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Shelley Thompson

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An award-winning performer and 13 season veteran of the cult hit Trailer Park boys, Thompson is based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Thompson trained at: RADA (UK), Canadian Film Centre (Screenwriting 2015), Women In The Directors Chair (Story and Leadership 2016/17) and was recently 1of 12 screenwriters selected from over 1000 for the NY Writers Lab 2018 (supported by Meryl Streep/Nicole Kidman) for her feature script Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor. Her work as an actor included: The National Theatre (UK), Adelphi and Whitehall Theatres, (West End), numerous UK regional theatres, the Shaw Festival, the Neptune, the Globe and more in Canada. Television/film includes Trailer Park Boys (Barb Lahey) six seasons of ITV- UK's Mike and Angelo (Rita) and numerous guest starring performances. Also known for her role in the cult film Labyrinth with David Bowie. She's the recipient of Geminis/ACTRA nominations/awards for film/TV performances: The Child Remains (ACTRA Award 2018) TTrailer Park Boys (Gemini) and recently received Outstanding Performance by an Actress at FIN (2018) for her role in Thom Fitzgerald's latest feature - Splinters. Her short films are screening internationally. Pearls has won accolades (Audience Choice, Best Short) and played at over 30 festivals. Her latest short, Duck Duck Goose won Best Atlantic Short at FIN (2018 Halifax International Film Festival) and was recently selected by Telefilm Canada as one of ten shorts for Not Short On Talent at Clermont-Ferrand (February 2019). It will be playing at festivals in the US, Europe and Canada in 2019.

Shelley is the recipient of the 2018 Women In the Directors Chair Feature Film award for DAWN, Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor.

Married to theatre director/screenwriter Ed Thomason, they are proud parents of singer/songwriter T. Thomason.
BornMarch 9, 1959
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Cory Bowles, Lucy Decoutere, Sarah Dunsworth, Shelley Thompson, and Tyrone Parsons

Known for

Robb Wells and Maya V. Henry in Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor (2021)
Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor
6.1
  • Director
  • 2021
Sofia Banzhaf in Splinters (2018)
Splinters
5.7
  • Nancy
  • 2018
Trailer Park Boys (2001)
Trailer Park Boys
8.6
TV Series
  • Barb Lahey
  • Wedding Minister
The Child Remains (2017)
The Child Remains
4.5
  • Monica
  • 2017

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Actress

  • Sullivan's Crossing
    • Post-production
  • Moonshine (2021)
    Moonshine
  • Fuad Ahmed, Connie Wang, and Ryan Allen in Tokens (2019)
    Tokens
  • Tieren Hawkins, Taylor Olson, and Reid Price in King & Pawn (2022)
    King & Pawn
  • Mulligan (2021)
    Mulligan
  • Margaret Legere in Dear Dad, F*@# You! (2021)
    Dear Dad, F*@# You!
    • (voice)
  • Breakout (2021)
    Breakout
    • (voice)
  • Reel East Coast (2015)
    Reel East Coast
  • Tin Can (2020)
    Tin Can
  • Benjamin Charles Watson and Travis Nelson in I am Syd Stone (2020)
    I am Syd Stone
  • Disco Apocalypse (2020)
    Disco Apocalypse
  • Wharf Rats (2020)
    Wharf Rats
  • Vinessa Antoine in Diggstown (2019)
    Diggstown
  • T. Thomason, Amy Groening, and Marietta Laan in Halloween Party (2019)
    Halloween Party
  • John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, and Robb Wells in Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series (2019)
    Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series
    • (voice)
  • Addison (2018)
    Addison
    • (voice)

Director

  • Robb Wells and Maya V. Henry in Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor (2021)
    Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor
  • Reel East Coast (2015)
    Reel East Coast
    • (segment Duck Duck Goose)
  • Duck Duck Goose (2018)
    Duck Duck Goose
  • Pearls (2017)
    Pearls
  • Shelley Thompson, Karen Waddell, and John Ralston in BATS (2016)
    BATS
  • Dawg (2015)
    Dawg

Writer

  • Robb Wells and Maya V. Henry in Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor (2021)
    Dawn, Her Dad & the Tractor
  • Duck Duck Goose (2018)
    Duck Duck Goose
  • Pearls (2017)
    Pearls
  • Shelley Thompson, Karen Waddell, and John Ralston in BATS (2016)
    BATS
  • Dawg (2015)
    Dawg

Videos9

Trailer : DAWN, HER DAD & THE TRACTOR
Demo Reel 1:19
Trailer : DAWN, HER DAD & THE TRACTOR
Showreel Shelley Thompson
Demo Reel 5:38
Showreel Shelley Thompson
Labyrinth
Clip 1:37
Labyrinth
Labyrinth
Clip 2:00
Labyrinth
The Child Remains
Trailer 1:36
The Child Remains
Labyrinth: Blu-Ray
Trailer 1:29
Labyrinth: Blu-Ray
Labyrinth: Anniversary Edition
Trailer 0:51
Labyrinth: Anniversary Edition
Labyrinth
Trailer 1:25
Labyrinth
Grace Festival Trailer
Trailer 0:32
Grace Festival Trailer

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    • March 9, 1959
    • Calgary, Canada
  • Other works
    She acted in Noel Gay's musical, "Me and My Girl," at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England with Enn Reitel, Su Pollard, Ursula Smith, Richard Caldicot, Roy Macready, Tony Slattery, and Frank Thornton in the cast. Mike Ockrent was director.

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    Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.

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