Shanley Caswell

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Shanley Caswell
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Caswell at the screening of Detention at the LA Film School, April 2012
Born (1991-12-03) December 3, 1991 (age 32)
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Shanley Caswell (born December 3, 1991) [1] is an American actress. She has guest starred in television series such as CSI: NY , Bones , iCarly and The Middle . [2] She is best known for her starring roles in Detention (2011) as Riley Jones and as Andrea Perron in The Conjuring (2013). She recurred as Laurel Pride on NCIS: New Orleans from 2014 to 2021, spanning the series' seven seasons.

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Life and career

Shanley Caswell was born and raised in Sarasota, Florida. Shanley began acting in local theater at the age of eight. While in high school, she became involved with "Teen Source", a theater troupe whose focus is to educate the teenage community on social issues. She moved to Los Angeles to further her career in 2007, where she landed many guest-starring roles. Her first work was modelling at age 15. [3] She also studied cultural anthropology at UCLA. [4]

She made her feature film debut in Mending Fences , a television film for the Hallmark Channel and made her first major film role as one of the leads in the horror film Detention , [5] with her starring as Riley Jones. [6] She appeared in horror film The Conjuring , in the supporting role Andrea Perron, her second feature film, and starred as the lead role in the fairy tale update Snow White: A Deadly Summer . [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Little VictoriesKatherineShort film
2011 Detention Riley Jones
2012 Snow White: A Deadly Summer Snow WhiteDirect to video
2012AdriftMoShort film
2013Come Find MeJenny SugarShort film
2013 The Conjuring Andrea Perron
2013Feels So GoodBrittany
2017SwipedErinShort film
2017Urban Myth: NestKarlaShort film
2018 Haunting on Fraternity Row ClaireDirect to video

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Zoey 101 AudreyEpisode: "Coffee Cart Ban"
2009 Mending Fences Kamilla FaradayTelevision film
2010 iCarly TaraEpisode: "iWas a Pageant Girl"
2010 Bones DedeEpisode: "The Death of the Queen Bee"
2010 The Mentalist Nadine RussoEpisode: "Red Sky At Night"
2011 The Middle Samantha2 episodes
2011 CSI: NY Rachel WeberEpisode: "Crushed"
2012 Punk'd HerselfEpisode: "Lucy Hale"
2013 Vegas PatriciaEpisode: "Little Fish"
2014–2021 NCIS: New Orleans Laurel PrideRecurring role, 14 episodes
2014Red ZoneLaney WellerTelevision film
2014 High School Possession Olivia MarksTelevision film
2015 The Night Shift Rachel LawsonEpisode: "Sunrise, Sunset"
2015 Scorpion DorieEpisode: "The Old College Try"
2017Perfect CitizenVivianTelevision film
2018 S.W.A.T. SarahEpisode: "The Tiffany Experience"
2019 The Resident Nora MitchellEpisode: "Stupid Things in the Name of Sex"
2019 E! True Hollywood Story HerselfEpisode: "Horror Movies: Cursed or Coincidence?"
2020Kappa Kappa DieNinaCW Seed Halloween special [8]
2021–2023 Power Book III: Raising Kanan Shannon BurkeMain cast (seasons 1–2)
Guest (season 3) [9]

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