Angela V. Shelton (born March 4, 1970) is an American actress and comedian. Her television credits include ''

Mr. Show with Bob and David ''Mr. Show with Bob and David'', also known as ''Mr. Show'', is an American sketch comedy series starring and hosted by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. It aired on HBO from November 3, 1995, to December 28, 1998. Cross and Odenkirk introduced mo ...

'', ''

Grounded for Life ''Grounded for Life'' is an American television sitcom that debuted on January 10, 2001, as a mid-season replacement on Fox. Created by Mike Schiff and Bill Martin, it ran for two seasons on the network until being canceled only two episodes into ...

'', and ''

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series aired on Disney Channel from March 18, 2005, to September 1, 2008. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award three times and was also ...

''. Shelton was a contestant on the

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reality series '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!'', but was eliminated on June 4, 2009. She is also one half of the L.A.-based comedy duo

Frangela Frangela is a Los Angeles-based comedy duo composed of comedians Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton, both of The Second City. Callier and Shelton regularly appeared on the VH1 weekly comedy news review ''Best Week Ever'', the NPR radio show ''D ...

, the other half being

Frances Callier Eleanor Frances Callier (born May 17, 1969), better known as Frances Callier, is an American producer, writer, comedian and retired actress. Her television credits include ''According to Jim'', ''My Name Is Earl'', ''Frasier'', and ''Curb Your ...

, and Shelton was the voice of

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in the ''Spider-Man 2'' video game.

Early life

Angela V. Shelton was born on March 4, 1970, in

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and attended

the Roeper School The Roeper School is a private coeducational day school, with campuses in Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in Greater Detroit, serving students at all levels from preschool through the 12th grade. It was formerly known as Roeper City and ...

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and is a graduate of the

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Career

She began her acting career in 1993 at Second City Detroit. She was introduced to Frances Callier in

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, and the pair would later become known as Frangela''.'' In 2003, the Frangela duo (Shelton and Callier) starred as the protagonists of adult animated sitcom, ''

Hey Monie! ''Hey Monie!'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Soup2Nuts. It features heavily improvised dialogue by the Second City cast, similarly to Soup2Nuts animated sitcom ''Home Movies''. Its creator and executive producer was Dorothea Gillim ...

'', which aired on BET and

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and won a NAMIC award. Shelton voiced the eponymous Monie. The duo perform stand-up comedy together have appeared in an ad for the Equality Campaign's " NO on Prop 8" campaign. Shelton and Callier worked on the British comedy series ''

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''. Shelton appears regularly as ''Frangela'' on

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s ''

Best Week Ever ''Best Week Ever'' is an American comedy series created and executive produced by Fred Graver. The series originally aired from January 23, 2004, to June 12, 2009, on VH1.Harris, Scott"VH1 Cancels 'Best Week Ever'". ''Inside TV''. January 13, 20 ...

''. The duo recently finished their hit show ''An Evening with the Afro-Saxons''. The duo also host a radio talk show together on

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on Saturday afternoons. On September 10, 2018,

began hosting a new talk show called ''Me Time with Frangela'' that is seen on television stations owned by

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. Shelton was an original cast member of the Second City Detroit comedy troupe, which opened on September 15, 1993. Other notable cast members included

Larry Joe Campbell Lawrence Joseph Campbell (born November 29, 1970) is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Andy on the ABC sitcom '' According to Jim''. Early life Born in Cadillac, Michigan, Campbell graduated from high school at Pine ...

and

Keegan-Michael Key Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He co-created and co-starred alongside Jordan Peele in Comedy Central's sketch series '' Key & Peele'' (2012–2015) and co-starred in USA Net ...

References

External links

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Frangela official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shelton, Angela V. Living people African-American actresses American television actresses African-American female comedians American women comedians 21st-century American actresses American voice actresses 21st-century American comedians University of Michigan alumni 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American people 1970 births