Shelby Young is an American actress with lead and supporting roles under her belt in numerous film and television projects. Shelby's most recent project is the soon to be released, Lucasfilm animated series "Star Wars: Forces of Destiny" in which Shelby provides the voice for Princess Leia Organa. Other recent work of Shelby's consists of the starring role of Vivian in the film "A Haunting in Cawdor", a psychological thriller also starring Cary Elwes and the lead role of Amy Lawrence in Lifetime movie, "The House Sitter". Previously, Shelby had two back-to-back lead roles in both feature films "The Midnight Game" and "Nightlight", and a very intense guest starring role on the long-standing Television series, "Criminal Minds". Another recent film venture for Shelby was none other than the Oscar nominated, David Fincher directed/Aaron Sorkin penned, "The Social Network." Shelby's other recent voice work includes the role of Becca in the multi-platform, best-selling game, "Battlefield 1" and for the past two holiday seasons, Shelby has recorded multiple Toys 'R Us commercials. She has also lent both her voice and movement to the lead role of Annie in the XboxOne launch title "Dead Rising 3". Her other voice work ranges from being the "General Mills" girl in New York, where she previously voiced a large number of the Lucky Charms, Trix and Coco Puffs commercials to ADR work in over twenty-five popular films, such as DreamWork's "The Boss Baby", Sony Animation's "Smurf's: The Lost Village, "Neighbors 2", "The Fifth Wave" and many more. Alternately praised and hated by soap fans for her work as the spiteful Kinsey on the legendary NBC property "Days Of Our Lives", possibly Shelby's most buzzed about role was her stint as a recurring character on the Emmy winning, Ryan Murphy/Brad Falchuk created series "American Horror Story" on FX. Years of commercial, voice, modeling and stage work led Shelby to a recurring role as Jennifer on the CW's "Everybody Hates Chris", guest star roles on the hit MTV series, "Awkward." along with "Ghost Whisperer" and "Freddie", and a high profile supporting role alongside Emma Roberts, Aidan Quinn and the late Natasha Richardson in Universal's "Wild Child" movie. Shelby was the original pilot lead for Nickelodeon's popular "Lazytown" project and has also appeared in the films "2 Bedroom 1 Bath", "Waltzing Anna" & "The Naked Brothers Band Movie".
Was originally going to play Stephanie in "LazyTown" but couldnt because of union regulations.
Provided both the voice acting and motion capture for the role of Annie in "Dead Rising 3".
