's Daughters", and more. While everyday feels like her career is just getting started, Shelley is excited to finish her first book, produce a screenplay and pilot she's written, and mark her brand with her production company, Hawk Productions LLC. Follow the journey on ig, fb and twitter @iamshelleyrobertson.

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