Shelby Young is an American actress. She is known for her roles on American Horror Story, Days of Our Lives, The Social Network and the Star Wars franchise, as well as her presence on social media.

Shelby Young
Born
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present

Early life edit

Young was born in Florida and always wanted to be an actor. As a child, she loved performing for her friends and family, and performed in pageantry, theater and commercials while living there.

As she has grown, her career focus has shifted to voice over and motion capture acting for animation and video.[2]

Career edit

Young's first television role was in 2001 when she played the role of Sue Ann Butler on the Showtime series Going to California. In 2002, Young played Stephanie in the unaired pilot for LazyTown.[3] From 2005 to 2008, she had a recurring role as Jennifer on Everybody Hates Chris, and from 2009 to 2011, she recurred on Days of Our Lives as Kinsey. Young has also had guest starring roles on the MTV series Awkward (2011), Ghost Whisperer (2006), and Freddie (2006). She then co-starred in the Universal Studios film Wild Child (2008). In 2010, Young played the role of KC in the film The Social Network.[citation needed]

In 2011, she had a recurring role as Leah on American Horror Story: Murder House, the first season in the anthology series. In addition, Young played the role of Rose in The Midnight Game, which was released in 2013 by Anchor Bay Entertainment.[4]

Young starred in the found-footage horror film Nightlight;[5] the film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on March 27, 2015.[6] That same year, she appeared in the film The House Sitter opposite Kate Ashfield. She also starred in the horror-thriller film A Haunting in Cawdor, which was released in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2015,[7] and in the United States in March 2016.[8]

As a voice actress, Young is known in the Star Wars galaxy for voicing multiple characters across their animation titles and video games. Her most notable role may be voicing Princess Leia Organa in projects like Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, the Disney Channel series Star Wars Forces of Destiny and the Disney Plus TV special, Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation. Young is also known by video game fans for her work as Soph Blazkowicz, whom she brought to life through both voice and movement via MoCap, in Wolfenstein: Youngblood as one of the first-ever playable female characters in the long-standing franchise. Young's resume includes other AAA franchises such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, Final Fantasy and Dead Rising 3, where she voiced and provided MoCap for the lead role of Annie. Young currently recurs as Rayna on Nickelodeon's, Baby Shark's Big Show!, as Captain Bragg and others on the Disney Plus series Star Wars The Bad Batch.[9] Shelby can also be heard in recent hit releases God of War: Ragnarök as Skuld and Horizon Call of the Mountain as Hami.[10]

Young has been doing voice impressions on TikTok, YouTube and other social media platforms and has amassed a following of over 4 million users between the platforms.[11][12]

Filmography edit

Live-action edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Wishing Stone Shelby
2005 The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie Teenage Fan
2006 Waltzing Anna Catherine Rhoades
2008 Wild Child Ruby
2010 The Social Network K.C.
2013 First Brittany Short Film
2013 The Midnight Game Rose
2014 2 Bedroom 1 Bath Sienna
2014 #Hacked Ryder Tate Short film
2015 Wrestling Isn't Wrestling Spooky Girl
2015 Nightlight Robin
2015 A Haunting in Cawdor Vivian Miller
2015 Augustine Keri Short film
2016 Katie Goes To College Heather

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Going to California Sue Ann Butler Episode: "Hurricane Al: A Tale of Key Largo"
2002 Lazytown Stephanie Unaired pilot
2005–08 Everybody Hates Chris Jennifer Thompson 4 episodes
2006 Ghost Whisperer Young Stacy Episode: "Friendly Neighborhood Ghost"
2006 Freddie Emma Episode: "Freddie and the Hot Mom"
2008 Zip Noreen Episode: "Pilot"
2009–11 Days of Our Lives Kinsey 59 episodes
2011 Awkward Danielle Episode: "My Super Bitter Sweet Sixteen"
2011 American Horror Story Leah 3 episodes
2012 Criminal Minds Mackenzie Acklin Episode: "Through the Looking Glass"
2014 What's Next for Sarah? Gloriana 1 episode
2014 Checked Out Mya Television film
2015 The House Sitter Amy Lawrence

Voice acting edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Nativity Story Naomi Uncredited
2006 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause ADR Voice
2006 Apocalypto ADR Voice
2007 Bridge to Terabithia Ellie Aarons Uncredited
2007 Blades of Glory ADR Voice Uncredited
2007 Underdog ADR Voice
2009 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience ADR Voice
2010 You Again ADR Voice Uncredited
2010 My Soul To Take ADR Voice
2015 Jem and the Holograms ADR Voice
2015 The Night Before ADR Voice
2016 The 5th Wave Additional Voices Uncredited
2016 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising ADR Voice
2016 Deidra & Laney Rob a Train ADR Voice
2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village Additional Voices
2017 The Boss Baby ADR Voice
2017 Baywatch ADR Voice
2017 Okja ADR Voice
2017 Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie ADR Voice
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming ADR Voice
2017 Flatliners ADR Voice
2017 November Criminals ADR Voice Uncredited
2018 Status Update ADR Voice
2018 I Can Only Imagine ADR Voice
2018 The Miracle Season ADR Voice
2018 Game Over, Man! ADR Voice
2018 Midnight Sun ADR Voice
2018 Truth or Dare group: Loop Who's Talking
2018 I Feel Pretty ADR Voice
2018 Life Of The Party ADR Voice
2018 Tag ADR Voice
2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp ADR Voice
2018 Father of the Year ADR Voice Uncredited
2018 Night Hunter ADR Voice
2018 Look Away ADR Voice
2018 Bumblebee ADR Voice
2019 Troop Zero ADR Voice
2019 The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part Loop Group
2019 Happy Death Day 2U ADR Voice
2019 The Dirt ADR Voice
2019 The Perfect Date ADR Voice
2019 UglyDolls ADR Voice
2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ADR Loop Group
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home ADR Voice
2020 Like a Boss ADR Voice
2020 Butter ADR Voice
2020 The F**k-It List ADR Voice
2020 Chemical Hearts ADR Voice
2020 The Babysitter: Killer Queen ADR Voice
2020 Asphalt Burning Nina English dub
2020 Freaky ADR Voice
2020 The Craft: Legacy ADR Voice
2021 Seance ADR Voice
2021 Vivo Additional Voices/ADR Voice
2021 The Boss Baby: Family Business ADR Voice
2021 Space Jam: A New Legacy Additional Voices/ADR Voice Uncredited
2021 The J Team ADR Voice
2021 Night of the Animated Dead Script Reader and Vocal Stand-In
2021 Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin ADR Voice
2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife Mini Stay-Puft Marshmallow Men Uncredited
2021 Red Notice ADR Voice Uncredited
2021 Licorice Pizza ADR Voice Uncredited
2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home ADR Voice
2022 The In Between ADR Voice
2022 Marmaduke Shantrelle
2022 Last Seen Alive Additional Voices
2022 Luck Loop Group
2022 Lyle, Lyle Crocodile Additional Voices
2022 Disenchanted ADR Voice
2022 Last Seen Alive Additional Voices
2022 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish ADR Voice
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ADR Voice
2023 Cocaine Bear ADR Loop Group
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ADR Voice
2023 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Additional Voices
2023 Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie The Magician
2023 The Nun II loop group
2023 Leo Additional Voices
2023 Baby Shark's Big Movie! Rayna Manta
2023 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes ADR Voice
2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Mini Stay-Puft Marshmallow Men Uncredited [13]

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes
2017 Famous in Love ADR Voice 3 episodes
2017–2018 Star Wars Forces of Destiny Princess Leia Organa, Princess Kneesaa 11 episodes
2018 The Purge ADR Voice 1 episode
2019 Splitting Up Together ADR Voice 2 episodes
2019 Trinkets ADR Voice 7 episodes
2019 Looking for Alaska ADR Voice 2 episodes
2019 See ADR Voice 1 episode
2019 Riverdale ADR Voice 1 episode
2020 The Thing About Harry ADR Voice TV movie
2020 Cyanide and Happiness Shorts Wanda TV series short 1 episode
2020 The Twilight Zone ADR Voice 1 episode
2020 The Walking Dead: World Beyond ADR Voice 1 episode
2020 Cave Club Emberly, Tyra, Cave Tot TV mini series, 8 episodes
2020 Spirit Riding Free: Ride Along Adventure Bandit, Female Guard TV Short
2020-2021 The Stand ADR Voice 9 episodes
2021 WandaVision ADR Voice 6 episodes
2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier ADR Voice 1 episode
2018-2021 Into The Dark ADR Voice 6 episodes
2021 Launchpad ADR Voice 2 episodes
2021 Pen15 ADR Voice 1 episode
2021 Star Wars: Visions K-344, Child English dub
Episode: "Tatooine Rhapsody"[14]
2021 Arcane Additional Voices 3 episodes
2021 Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales Princess Leia Organa TV special
2022 Joe vs. Carole ADR Voice 1 episode
2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi ADR Voice 6 episodes
2018-2022 High School Musical: The Musical: The Series ADR Voice 24 episodes
2022 In The Dark ADR Voice 4 episodes
2022 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law ADR Voice 4 episodes
2022 The Vindicators Drizz TV series short, 1 episode
2022 Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation Princess Leia Organa TV special
2022 Wild Card: Shuffled GPS 1 episode
2022 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special ADR Voice TV special
2022-2023 Willow Additional Voices 7 episodes
2021–2023 Star Wars: The Bad Batch Captain Bragg, Axis Droids, Lenk, PA Voice, Patron, Tactical Droid, Yanna 5 episodes
2020-2023 The Mandalorian Additional Voices/ADR Voice 8 episodes
2023 Like Crazy by Jimin Voiceover Sample Music Video
2023 American Born Chinese Additional Voices 2 episodes
2023 Secret Invasion Additional Voices 4 episodes
2023 Special Ops: Lioness ADR Voice 1 episode
2023 Captain Fall Additional Voices 6 episodes
2023 LEGO Star Wars Shorts: Vader's Vacation Princess Leia Organa Youtube Video[15]
2023 Ahsoka C1-D1, Additional Voices 8 episode
2023 Strange Planet Tween, Narrator #2, Random Being, Balloon Being, Being, Being #3, Waitbeing, Being #1, Cook, Early Being #1 5 episode
2021-2023 Loki ADR Voice 9 episodes
2023 Carol & the End of the World Guest Performer 6 episodes
2020–2023 Baby Shark's Big Show! Rayna, Splashley, Clam, Sea Snail, Daddy Fan, Ocean Sunfish, PA Voice, Robot Female Fish, Kids 31 episodes
2021-2023 What If...? Additional Voices 3 episodes
2024 Percy Jackson and the Olympians ADR Voice 4 episodes
2024 Masters of the Air ADR Voice 6 episodes
2023-2024 Epic Career Quest Prism 8 episodes
2023-2024 Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Toda-Joh, Eunice Ino, Youngling #1 4 episodes
2024 X-Men '97 Additional Voices 1 episode

Video games edit

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Dead Rising 3 Annie Also motion-capture
2014 The Elder Scrolls Online Aurelia Jourvel, Light-Keeper Menoit, Dralcia Keleth High Isle DLC
2016 Paladins: Champions of the Realm Pirate's Treasure Io
2016 Battlefield 1 Becca Cocchiola
2017 Final Fantasy XV Woman, Broadcast, Additional Voices Uncredited
Also Comrades DLC
2017 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Minnie Smith, Script Supervisor Also motion-capture
2019 Wolfenstein: Youngblood Soph Blazkowicz
2020 Legends of Runeterra Yordle Squire, Salty Spinner, Vulpine Wanderer
2020 Guardian Tales Lapice, Ranpang [16]
2020 Genshin Impact Jiangzhou, Clerk Zhao, Siyu, Bao'er [17]
2020 Bugsnax Cellystix, Chocolant, Spaghider, Cappucceetle
2020 Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Additional Voices
2020 Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge Additional Voices
2021 Bright Memory: Infinite Shelia [18]
2022 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Princess Leia Organa [19]
2022 Star Ocean: The Divine Force Other English dub[20]
2022 God of War Ragnarök Skuld, Walla Performer Also motion capture
2023 Forspoken Boy, Boy 1, Boy 5, Noble Boy, Orwin
2023 Horizon Call of the Mountain Hami Also motion-capture
2023 Star Wars: Jedi Survivor Anchorite, T1N8, Bedlam Raider Also motion-capture[21]
2023 Harry Potter: Magic Awakened Esme Page
2023 Spider-Man 2 Additional Voices
2024 Persona 3 Reload Yuko Nishiwaki English dub
2024 Slave Zero X Regent (Female)
2024 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Additional Voices English dub

References edit

  1. ^ Schultis, Savannah (January 21, 2021). "Q&A With Actress Shelby Young". The Oracle. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  2. ^ Schultis, Savannah (January 21, 2021). "Q&A With Actress Shelby Young". The Oracle. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Aisha Nozari (October 9, 2022). "'Pink haired girl' star from Lazy Town pilot shares beautiful memory of Robbie Rotten actor who tragically died".
  4. ^ "Play The Midnight Game at Home". Dread Central. May 7, 2014.
  5. ^ Harvey, Dennis (March 28, 2015). "Film Review: 'Nightlight'". Variety. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  6. ^ "Apple Trailers; NIGHTLIGHT'". Apple.
  7. ^ "A Haunting In Cawdor Review". Screen Relish. October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  8. ^ Harvey, Dennis (March 8, 2016). "Film Review: 'A Haunting in Cawdor'". Variety. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  9. ^ "Captain Bragg Voice". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on July 21, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  10. ^ Young, Shelby. "About". Shelby-Young.com. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  11. ^ "Young's TikTok". TikTok. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  12. ^ "ShelbyYoung". YouTube. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  13. ^ Shelby Young [@shelby_young] (March 22, 2024). "WHO YA GONNA CALL?! The Mini-Pufts are back! I'm overjoyed to get to be a part of bringing these little chaos marshmallows to life again in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire!!! #voiceover #ghostbustersfrozenempire" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Stunning New Star Wars: Visions Trailer Debuts". StarWars.com. August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  15. ^ Young, Shelby. "LEGO STAR WARS SHORTS VADER'S VACATION PRINCESS LEIA".
  16. ^ "Shelby Young (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 27, 2015. – A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  17. ^ Young, Shelby. "GENSHIN IMPACT JIANGZHOU / CLERK ZHAO / SIYU / BAO'ER MIHOYO".
  18. ^ VideoGameCredits. "End Credits Bright Memory: Infinite". Youtube.
  19. ^ Shelby Young [@shelby_young] (April 5, 2022). "This has been, hands down, one of the hardest secrets of my career to keep. But finally, I can spill the blue milk — I voice Princess Leia Organa in #LegoStarWarsTheSkywalkerSaga!!!! #starwars #voiceover @LSWGame" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ^ "Star Ocean: The Divine Force (2022 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  21. ^ Young, Shelby. "STAR WARS JEDI SURVIVOR ANCHORITE (voice & mocap), T1N8, BEDLAM RAIDER".

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