Adrienne Shelly

Adrienne Shelly was born on Jun 24, 1966 in USA. Adrienne Shelly's big-screen debut came with The Unbelievable Truth directed by Hal Hartley in 1989. Adrienne Shelly is known for Trust directed by Hal Hartley, Adrienne Shelly stars as Maria Coughlin and Martin Donovan as Matthew Slaughter. Adrienne Shelly has got 3 awards and 12 nominations so far. The most recent award Adrienne Shelly achieved is Sarasota Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Adrienne Shelly plays is Serious Moonlight which will be released on Dec 04, 2009.

The late Adrienne Shelly was born in Queens, New York, to Elaine Langbaum and Sheldon Levine. After graduating Jericho High School in Jericho, New York, she enrolled at Boston University and majored in film production. She dropped out after her junior year and moved to Manhattan, where she made a name for herself in independent films with her work in L'incroyable vérité (1989) and Trust me (1990). She eventually moved behind the camera, writing and directing I'll Take You There (1999) and Waitress (2007) (her final film).On November 1, 2006, Adrienne Shelly was murdered. She was survived by her husband Andy Ostroy and their daughter Sophie.