Shanley Caswell
Caswell at the screening of Detention at the LA Film School, April 2012
Born (1991-12-03) December 3, 1991
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Shanley Caswell (born December 3, 1991)[1] is an American actress. She has guest starred in television series such as CSI: NY, Bones, iCarly and The Middle.[2] She is best known for her starring roles in Detention (2011) as Riley Jones and as Andrea Perron in The Conjuring (2013). She recurred as Laurel Pride on NCIS: New Orleans from 2014 to 2021, spanning the series' seven seasons.

Life and career

Shanley Caswell was born and raised in Sarasota, Florida. Shanley began acting in local theater at the age of eight. While in high school, she became involved with "Teen Source", a theater troupe whose focus is to educate the teenage community on social issues. She moved to Los Angeles to further her career in 2007, where she landed many guest-starring roles. Her first work was modelling at age 15.[3] She also studied cultural anthropology at UCLA.[4]

She made her feature film debut in Mending Fences, a television film for the Hallmark Channel and made her first major film role as one of the leads in the horror film Detention,[5] with her starring as Riley Jones.[6] She appeared in horror film The Conjuring, in the supporting role Andrea Perron, her second feature film, and starred as the lead role in the fairy tale update Snow White: A Deadly Summer.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Little Victories Katherine Short film
2011 Detention Riley Jones
2012 Snow White: A Deadly Summer Snow White Direct to video
2012 Adrift Mo Short film
2013 Come Find Me Jenny Sugar Short film
2013 The Conjuring Andrea Perron
2013 Feels So Good Brittany
2017 Swiped Erin Short film
2017 Urban Myth: Nest Karla Short film
2018 Haunting on Fraternity Row Claire Direct to video

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Zoey 101 Audrey Episode: "Coffee Cart Ban"
2009 Mending Fences Kamilla Faraday Television film
2010 iCarly Tara Episode: "iWas a Pageant Girl"
2010 Bones Dede Episode: "The Death of the Queen Bee"
2010 The Mentalist Nadine Russo Episode: "Red Sky At Night"
2011 The Middle Samantha 2 episodes
2011 CSI: NY Rachel Weber Episode: "Crushed"
2012 Punk'd Herself Episode: "Lucy Hale"
2013 Vegas Patricia Episode: "Little Fish"
2014–2021 NCIS: New Orleans Laurel Pride Recurring role, 14 episodes
2014 Red Zone Laney Weller Television film
2014 High School Possession Olivia Marks Television film
2015 The Night Shift Rachel Lawson Episode: "Sunrise, Sunset"
2015 Scorpion Dorie Episode: "The Old College Try"
2017 Perfect Citizen Vivian Television film
2018 S.W.A.T. Sarah Episode: "The Tiffany Experience"
2019 The Resident Nora Mitchell Episode: "Stupid Things in the Name of Sex"
2019 E! True Hollywood Story Herself Episode: "Horror Movies: Cursed or Coincidence?"
2020 Kappa Kappa Die Nina CW Seed Halloween special[8]
2021–2023 Power Book III: Raising Kanan Shannon Burke Main cast (seasons 1–2)
Guest (season 3)[9]

References

  1. "Shanley Caswell Discusses Her Role In Detention and Other Upcoming Projects". FlickDirect.
  2. Fasehun, Sola (March 19, 2012). "Shanley Caswell Has the Right Stuff". Campus Circle.
  3. "BEAUTY INTERVIEW: SHANLEY CASWELL". Hydrogen magazine. August 10, 2012.
  4. Marr, Madeleine (April 12, 2012). "Fame is calling for 'Detention' star Shanley Caswell". Miami Herald.
  5. Simpson, David (December 4, 2012). "'Detention': Josh Hutcherson and Shanley Caswell Interview". Hollywood Reporter.
  6. Dickson, Evan (April 13, 2012). "Shanley Caswell Talks 'Detention', The ADD Generation And 'The Warren Files'". Bloody Disgusting.
  7. Harman, Harout (February 9, 2012). "Hayley McFarland and Shanley Caswell Join The Warren Files". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  8. "Kappa Kappa Die (2020) on CW Seed". Retrieved October 26, 2021 via CW Seed.
  9. Petski, Denise (March 7, 2020). "'Power' Prequel 'Raising Kanan' Adds London Brown, Malcolm Mays, Shanley Caswell, Toby Sandeman, Joey Bada$$". Deadline. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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