a promo pic of Shelley from 1989
Shelley's Supermodel status opened Hollywood doors for her and she became one of the busiest actresses in the 1980s. She got her big break when she was cast as Tiffany Welles in Charlie's Angels. Being a very private person, Shelley, who was suddenly thrust into the rockstar limelight, constantly followed and photographed by the paparazzi, left the show after just one season. But she found steady work doing a variety of plays, feature films, TV movies and other TV series; honing her acting skills, improving and impressing her detractors. "There's a funny prejudice in general against models who act, she observed, "I always thought that was a little odd because is there prejudice against carpet-layers who start to act?"
a writeup about Shelley from 1990
