Shelli
Boone is on a tremendous Hollywood journey. Since her first on-screen
job co-hosting BET’s Mad Sports four years ago, she has appeared in over
15 films, national and regional commercials, radio spots and several
television shows. One of her most notable roles was as series regular
Evan Reed in Saints and Sinners, a 2007 primetime drama on FOX’s My
Network TV. She also showed her range, playing twins, in the 2007
Lionsgate DVD release of Holla, a comedy/horror film that garnered her a
Best Actress nomination in the Chicago Film Festival. Shelli has also
co-starred on popular episodics such as Entourage, Days of Our Lives and
The Young and the Restless. And she shared the screen with David Alan
Grier and Kevin Hart in the upcoming comedy The Business, due out in
2008.
Shelli is
also an accomplished and diverse performer on the stage. She is an active
member with three theatre companies – Towne Street Theatre, LA’s premiere
African American company ; NC-Seventeen Theatre Company, a group that
focuses on diverse casting and community service; and Playhouse Theater
Players which performs musical plays from the 1930’s and 40’s.
Shelli was
nominated for an NAACP Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Dorothy
Dandridge in "Dorothy and Otto" and she also embodied the vivacious
Josephine Baker in "When Divas Were Divas" currently touring colleges in
Southern California.
Raised in a
military household – her mother was a Naval officer for over twenty years
– Shelli has lived all over the world. She uses her life experiences in
different cultures as a tool for character development and career growth.
“My faith, family and friends are my greatest sources of encouragement,”
says Boone. She also draws inspiration from her volunteer work with St.
Vincent's Meals on Wheels in downtown Los Angeles and other charities.
She is devoted to continuing to grow as an artist and a
humanitarian.
There is no
limit to what this young lady can accomplish. Committed to her craft,
Shelli is constantly training in all areas – acting, auditioning, writing,
singing, dancing, stage combat, firearms – and she only wants the list to
grow. “If I had all the time and money in the world, I would try to learn
everything,” she says. “Kickboxing, languages, fencing, cooking, you name
it. I want to do it all! And bring it to the screen.” And no doubt she
will.
