Adrienne Shelly

Born: 1966-06-24

Adrienne Shelly (1966-2006) was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. Making her name in independent films such as 1989's The Unbelievable Truth and 1990's Trust, Shelly transitioned to a writing and directing career in subsequent years. She wrote, co-starred in, and directed the 2007 film 'Waitress', which was released posthumously and later adapted into a musical with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles. Shelly was murdered in her home in 2006.


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Waitress

as Dawn Williams
Released: 2007-05-25

Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her...

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Trust

as Maria Coughlin
Released: 1990-09-09

After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly...

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Sleep with Me

as Pamela
Released: 1994-09-23

Six different writers wrote a scene each of this romantic comedy featuring the marriage and...

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Factotum

as Jerry
Released: 2005-04-25

This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles...

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The Unbelievable Truth

as Audry
Released: 1990-07-20

After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo....

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Hexed

as Gloria O'Connor
Released: 1993-01-22

Lowly hotel clerk Matthew Welch stumbles unto a chance to go on a date with supermodel Hexina by...

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Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even

as Stephanie
Released: 1992-05-08

A girl fed up with her quirky, dysfunctional family runs away from home, causing all of them to...

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Adrienne

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-11-14

As the muse of Hal Hartley’s indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed...

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The Road Killers

as Red
Released: 1994-05-07

After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation...

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Searching for Debra Winger

as Self
Released: 2002-07-13

Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in...

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Teresa's Tattoo

as Teresa / Gloria
Released: 1994-03-15

Mathematician Teresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends, who...

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Wrestling with Alligators

as Mary
Released: 1998-01-18

All that Maddy Hawkins has ever wanted was a family she could call her own. Even in 1959, the...

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Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me

as Dannie
Released: 1992-05-21

Eli is a burglar who is caught in the act by Twinkle, an heiress who coerces him into a sexual...

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Sudden Manhattan

as Donna
Released: 1996-10-11

Twenty-something Donna is jobless, single and broke. On a fateful day, reality turns itself...

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Grind

as Janey
Released: 1997-04-11

When a drag-racing, hard-luck parolee moves in with his brother in hopes of that ever-elusive...

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I'll Take You There

as Lucy
Released: 1999-09-03

Still nursing wounds from a breakup, a woman is forced by her sister into a blind date that...

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Revolution #9

as Kim Kelly
Released: 2002-11-15

A handsome and successful young man with a lovely fiancée, James Jackson seems to have...

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Lonely in America

as Woman in Laundromat
Released: 1990-09-30

An East Indian native immigrates to New York City and stumbles his way onto the corporate...

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Dead Dog

as Mrs. Marquet
Released: 2001-10-17

Tom and Perri are the happy ideal New York couple until Tom's beloved Golden Retriever is killed...

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The Atlantis Conspiracy

as Samantha
Released: 2001-01-01

Lauren Marcus (Amanda Donohoe) reluctantly moves back to New York City and is forced to decide...

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Opera No. 1

as Fairy #2
Released: 1994-01-02

A comical mini opera following the exploits of two goddesses interfering with the lives of...

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The Shadows of Bob and Zelda

as Zelda
Released: 2000-06-13

Part of Seattle International Film Festival's "Fly Film" program

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Upon Reflection: The Making of Trust

as Self
Released: 2005-01-01

An 18-minute documentary made in 2005 by perennial Hartley actor D.J. Mendel, reunites the...

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Tiger: His Fall & Rise

as Terry
Released: 2004-05-11

A small rubber frog named Tiger becomes a major singing star overnight and has to cope with the...

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Law & Order

as Wendy Alston
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Early Edition

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-09-28

Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives...

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Homicide: Life on the Street

as Tanya Quinn
First aired: 1993-01-31

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore...

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Oz

as Sarah
First aired: 1997-07-12

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum...

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