Shelley Miranda Barrett

Shelley Miranda Barrett (born 1974), previously known as Shelley Norton, is a Welsh actress, best known for her role as Mandy in the BBC Wales television series Satellite City.[1] She is also the founder of Shelley Barrett Management and The Talent Shack.

Shelley Miranda Barrett
Born
Penarth
NationalityWelsh
Other namesShelley Norton
OccupationBusiness proprietor
PartnerLiam Curtin
Children3

Barrett was born in Penarth and is the daughter of politician Lorraine Barrett and music industry agent Paul Barrett.[2] Her brother, Lincoln, is High Contrast. She was educated at Stanwell Comprehensive School and Coleg Glan Hafren. She married the actor Richard Norton in 2002, at Albertson's Chapel on Sunset Boulevard;[3] the couple met while appearing in a play entitled Killing Kangaroos at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. They separated in 2015.

Shelley lived for a while in Australia and returned to Wales to work at the Wales Millennium Centre.

In 2011, under the name Shelley Barrett-Norton, she launched The Big Talent School and Agency with Leigh-Ann Regan.[4] In 2016 she opened The Talent Shack and established Shelley Barrett Management.[5] Shelley has three children. In 2014, Shelley established Penarth Soul Club, DJing with her partner Liam Curtin. They ran regular club nights in Penarth until 2021 and also presented a Radio Cardiff show for several years. The final Penarth Soul Club night was held at the Wales Millennium Centre in 2022 as part of the Llais festival. [6]

Television

References
  1. "Penarth actress remembers Satellite City", Penarth Times, 5 December 2009. Accessed 21 October 2015
  2. BBC News Wales - "AM to become humanist celebrant", 14 February 2009. Accessed 22 October 2015
  3. "AM's daughter ties the knot Hollywood style", South Wales Echo, June 5, 2002. Accessed 21 October 2015
  4. "Confessions of.... stage school owners". WalesOnline. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  5. Anthony Lewis (15 January 2016). "New year new start for ex-actress with own performance talent business". Penarth Times. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  6. "Penarth Soul Club". Radio Cardiff. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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