36 Facts About Marley Shelton

Marley Eve Shelton was born on April 12,1974 and is an American actress.

Marley Shelton is best known for her roles as Wendy Peffercorn in David Mickey Evans's coming-of-age comedy The Sandlot, the Customer in Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's neo-noir anthology film Sin City, Dr Dakota Block in Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's double-feature film Grindhouse, and Sheriff Deputy Judy Hicks in two installments of Wes Craven's Scream franchise.

Marley Eve Shelton was born on April 12,1974, in Los Angeles, California, to Carol, a teacher and former singer, and Christopher Shelton, a director and producer.

Marley Shelton grew up in the residential neighborhood of Eagle Rock, where she attended Eagle Rock High School.

Marley Shelton attended University of California, Los Angeles, where she studied film and theatre, and enrolled in acting lessons with Larry Moss and Robert Carnegie, while supporting her career through mainly small parts in film and television in the early 1990s.

Marley Shelton eventually dropped out of UCLA when she was cast in a leading role in the 1997 adventure film Warriors of Virtue.

Marley Shelton made her on-screen debut as Roberto's girlfriend at camp in Grand Canyon.

Marley Shelton subsequently appeared in 1992's television movie Up to No Good playing Denise Harmon, and had several guest-appearances in episodes of shows such as Family Matters, Camp Wilder and Crossroads.

Marley Shelton found her profile raised significantly when she appeared in the 1993 film The Sandlot, playing the lifeguard Wendy Peffercorn.

In 1994, Marley Shelton had a supporting part in Hercules in the Underworld, the fourth made-for-television movie in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

Marley Shelton next co-starred alongside Lynda Carter in When Friendship Kills, a made-for-television film about anorexia nervosa among teens.

In 1999, Marley Shelton played the sister of a newly engaged woman in the unsuccessful romantic comedy The Bachelor, opposite Renee Zellweger, starred alongside Dennis Hopper in the independent drama Lured Innocence, and was cast by her father in the short Protect-O-Man, a black comedy about "an agoraphobic whose disorder is augmented by a stalker on the prowl in her neighborhood", as described by Cinema Review.

Marley Shelton took on significant roles in three feature films in 2001, which despite varying degrees of success, helped her establish herself as an up-and-coming actress.

Marley Shelton played Diane Weston, the head of a group of high school cheerleaders who conspire and commit armed robbery.

Marley Shelton achieves the unthinkable with this script by managing to create somewhat of a character for herself.

Mick LaSalle for San Francisco Chronicle, nevertheless, felt that the lead actors were "vivid, and the characters they play are clearly delineated", while he pointed out Marley Shelton for having a "nice gravity" portraying her role.

In 2005, Marley Shelton made a brief but notable appearance as The Customer in the opening sequence of the successful film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel Sin City.

In 2008, Shelton had a brief role as one of George W Bush's girlfriends in Oliver Stone's biopic film W and took on her first full-time television role in CBS's crime thriller series Eleventh Hour, appearing as FBI Special Agent Rachel Young.

In 2009, Marley Shelton played an offbeat tourist, opposite Milla Jovovich and Timothy Olyphant, in the psychological thriller A Perfect Getaway, and landed the leading role of Madeleine Gray, a trendy New York art gallery owner, in the independent comedy.

Roger Ebert remarked that Marley Shelton "has the confidence and presence of a born comedienne", and writing for The New York Times, Stephen Holden stated that she "gives a bright screwball performance that recalls the frisky young Diane Keaton".

Joe Neumaier for the New York Daily News considered the film to be a "forced, charmless multi-character [production]", but Tyler Foster of DVD Talk felt that Marley Shelton made a "brief impact" in her role.

Marley Shelton reprised her Women in Trouble role for Elektra Luxx, which Los Angeles Times described as "a rambunctious affection for women and appreciation for flamboyant production design".

Marley Shelton next portrayed Deputy Judy Hicks in the Wes Craven slasher sequel Scream 4.

The film made US$97 million globally and garnered largely mixed reviews from critics; Matthew Turner for View London remarked that Marley Shelton turned in an "enjoyably weird performance".

Reviewer Nell Minow praised Marley Shelton, writing that she "shows us how the sister's faith supports her strength and integrity".

Marley Shelton had guest-roles in episodes of Harry's Law and Mad Men in 2011 and 2013, respectively.

Marley Shelton played the ill-fated sister of a woman tireless researching for the cure for breast cancer, alongside Samantha Morton and Helen Hunt, in Steven Bernstein's independent drama Decoding Annie Parker, which was released for limited markets.

The part of a doctor who successfully fertilized embryos in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children due to an infertility pandemic in the Lifetime television series The Lottery was Marley Shelton's second leading role on a television series following Eleventh Hour.

Marley Shelton played the wife of an FBI special agent, opposite Anthony Hopkins and Colin Farrell, in the psychological thriller Solace.

Marley Shelton next starred as one half of a couple on the verge of divorce in Heaven Sent, which premiered as a Christmas film for Lifetime.

In 2018, Marley Shelton made a brief appearance as a scientist and astronaut in the science fiction monster film Rampage, which made over US$428 million worldwide.

Marley Shelton reprised her role of Judy Hicks, who is promoted to sheriff and whose son is introduced, in Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett's Scream, the fifth installment in the Scream film series and the first in the franchise not to be directed by Wes Craven following his death in 2015.

Marley Shelton's role is one of the few characters to be introduced in one of the sequels and then make it into a later installment, while her character's son, portrayed by Dylan Minnette, is named Wes as a tribute to Craven.

Marley Shelton remarked: "I was really taken with just the emphasis and focus on the doing right by Wes Craven, like really creating an homage, the reverence, and the respect for what he started".

Marley Shelton met film producer Beau Flynn on the set of Bubble Boy in 2000 and married him in July 2001.

On May 1,2010, Marley Shelton was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and released after posting a bail bond.