Shelby Young is an American actress. She is known for her roles on ''

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'' and the ''

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'' franchise.

Early life

Young was born in

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to a Jewish family. Young 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.

Career

Young's first television role was in 2001 when she played the role of Sue Ann Butler on the

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series ''

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''. In 2002, Young played Stephanie in the unaired pilot for '' LazyTown''. From 2005 to 2008, she had a recurring role as Jennifer on ''Everybody'' ''Hates Chris'', and from 2009 to 2011, she recurred on ''

'' as Kinsey. Young has also had guest starring roles on the

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series ''

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'' (2011), ''

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'' (2006), and '' Freddie'' (2006). She then co-starred in the

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film ''

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'' (2008). In 2010, Young played the role of KC in the film ''

''. In 2011, she had a recurring role as Leah on '' American Horror Story: Murder House'', the first season in the anthology series. In addition, Young played the role of Rose in ''

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'', which was released in 2013 by Anchor Bay Entertainment. Young starred in the found-footage horror film ''

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''; the film was released in a

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and through

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on March 27, 2015. That same year, she appeared in the film ''The House Sitter'' opposite

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. She also starred in the horror-thriller film ''A Haunting in Cawdor'', which was released in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2015, and in the United States in March 2016. As a voice actress, Young is known in the

galaxy for voicing multiple characters across their animation titles and video games. Her most notable role may be voicing

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in projects like '' Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga'', the

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Channel series ''

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'' and the

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TV special, '' Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation''. 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 '' Wolfenstein: Youngblood'' as one of the first-ever playable female characters in the long-standing franchise. Young's resume includes other AAA franchises such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', where she voiced and provided MoCap for the lead role of Annie. Young currently recurs as Rayna on

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's, ''

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'' and she can be heard in the upcoming game '' God of War: Ragnarök''. Young has recently started doing voice impressions on

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and other

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platforms and has amassed a following of over 4 million users between the platforms.

Filmography

Live-action

Film

Television

Voice acting

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Shelby Living people American child actresses American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses American voice actresses 21st-century American actresses 1992 births