Shelby Young is an American actress. She is known for her roles on American Horror Story, Days of Our Lives, The Social Network and in the Star Wars video games, as well as her presence on social media.
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 she has grown, her career focus has shifted to voice over and motion capture acting for animation and video.[1]
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.[2] 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, she had a recurring role as Leah on , 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.[3]
Young starred in the found-footage horror film Nightlight;[4] the film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on March 27, 2015.[5] 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,[6] and in the United States in March 2016.[7]
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 , the Disney Channel series Star Wars Forces of Destiny and the Disney Plus TV special, .[8] 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 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!, as Captain Bragg and others on the Disney Plus series Star Wars The Bad Batch.[9] Shelby can also be heard in recent hit releases as Skuld and Horizon Call of the Mountain as Hami.[10]
Young has been doing voice impressions on TikTok, YouTube and other social media platforms and has amassed a following of over 7 million users between the platforms.[11] [12]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Wishing Stone | Shelby | |
| 2005 | Teenage Fan | ||
| 2006 | Waltzing Anna | Catherine Rhoades | |
| 2008 | Wild Child | Ruby | |
| 2010 | The Social Network | K.C. | |
| 2013 | First | Brittany | Short Film |
| 2013 | The Midnight Game | Rose | |
| 2014 | 2 Bedroom 1 Bath | Sienna | |
| 2014 |
| Ryder Tate | Short film |
| 2015 | Wrestling Isn't Wrestling | Spooky Girl | |
| 2015 | Nightlight | Robin | |
| 2015 | A Haunting in Cawdor | Vivian Miller | |
| 2015 | Augustine | Keri | Short film |
| 2016 | Katie Goes To College | Heather |
| 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" |
| 2006 | 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" |
| 2011 | 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 |
| 2014 | Checked Out | Mya | Television film |
| 2015 | The House Sitter | Amy Lawrence | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2006 | Apocalypto | ADR Voice | ||
| 2007 | Underdog | ADR Voice | ||
| 2009 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2010 | My Soul To Take | ADR Voice | ||
| 2015 | Jem and the Holograms | ADR Voice | ||
| 2015 | The Night Before | ADR Voice | ||
| 2016 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2016 | Deidra & Laney Rob a Train | ADR Voice | ||
| 2017 | Additional Voices | |||
| 2017 | The Boss Baby | ADR Voice | ||
| 2017 | Baywatch | ADR Voice | ||
| 2017 | Okja | ADR Voice | ||
| 2017 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2017 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2017 | Flatliners | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | Status Update | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | I Can Only Imagine | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | The Miracle Season | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | Game Over, Man! | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | Midnight Sun | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | Truth or Dare | group: Loop Who's Talking | ||
| 2018 | I Feel Pretty | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | Life Of The Party | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | Tag | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | Night Hunter | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | Look Away | ADR Voice | ||
| 2018 | Bumblebee | ADR Voice | ||
| 2019 | Troop Zero | ADR Voice | ||
| 2019 | Loop Group | |||
| 2019 | Happy Death Day 2U | ADR Voice | ||
| 2019 | The Dirt | ADR Voice | ||
| 2019 | The Perfect Date | ADR Voice | ||
| 2019 | UglyDolls | ADR Voice | ||
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | ADR Loop Group | ||
| 2019 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2020 | Like a Boss | ADR Voice | ||
| 2020 | Butter | ADR Voice | ||
| 2020 | The F**k-It List | ADR Voice | ||
| 2020 | Chemical Hearts | ADR Voice | ||
| 2020 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2020 | Asphalt Burning | Nina | English dub | |
| 2020 | Freaky | ADR Voice | ||
| 2020 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2021 | Seance | ADR Voice | ||
| 2021 | Vivo | Additional Voices/ADR Voice | ||
| 2021 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2021 | The J Team | ADR Voice | ||
| 2021 | Night of the Animated Dead | Script Reader and Vocal Stand-In | ||
| 2021 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2021 | Mini Stay-Puft Marshmallow Men | Uncredited | ||
| 2021 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2022 | The In Between | ADR Voice | ||
| 2022 | Marmaduke | Shantrelle | ||
| 2022 | Last Seen Alive | Additional Voices | ||
| 2022 | Luck | Loop Group | ||
| 2022 | Lyle, Lyle Crocodile | Additional Voices | ||
| 2022 | Disenchanted | ADR Voice | ||
| 2022 | Last Seen Alive | Additional Voices | ||
| 2022 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2023 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2023 | Cocaine Bear | ADR Loop Group | ||
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | ADR Voice | ||
| 2023 | Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken | Additional Voices | ||
| 2023 | The Magician | |||
| 2023 | The Nun II | Loop Group | ||
| 2023 | Leo | Additional Voices | ||
| 2023 | Baby Shark's Big Movie! | Rayna Manta | ||
| 2023 | ADR Voice | |||
| 2024 | Mini Stay-Puft Marshmallow Men | Uncredited [13] | ||
| 2024 | Unfrosted | Additional Voices | ||
| 2024 | My Oni Girl | Aoi (Oni), Hinata, Jun, Mei | English dub | |
| 2024 | Borderlands | ADR Cast | ||
| 2024 | Afraid | ADR Voice | ||
| 2024 | Uglies | ADR Voice | ||
| 2024 | Almost Popular | Siri's Voice | Completed | |
| 2024 | Hitpig! | Catchvan | In-Production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2019 | Splitting Up Together | ADR Voice | 2 episodes | |
| 2019 | Trinkets | ADR Voice | 7 episodes | |
| 2019 | Looking for Alaska | ADR Voice | 2 episodes | |
| 2019 | See | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 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 | 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 | TV Short | |
| 2020-2021 | The Stand | ADR Voice | 9 episodes | |
| 2021 | WandaVision | ADR Voice | 6 episodes | |
| 2021 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2018-2021 | Into The Dark | ADR Voice | 6 episodes | |
| 2021 | Launchpad | ADR Voice | 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | Arthur's Law | Claudia Lehmann | 5 episodes, English Dub [14] | |
| 2021 | Pen15 | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2019-2021 | Riverdale | La Llorona, ADR Voice | 2 episodes[15] | |
| 2021 | K-344, Child | English dub Episode: "Tatooine Rhapsody"[16] | ||
| 2021 | Arcane | Additional Voices | 3 episodes | |
| 2021 | Princess Leia Organa | TV special | ||
| 2022 | Joe vs. Carole | ADR Voice | 1 episode | |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | ADR Voice | 6 episodes | |
| 2018-2022 | ADR Voice | 24 episodes | ||
| 2022 | In The Dark | ADR Voice | 4 episodes | |
| 2022 | ADR Voice | 4 episodes | ||
| 2022 | The Vindicators | Drizz | TV series short, 1 episode | |
| 2022 | 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 | |
| 2020-2023 | The Mandalorian | Additional Voices/ADR Voice | 8 episodes | |
| 2023 | Like Crazy by Jimin | Voiceover Sample | Music Video | |
| 2023 | American Born Chinese | Additional Voices | 2 episodes | |
| 2023 | Secret Invasion | Additional Voices | 4 episodes | |
| 2023 | ADR Voice | 1 episode | ||
| 2023 | Captain Fall | Additional Voices | 6 episodes | |
| 2023 | Lego Star Wars Shorts: Vader's Vacation | Princess Leia Organa | Youtube Video[17] | |
| 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 | |
| 2021-2023 | Loki | ADR Voice | 11 episodes | |
| 2023 | Carol & the End of the World | Guest Performer | 6 episodes | |
| 2021-2023 | What If...? | Additional Voices | 4 episodes | |
| 2024 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | ADR Voice | 4 episodes | |
| 2024 | Masters of the Air | ADR Voice | 6 episodes | |
| 2023-2024 | Epic Career Quest | Prism | 8 episodes | |
| 2024 | X-Men '97 | Additional Voices | 6 episodes | |
| 2021–2024 | 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[18] | |
| 2024 | Bloodhound | Frances | 6 episodes (podcast series) | |
| 2024 | The Acolyte | Elder Naasa | Episode: "Destiny" [19] | |
| 2020–2024 | Baby Shark's Big Show! | Rayna, Splashley, Clam, Sea Snail, Daddy Fan, Ocean Sunfish, PA Voice, Robot Female Fish, Kids | 36 episodes | |
| 2023-2024 | Toda-Joh, Mada Vangu, Eunice Ino, Youngling #1, Villager #1, Gangul Recruit #1 | 10 episodes | ||
| 2024 | Shorts | Toda-Joh | 1 episode | |
| 2024 | Princess Leia, Sulky Kid | 3 episodes | ||
| 2024 | What We Do in the Shadows | Translation App Voice | 1 episode[20] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Dead Rising 3 | Annie | Also motion-capture |
| 2014 | The Elder Scrolls Online | Aurelia Jourvel, Light-Keeper Menoit, Dralcia Keleth | High Isle DLC |
| 2016 | Pirate's Treasure Io | ||
| 2016 | Battlefield 1 | Becca Cocchiola | |
| 2017 | Minnie Smith, Script Supervisor | Also motion-capture | |
| 2019 | Soph Blazkowicz | ||
| 2020 | Legends of Runeterra | Yordle Squire, Salty Spinner, Vulpine Wanderer | |
| 2020 | Guardian Tales | Knight Lady Lapice, Dragon Talon Clan Ranpang, Fire Dragon Girgas | |
| 2020 | Genshin Impact | Jiangzhou, Clerk Zhao, Siyu, Bao'er | [21] |
| 2020 | Bugsnax | Cellystix, Chocolant, Spaghider, Cappucceetle | |
| 2020 | Additional Voices | ||
| 2020 | Additional Voices | ||
| 2021 | Bright Memory: Infinite | Shelia | [22] |
| 2022 | Princess Leia Organa | [23] | |
| 2022 | Other | English dub[24] | |
| 2022 | God of War Ragnarök | Skuld, Walla Performer | Also motion capture |
| 2023 | Forspoken | Boy, Boy 1, Boy 5, Noble Boy, Orwin | |
| 2023 | Horizon Call of the Mountain | Hami | Also motion-capture |
| 2023 | Anchorite, T1N8, Bedlam Raider | Also motion-capture[25] | |
| 2023 | Esme Page | ||
| 2023 | Spider-Man 2 | Additional Voices | |
| 2024 | Persona 3 Reload | Yuko Nishiwaki | English dub |
| 2024 | Slave Zero X | Regent (Female) | |
| 2024 | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | Additional Voices | English dub |
| 2024 | What If...? An Immersive Story | Miss Minutes | |
| 2024 | Hades II | Arachne | |