Shelley Michelle | |
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Known for | Body double to Hollywood star actresses |
Notable work | Pretty Woman |
Shelley Michelle is an American fitness model, actress and has been called "the most famous body double in Hollywood". [1]
She claimed she started as a body double with an introductory scene in the 1988 comedy My Stepmother Is an Alien , substituting for Kim Basinger's character's arms and legs, which Basinger has denied. [2]
She provided the body where the face of lead actress Julia Roberts was superimposed for the poster for the 1990 film Pretty Woman , where she also substituted Roberts in scenes that she considered too risqué. [1] [2] [3]
In 1990, she also doubled for Catherine Oxenberg in Overexposed . [2] Oxenberg is part of the Yugoslavian royal family and would not accept nudes in film.
She also had a small acting role in 1992 film The Naked Truth . [2]
In 2006, she was running her own agency Body Doubles and Parts Inc. [4]
Was on an episode of "Who Wants to Date a Comedian" (Joey Medina) in 2011 where she didn't get chosen.
The producers give us the facial spectacle and star persona of Roberts and the "spectacular" body of the effaced body-double, Shelley Michelle.