Biography
Adrienne Shelly, also credited as Adrienne Levine, was an American actress, director and screenwriter. She made her film debut as Audry in Hal Hartley's The Unbelievable Truth (1989) and appeared as Maria Coughlin in his Trust (1990). She trained in film production at Boston University before dropping out and moving to Manhattan, where she performed in numerous off-Broadway plays.
Shelly later wrote and directed features including I'll Take You There (1999). She wrote, directed and co-starred in Waitress (2007), which was released after her death. She appeared in television series such as Law & Order, Oz and Homicide: Life on the Street. Shelly was born on 24 June 1966 in Queens, New York, and died on 1 November 2006.
