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Shayla Beesley is an up and coming actress whose talent and beauty make for undeniable star quality. Having starred in After Dark's "Perkins' 14" alongside former "Misfits" frontman Michale Graves, she has built a large fan base in the horror-thriller genre. Showing versatility, Shayla attended the Deauville Film Festival in 2008 to represent the film "Sex and the USA" in which she starred as the artsy and shy teen, Audrey. Her contributions in front of the camera span from film and television shows to commercials for Verizon, Nintendo, and Hot Topic, but she is also an award winning screen writer. Her indie short "Body of Work" was touted by "The Chicago Tribune" and received the award for "Best Cinematography" by "Hollywood Investigators". Shayla has trained at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and is currently enrolled at the Ivana Chubbuck Studio. She is also studying towards her BA in Social Psychology as well as working on her clothing line "FawKouture" which she plans to launch in 2011.
Her mother, Tegan Ollie, is a nationally acclaimed Egyptian belly dancer and taught the skill to Shayla when she was 7 years old.Her heritage is Persian, Native American, and English.Was one of the original bass guitar players for the Seattle based band "Desillusion".