Shelly Cole spent her youth vagabonding around the country with stops in Oklahoma, Florida, a lot of Texas, Seattle, Minneapolis, Alaska, and, ultimately, Los Angeles. There, she landed her first acting role with a three year recurring part of Madeline Lynn on the WB’s hit show The Gilmore Girls. 

Shelly made her film debut as a lead in the feature film Prey for Rock & Roll, opposite Gina Gershon and Drea De Matteo. Her performance as Sally, an edgy, aggressive yet youthful innocent who cleanses her soul by playing drums, garnered accolades at the Sundance Film Festival. Her performance was compared to “Shirley Temple meets Keith Moon.”  With the instruction of Malcolm Cross and hours of determination, Shelly learned to play the drums in only four weeks for the role. Next, she starred alongside John Malkovich and Anjelica Huston in Terry Zwigoff’s Art School Confidential.

Recent television credits include guest-starring roles on shows such as Criminal Minds, NCIS, E.R., Joan of Arcadia, Without a Trace, Cold Case and CSI:NY. 

Shelly currently resides in Los Angeles, has a keen love for expensive champagne and loves all things superhero.