谢莉·瓦达姆斯，Shelley was born in England but moved to New Zealand in 2011, where she trained at Unitec, graduating with a Bachelors in Performing and Screen Arts, majoring in Acting. She then went on to feature in LOTR: The Rings of Power and Our Flag Means Death, as well as playing Pippa Forsyth in Shortland Street. Shelley also devised and performed in a theatre show, Read My Lips, which was performed in both spoken English and New Zealand Sign Language. Shelley is also a talented writer and has won multiple awards for her short film Hand In Hand.