Shelby Young
Shelby Young | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 8, 1992[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Shelby Young (born April 8, 1992[1]) is an American actress. She is known for her roles on American Horror Story, Days of Our Lives, The Social Network and across Star Wars animation and game titles, as well as her presence on social media.
Early life
Young was born in Florida and always wanted to be an actor. As a child, she loved performing for her friends and family, and performed in pageantry, theater and commercials while living there.
As Young grew, her career focused on voice over and motion capture acting for animation and video.[2]
Career
Young's first television role was in 2001 when she played the role of Sue Ann Butler on the Showtime series Going to California. In 2002, Young played Stephanie in the unaired pilot for LazyTown.[3] From 2005 to 2008, she had a recurring role as Jennifer on Everybody Hates Chris, and from 2009 to 2011, she recurred on Days of Our Lives as Kinsey. Young has also had guest starring roles on the MTV series Awkward (2011), Ghost Whisperer (2006), and Freddie (2006). She then co-starred in the Universal Studios film Wild Child (2008). In 2010, Young played the role of KC in the film The Social Network.
In 2011, Shelby had a recurring role as Leah on American Horror Story: Murder House, the first season in the anthology series. In addition, Young played the role of Rose in The Midnight Game, which was released in 2013 by Anchor Bay Entertainment.[4]
Young starred in the found-footage horror film Nightlight;[5] the film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on March 27, 2015.[6] That same year, she appeared in the film The House Sitter opposite Kate Ashfield. She also starred in the horror-thriller film A Haunting in Cawdor, which was released in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2015,[7] and in the United States in March 2016.[8]
As a voice actress, Young is known in the Star Wars galaxy for voicing multiple characters across their animation titles and video games. Her most notable role may be voicing Princess Leia Organa in projects like Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, the Disney Channel series Star Wars Forces of Destiny and the Disney Plus TV special, Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation.[9] Young is also known by video game fans for her work as Soph Blazkowicz, whom she brought to life through both voice and movement via MoCap, in Wolfenstein: Youngblood as one of the first-ever playable female characters in the long-standing franchise. Young's resume includes other AAA franchises such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, Final Fantasy and Dead Rising 3, where she voiced and provided mocap for the lead role of Annie. Young currently recurs as Rayna on Nickelodeon's Baby Shark's Big Show! and as Captain Bragg and others on the Disney Plus series Star Wars: The Bad Batch.[10] Shelby can also be heard in recent hit releases God of War: Ragnarök as Skuld and Horizon Call of the Mountain as Hami.[11]
Young has been doing voice impressions on TikTok, YouTube and other social media platforms and has amassed a following of over 8 million users between the platforms.[12][13]
Filmography
Live-action
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Wishing Stone | Shelby | |
| 2005 | The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie | Teenage Fan | |
| 2006 | Waltzing Anna | Catherine Rhoades | |
| 2008 | Wild Child | Ruby | |
| 2010 | The Social Network | K.C. | |
| 2013 | First | Brittany | Short film |
| The Midnight Game | Rose | ||
| 2014 | 2 Bedroom 1 Bath | Sienna | |
| #Hacked | Ryder Tate | Short film | |
| 2015 | Wrestling Isn't Wrestling | Spooky Girl | |
| Nightlight | Robin | ||
| A Haunting in Cawdor | Vivian Miller | ||
| Augustine | Keri | Short film | |
| 2016 | Katie Goes To College | Heather |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Going to California | Sue Ann Butler | Episode: "Hurricane Al: A Tale of Key Largo" |
| 2002 | LazyTown | Stephanie | Unaired pilot |
| 2005–08 | Everybody Hates Chris | Jennifer Thompson | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | Ghost Whisperer | Young Stacy | Episode: "Friendly Neighborhood Ghost" |
| Freddie | Emma | Episode: "Freddie and the Hot Mom" | |
| 2008 | Zip | Noreen | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2009–11 | Days of Our Lives | Kinsey | 59 episodes |
| 2011 | Awkward | Danielle | Episode: "My Super Bitter Sweet Sixteen" |
| American Horror Story | Leah | 3 episodes | |
| 2012 | Criminal Minds | Mackenzie Acklin | Episode: "Through the Looking Glass" |
| 2014 | What's Next for Sarah? | Gloriana | 1 episode |
| Checked Out | Mya | Television film | |
| 2015 | The House Sitter | Amy Lawrence |
Voice acting
Film
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Famous in Love | ADR Voice | 3 episodes | |
| 2017–2018 | Star Wars Forces of Destiny | Princess Leia Organa, Princess Kneesaa | 11 episodes | |
| 2018 | The Purge | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2018–2021 | Into the Dark | ADR Voice | 6 episodes | |
| 2018–2022 | High School Musical: The Musical: The Series | ADR Voice | 24 episodes | |
| 2022 | Splitting Up Together | ADR Voice | 2 episodes | |
| 2019 | Looking for Alaska | ADR Voice | 2 episodes | |
| 2019 | See | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2019-2020 | Trinkets | ADR Voice | 7 episodes | |
| 2020 | The Thing About Harry | ADR Voice | TV movie | |
| 2020 | Cyanide & Happiness Shorts | Wanda | TV series short, 1 episode | |
| 2020 | The Twilight Zone | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2020 | The Walking Dead: World Beyond | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2020 | Cave Club | Emberly, Tyra, Cave Tot | TV miniseries, 8 episodes | |
| 2020 | Spirit Riding Free: Ride Along Adventure | Bandit, Female Guard | ||
| 2020–2021 | The Stand | ADR Voice | 9 episodes | |
| 2021 | WandaVision | ADR Voice | 6 episodes | |
| 2021 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | ADR Vocie | 1 episode | |
| 2021 | Launchpad | ADR Voice | 2 episodes | |
| 2019–2021 | Riverdale | La Llorona, Additional Voices | 2 episodes | [16] |
| 2021 | Arthur's Law | Claudia Lehmann | 5 episodes (English dub) | [17] |
| 2021 | Pen15 | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2021 | Star Wars: Visions | K-344, Child (English dub) | Episode: "Tatooine Rhapsody" | |
| 2021 | Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales | Princess Leia Organa | TV special | |
| 2022 | Joe vs. Carole | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | ADR Voice | 6 episodes | |
| 2022 | In the Dark | ADR Voice | 4 episodes | |
| 2022 | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | ADR Voice | 4 episodes | |
| 2022 | The Vindicators | Drizz | TV series short, 1 episode | |
| 2022 | Broken Karaoke | Candace | TV series short, 1 episode | |
| 2022 | Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation | Princess Leia Organa | TV special | |
| 2022 | Wild Card: Shuffled | GPS | 1 episode | |
| 2022 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | ADR Voice | TV special | |
| 2022–2023 | Willow | Additional Voices | 7 episodes | |
| 2023 | Like Crazy by Jimin | Voiceover Sample | Music Video | |
| 2020-2023 | The Mandalorian | Additional Voices/ADR Voice | 8 episodes | |
| 2021-2023 | Loki | ADR Voice | 11 episodes | |
| 2023 | American Born Chinese | Additional Voices | 2 episodes | |
| 2023 | Secret Invasion | ADR Voice | 4 episodes | |
| 2023 | Special Ops: Lioness | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2023 | Captain Fall | Additional Voices | 6 episodes | |
| 2023 | Lego Star Wars Shorts: Vader's Vacation | Princess Leia Organa | YouTube Video | |
| 2023 | Ahsoka | C1-D1, Additional Voices | 8 episodes | |
| 2023 | Strange Planet | Tween, Narrator #2, Random Being, Balloon Being, Being, Being #3, Waitbeing, Being #1, Cook, Early Being #1 | 5 episode | |
| 2023 | Carol & the End of the World | Guest Performer | 6 episodes | |
| 2023–2024 | Epic Career Quest | Prism | 8 episodes | |
| 2024 | Masters of the Air | ADR Voice | 6 episodes | |
| 2024 | X-Men '97 | Additional Voices | 6 episodes | |
| 2021–2024 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Captain Bragg, Bayrn, Yanna, Lenk, Ailish, Nanny Droid, Axis Droids, PA Voice, Patron, Tactical Droid | 9 episodes | |
| 2024 | Star Wars: Tales of the Empire | Nadura, Villager #3 | 2 episodes | |
| 2024 | Bloodhound | Frances | 6 episodes (podcast series) | |
| 2024 | The Acolyte | Elder Naasa, Additional Voices | Episode: "Destiny" | [18] |
| 2024 | Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Shorts | Toda-Joh | 1 episode | |
| 2021-2024 | What If...? | Additional Voices | 10 episodes | |
| 2024 | What We Do in the Shadows | Translation App Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2021-2024 | Arcane | Additional Voices | 6 episodes | |
| 2024 | Tokyo Override | Watari | 6 episodes | English dub |
| 2024 | Skeleton Crew | Additional Voices | 8 episodes | |
| 2024 | Agatha All Along | Additional Voices | 1 episode | |
| 2024 | Outer Banks | Additional Voices | 2 episodes | |
| 2025 | Hacks | Additional Voices | 1 episode | |
| 2025 | Untamed | Additional Voices | 5 episodes | |
| 2020–2025 | Baby Shark's Big Show! | Rayna, Splashley, Clam, Sea Snail, Daddy Fan, Ocean Sunfish, PA Voice, Robot Female Fish, Kids, Wondercube | 42 episodes | |
| 2025 | Win Or Lose | Additional Voices | 1 episode | |
| 2025 | Your Forma | Darya Romanovna Chernova, Police Officer | 4 episodes | |
| 2025 | City The Animation | Riko Izumi, Mitsuami, Mythical Creature, Waitress, Mrs. Adatara, Yamabushi Employee, Quiz Reader, Store Employee, Tsuchinoko, Mori | 10 episodes | |
| 2024-2025 | Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy | Princess Leia, Sulky Kid | 6 episodes | |
| 2025 | Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 | Rie | Episode: "Woke-Up-As-a-Girl-Syndrome" | |
| 2023-2025 | Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures | Toda-Joh, Mada Vangu, Eunice Ino, Kluurt, Roon, Anora, Youngling #1, Villager #1, Gangul Recruit #1, Jenken, Ship Captain, Meditating Youngling, Gangul Guard | 20 episodes | |
| 2025 | Haunted: The Van Buren Manor | The Matriarch | 6 episodes (podcast series) | |
| 2025 | Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Irma, La Fleur, Science Girl, Car Jacker Gal, Ferry Passenger #2 | 5 episodes | |
| 2025 | DC High Volume: Batman | Batgirl, Barbara Gordon, Oracle, Skeever's Lawyer | (podcast series) | |
| 2024-2026 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | ADR Voice | 6 episodes | |
| 2026 | Shrinking | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2026 | Brilliant Minds | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2026 | Mcdonalds Changeables | Fergon | Animated Promo | |
| 2026 | Cartoon Cartoons | Cherry | Episode: "Buttons' Gamezone" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Dead Rising 3 | Annie | Also motion-capture | |
| 2016 | Paladins: Champions of the Realm | Pirate's Treasure Io | ||
| Battlefield 1 | Becca Cocchiola | |||
| 2017 | Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | Minnie Smith, Script Supervisor | Also motion-capture | |
| 2019 | Wolfenstein: Youngblood | Soph Blazkowicz | Also motion-capture | |
| 2020 | Legends of Runeterra | Yordle Squire, Salty Spinner, Vulpine Wanderer | ||
| Guardian Tales | Knight Lady Lapice, Dragon Talon Clan Ranpang, Fire Dragon Girgas | |||
| Genshin Impact | Jiangzhou, Clerk Zhao, Siyu, Bao'er | [19] | ||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | Additional Voices | |||
| Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge | Additional Voices | |||
| 2021 | Bright Memory: Infinite | Shelia | [20] | |
| 2022 | Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga | Princess Leia Organa | ||
| Star Ocean: The Divine Force | Other | English voice | ||
| The Elder Scrolls Online | Aurelia Jourvel, Light-Keeper Menoit, Dralcia Keleth | High Isle DLC | ||
| Bugsnax | Cellystix, Chocolant, Spaghider, Cappucceetle | Isle of Bigsnax DLC | ||
| God of War Ragnarök | Skuld, Walla Performer | Also motion capture | ||
| 2023 | Forspoken | Boy, Boy 1, Boy 5, Noble Boy, Orwin | ||
| Horizon Call of the Mountain | Hami | Also motion-capture | ||
| Star Wars: Jedi Survivor | Anchorite, T1N8, Bedlam Raider | Also motion-capture | [21] | |
| Harry Potter: Magic Awakened | Esme Page | |||
| Spider-Man 2 | Additional Voices | |||
| 2024 | Persona 3 Reload | Yuko Nishiwaki | English voice | |
| Slave Zero X | Regent (Female) | |||
| Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | Additional Voices | English voice | ||
| What If...? An Immersive Story | Miss Minutes | |||
| Hades II | Arachne | |||
| 2025 | Date Everything! | Connie Soul, Val9000 | ||
| DC: Dark Legion | Batgirl | |||
| Fortnite | Kor | Chapter Six: Season 3 | ||
| Game of Thrones: Kingsroad | Nymeria Sand | |||
| Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset | Paghee'Dhe, Staka | |||
| 2024-2025 | Infinity Nikki | Knitwish Oversleeves, Lulukko, Elettra, Lolobo, Barnaby, Alina, Miss Tally, Boldly-Going Nana | English voice | |
| 2026 | Romeo is a Dead Man | Jenny | English voice | |
| God of War Sons of Sparta | Amara | |||
| High on Life 2 | Lizzie | |||
| Ledgerbound | Joy | † |
References
- ^ a b "Shelby Young". www.cameo.com.
- ^ a b Schultis, Savannah (January 21, 2021). "Q&A With Actress Shelby Young". The Oracle. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ Aisha Nozari (October 9, 2022). "'Pink haired girl' star from Lazy Town pilot shares beautiful memory of Robbie Rotten actor who tragically died".
- ^ "Play The Midnight Game at Home". Dread Central. May 7, 2014.
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (March 28, 2015). "Film Review: 'Nightlight'". Variety. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ "Apple Trailers; NIGHTLIGHT'". Apple.
- ^ "A Haunting In Cawdor Review". Screen Relish. October 5, 2015. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (March 8, 2016). "Film Review: 'A Haunting in Cawdor'". Variety. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
- ^ "'Star Wars Forces of Destiny' to feature Leia, Rey, Jyn and other heroines". ABC News. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
- ^ "Captain Bragg Voice". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on July 21, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ^ Young, Shelby. "About". Shelby-Young.com. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Young's TikTok". TikTok. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ "ShelbyYoung". YouTube. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ Shelby Young [@shelby_young] (March 22, 2024). "WHO YA GONNA CALL?! The Mini-Pufts are back! I'm overjoyed to get to be a part of bringing these little chaos marshmallows to life again in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire!!! #voiceover #ghostbustersfrozenempire" (Tweet). Retrieved March 22, 2024 – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ^ @shelby_young (April 30, 2025). "You can hear me as Comtess De Noailles along with many other additional characters (like Oscar's mother, ladies at court and multiple townspeople) in The Rose of Versailles, now streaming on @netflix ! #voiceover #anime" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ^ Young, Shelby. "RIVERDALE LA LLORONA".
- ^ Young, Shelby. "ARTHUR'S LAW CLAUDIA LEHMANN".
- ^ "Shelby Young on X: "so grateful to have lent my voice to elder naasa..." X (formerly Twitter). June 14, 2024.
- ^ Young, Shelby. "GENSHIN IMPACT JIANGZHOU / CLERK ZHAO / SIYU / BAO'ER MIHOYO".
- ^ "Shelby Young (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
- ^ Young, Shelby. "STAR WARS JEDI SURVIVOR ANCHORITE (voice & mocap), T1N8, BEDLAM RAIDER".
External links
- Shelby Young at IMDb