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A talented, poised and pretty young performer of film and TV since the late 1980s, Sheila Kelley turned to acting after a congenital hip condition dimmed her hopes for a career as a professional dancer. Spontaneous yet disciplined, Kelley has received good notices in both comedies and dramas. She was widely seen in a recurring role as cunning legal secretary Gwen Taylor late in the run of the popular legal drama "L.A. Law" (NBC, 1990-93). For the final season of the NBC drama "Sisters" (NBC, 1995-96), Kelley assumed the role of Charley from actress Jo Anderson....

Filmography

Mozart and the Whale - ( Janice / 2005 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Matchstick Men - ( Kathy / 2003 / Released / )
Dancing At the Blue Iguana - ( Producer / 2001 / Released / CineMedia )
Dancing At the Blue Iguana - ( Stormy / 2001 / Released / CineMedia )
Nurse Betty - ( Joyce / 2000 / Released / )
Santa Fe - ( Lea / 1998 / Released / )
Secrets & Lies - ( Fertil Mother / 1997 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
One Fine Day - ( Kristen / 1996 / Released / )
A Passion to Kill - ( Beth / 1994 / Released / )
Mona Must Die - ( Rachel McSternberg / 1994 / Released / )
Passion Fish - ( Kim / 1992 / Released / )
Singles - ( Debbie Hunt / 1992 / Released / )
Pure Luck - ( Valerie / 1991 / Released / UIP The Film Consortium )
Soapdish - ( Fran / 1991 / Released / )
Mortal Passions - ( Adele / 1990 / Released / )
The Last of the Finest - ( Daly Baby / 1990 / Released / Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) )
Where the Heart Is - ( Sheryl / 1990 / Released / )
Breaking In - ( Carrie / 1989 / Released / )
Some Girls - ( Irenka / 1989 / Released / )
Staying Together - ( Beth Harper / 1989 / Released / )
Wish You Were Here - ( Joan Figgis / 1987 / Released / )
TV Credits
MDs ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
TV Episode Pam Kellerman

R.I.P. ( 2002 )
TV Episode Pam Kellerman

A La Casa ( 2002 )
TV Episode Pam Kellerman

The Division ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
The Jennie Project ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
John Sandford's Mind Prey ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
The Sopranos ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Dalziel & Pascoe: A Killing Kindness ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
The Drew Carey Show ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
The Secretary ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
Deconstructing Sarah ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
ER ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Rites Of Spring ( 1999 )
TV Episode Coco

Point of Origin ( 1999 )
TV Episode Coco

Masquerade ( 1998 )
TV Episode Coco

Private Debts ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
The Chase ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
The Fulfillment of Mary Gray ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
The Betty Ford Story ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
Tonight's the Night ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
Family Law ( Released ): Actor
L.A. Law ( Released ): Actor
Sisters ( Released ): Actor
Touched By an Angel ( Released ): Actor
Wings ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

A talented, poised and pretty young performer of film and TV since the late 1980s, Sheila Kelley turned to acting after a congenital hip condition dimmed her hopes for a career as a professional dancer. Spontaneous yet disciplined, Kelley has received good notices in both comedies and dramas. She was widely seen in a recurring role as cunning legal secretary Gwen Taylor late in the run of the popular legal drama "L.A. Law" (NBC, 1990-93). For the final season of the NBC drama "Sisters" (NBC, 1995-96), Kelley assumed the role of Charley from actress Jo Anderson.

Kelley first registered on screen in "Some Girls" (1988) as the eldest of three beautiful sisters who get intimate with Patrick Dempsey. She soon followed with a small part in "Staying Together" (1989), actor-director Lee Grant's comedy-drama of small-town family life. Substantial supporting roles followed in Bill Forsyth's quirky Burt Reynolds vehicle "Breaking In" (1989), as the poetic call girl/girlfriend ("What would I do with your balls were they mine?") of Casey Siemaszko, and in John Boorman's underrated "Where the Heart Is" (1990), as a grad student going for a masters in paranormal religion. Kelley also fared well amid the bright young ensemble of "Singles" (1993), as a lovelorn woman.


Profession(s):
Actor, producer, screenwriter, dancer
Sometimes Credited As:
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Family
daughter:Ruby Schiff (born in August 2000; father, Richard Schiff)
father:J H Kelley (worked in the mining industry; moved family every two years until his youngest daughter Sheila was 11)
husband:Richard Schiff (met in the 1980s when she auditioned for a play he was directing; reconnected in the 1990s when both were living in L.A.; married in 1996)
son:Augustus Kelley Schiff (born in November 1994)

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Education
New York University New York, New York BFA film, acting and dance
Milestones (Back to top)
2000 Seen briefly in the comedy "Nurse Betty"
2000 Was one of the producers of the film "Dancing at the Blue Iguana", featuring Darryl Hannah and directed by Michael Radford
1999 Acted in the ABC adapation of "John Sandford's 'Mind Prey'"
1996 Appeared in supporting role in "One Fine Day"
1994 First starring role in a TV-movie, "Deconstructing Sarah", a USA mystery
1990 - 1993 Played secretary Gwen Taylor, a recurring character on "L.A. Law" often involved with Corbin Bernsen's Arnie Becker
1989 First TV guest shot, "thirtysomething"
1989 US film debut, Lee Grant's "Staying Together"
1989 First feature lead, Bill Forsyth's "Breaking In"
1988 Moved to Los Angeles
1988 North American film debut, "Some Girls", a Canadian co-production
1987 Feature debut, a small part in the British teen comedy "Wish You Were Here"
1987 TV-movie debut, "Tonight's the Night", an ABC comedy-drama about one weekend in a singles bar
1979 Moved to NYC at age 16 (date approximate)
1963 Born in Greenberg, Pennsylvania
Lived in Philadelphia with family
Moved to the Alleghenies with family
Relocated to the New Jersey shore with family
Moved to the Appalachians with family
Danced solo with the Westmoreland Ballet Company in Pennsylvania
Won a dance competition; accepted into the dance program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
Studied dance for a year at NYU until a congenital hip condition forced her to stop
Endured a period of extreme melancholia
Returned to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts to study acting
Frustrated by the teaching methods of the acting program, transferred to the film school
Formed her own theater company, The Elephant Group, based in NYC
Stage debut, The Elephant Group production of Chekhov's "The Seagull"
With the Group, appeared on stage in "Lovers", "Winners", "The Taming of the Shrew", and "Am I Blue"; also wrote and directed several small films
Played Charley Reed (replacing Jo Anderson) on "Sisters" (NBC)


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