FEATURED MEMBER - MAHRI SHELTON

User name: mahris
Contact: mahri32@hotmail.com

I was born in Baltimore Maryland, but I lived most of my young life in different cities all around Florida. I started acting at the age of six when I began going door to door performing plays I wrote myself. Gradually, that lead to bigger things and I participated in school plays and drama in High School. When I started college at Florida State University, I acted in student films for the film school. I realized I really enjoyed it, so I got an agent and acted professionally for a year before graduating and taking on a stressful career in retail, and later, state and federal government to pay the bills.

Now, some years later, I have decided to work on my dream of being an actor and plunge into acting full force. I have been taking classes at Film Actors Studio in Charlotte, NC with Lon Bumgarner (I can't say enough great things about Lon and the talented people at FAST) and I have been acting in Independent and student films. SEFA actually helped me get my first acting gig in this area with "6 Degrees of Desperation." I saw a post about the Columbia team needing zombies for their segment and I was off with my family to Columbia. I had a blast and knew I was making the right decision to focus on film acting. A few months ago I got my first "speaking" role in a feature film called "Highway Hunters" (now called "Shotgun Kiss"). I have landed more speaking roles since and I am loving every minute of it. I am living proof that you are never too old to start fresh and work on making your dreams come true :)


Stats/ Film Credits/Training

Agent: Talent One, Anne Greene- 919-872-4828

Eyes: L- Green/Blue, R- Green/Blue with brown Height: 5’9”
Hair: Blonde Dress Size: 4/6
Age range: 30-40
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Film/Television

FAYETTEVILLE - Lead - North Carolina School of the Arts
SHOTGUN KISS - Supporting - Dirty South Filmz
MADNESS (pre-prod) - Day Player - HoBo Productions
THE PROJECT (pre-prod) - Supporting - Venture Productions
TIMING (Trailer) - Featured - A. Blaine Miller (Dir.)
6 DEGREES OF DESPERATION - Tribal Zombie - HoBo Productions
CIGARETTE - Lead - Florida State University Film
HAND OF GOD - Supporting - Florida State University Film
THE DREAM - Supporting - Florida State University Film

Industrial

TERRY’S STORY - Lead - Free Style Productions

Training

Film Actors Studio- Lon Bumgarner Subtext Film Acting
Film Actors Studio-Lon Bumgarner Technique
Maxann Crotts-Harvey Film Industry and Acting Workshop
Set Five Models and Talent Auditioning Workshop
Introduction to Film Tallahassee Community College