Charity Shea

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Charity Shea
Born (1983-12-04) December 4, 1983 (age 39)
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Occupation Actress
Years active2002–2017

Charity Shea (born December 4, 1983) is an American former actress. She is best known for her role as troubled teenager Samantha Best in The Best Years . She has starred in films including Alpha Dog with Justin Timberlake and Bruce Willis. She appears as "April" on the VH1 series Single Ladies a drama series, starring alongside Denise Vasi & LisaRaye McCoy. [1]

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Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Scarred AlexDirect-to-video film
2006 Alpha Dog Sabrina Pope
2006 The Pumpkin Karver Rachel
2007Good Time MaxBig Guy's Girl
2007 After Sex Leslie
2008 Toxic Lucille
2014Pretty PerfectWhitney[ citation needed ]
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Entourage Girl #2Episode: "The Review"
2005 CSI: Miami AmandaEpisode: "10-7"
2007–2009 The Best Years Samantha BestMain role
2011–2015 Single Ladies April Goldberg-JenkinsMain role
2011 Rules of Engagement GwenEpisode: "The Chair"
2017The Psycho She Met OnlineMiranda BreyersTelevision film

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References

  1. "Single Ladies". VH1. Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2011-04-25.