Shelley Hennig

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Shelley Hennig at Comic-Con 2014

Shelley Catherine Hennig (born January 2, 1987 in Destrehan , Louisiana ) is an American beauty queen and actress . After the election in 2004, Miss Louisiana Teen USA and Miss Teen USA had won, she launched nearly three years later a career as an actress, while from 2007 to 2011 in more than 400 episodes of the long-term soap opera Days of Our Lives to see was.

life and career

Shelley Hennig at the premiere of Suddenly Princess in August 2004

Hennig, who was born in the CDP Destrehan in the US state of Louisiana, enjoyed her schooling almost exclusively in her hometown, where she also attended Destrehan High School . There the enthusiastic dancer, who has already won many prizes, was awarded an “Academic Excellence Student”. Furthermore, she wrote poetry, especially in her youth, two of which were published in the Young Authors Book of Poetry . In 2001, one of her older brothers died in a drunk driving incident , prompting Shelley Hennig to stand up as an advocate against underage alcohol consumption. She worked with numerous local organizations in Louisiana and advised peers and other young people there on the effects and consequences of drug and alcohol consumption. In November 2003, Hennig finally won the Miss Teen Louisiana USA election in Lafayette , Louisiana, qualifying for the Miss Teen USA election the following August in Palmsprings , California . In the competition that followed, she was awarded the coveted title in front of her 50 colleagues. She was the first winner of this beauty pageant from the state of Louisiana and at the same time the first winner of a national beauty pageant from Louisiana after Ali Landry , who was elected Miss USA in 1996 . Winning the competition also included a one-year contract with Trump Model Management , a modeling agency founded in 1999 by US billionaire Donald Trump , and a $ 45,000 scholarship from the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts , the former School for Film and Television , on 19th Street in Manhattan . Other things included were a model portfolio with star photographer Fadil Berisha , free professional PR training and a full annual salary. Her win also included a guest appearance on the soap opera Passions . The sister titleholders of Shelley Hennig, who then represented the Miss Universe Organization , were the Australian Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins and the Miss USA Shandi Finnessey from Missouri , with whom she also toured the world together, including a trip to Bangkok participated.

During her reign she worked with various non-profit organizations such as Seeds of Peace , DARE , Sparrow Clubs and SHiNE and was invited as a guest on various television interviews and talk shows. Her reign ended on August 8, 2005, when she was elected Miss Teen USA, Allie LaForce , from Ohio. Soon after the end of her career as Miss Teen USA Hennig participated in The reality show of MTV , where she tried to her own show called After the Crown to come, but was eliminated in the course of the show. In the election for Miss Teen USA 2008 Shelley Hennig appeared together with Seth Goldman as the host, with Stevi Perry from Arkansas emerging as the winner.

In 2007, the former beauty queen made it into the cast of the soap opera Zeit der Sehnsucht , which has been running since 1965 , where she played Stephanie Johnson , previously played by Shayna Rose from 2006 to 2007 and by Amanda and Jessica Gunnarson in the early 1990s . took over. For her role, which she held until 2011 and was used in almost 500 different episodes, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2010 , but could not win the award in the end and had to admit defeat to Julie Marie Berman of General Hospital . In January 2011, she announced that she wanted to withdraw from the long-standing soap opera; her last day of shooting was on February 2, 2011.

From September 2011 to May 2012 she starred as Diana Meade on The CW series The Secret Circle . She then had a guest appearance on Justified and a supporting role in Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous . In January 2014, she took on a role on the MTV television series Teen Wolf . Initially, she was there supporting actress and was later accepted into the main cast. In the fall of 2014, she was seen at the side of Daren Kagasoff and Douglas Smith in the horror film Ouija - Not Playing with the Devil .

Filmography

Nominations

  • 2010: Daytime Emmy in the category “Outstanding Younger Actress In A Drama Series” for her commitment in Zeit der Sehnsucht

Web links

Commons : Shelley Hennig  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary: Hennig, Brad Joseph (English), accessed June 14, 2011
  2. ↑ Teen queen: Life not perfect Destrehan girl warns students of driving drunk | Report in the Baton Rouge Advocate of January 26, 2005
  3. ↑ a b c Hennig crowned Miss Teen USA ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 14, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heraldguide.com
  4. ↑ 'Bangkok: Fashion City' Scheme Boosted by World Beauty Queens ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 14, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stonelover.com
  5. ↑ a b Miss Teen USA ends reign with gratitude; Destrehan native calls La. fans' awesome | Report in the Times-Picayune on August 18, 2005
  6. ↑ a b 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations! (English), accessed June 14, 2011
  7. ↑ WINNERS: Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards , accessed June 14, 2011
  8. ↑ Development Update: Thursday, March 17 . The Futon Critic . March 17, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Hennig, Shelley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hennig, Shelley Catherine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American beauty queen, model, and actress
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd January 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Destrehan , Louisiana , United States