Biography

Shelley Quartermaine is an Australian actress and singer-songwriter based in the United States, working across film and music. She gained international recognition starring as the lead in the feature film ‘1 Million Followers’, released theatrically and distributed worldwide on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV following a global casting search.

Raised on a remote sheep and cropping farm in rural Western Australia, her early life was shaped by isolation, independence, and imagination. With no clear pathway into the industry, she began creating her own, teaching herself guitar as a child and performing from a young age, long before stepping onto a film set.

Alongside her work on screen, she writes and releases original music, with songs including ‘Run to the Moon’ and ‘The Stand’ reaching listeners in over 100 countries. Her sound is rooted in stripped back, emotionally driven storytelling.

Now working internationally, she moves between film and music, building a body of work that sits between the two rather than choosing one.
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Shelley grew up on a farm in rural Western Australia.

In addition to singing and composing, Shelley plays the guitar, piano, and percussion.

At age 10 she use to entertain the elderly at nursing homes with impersonations of Johnny Cash and Michael Jackson. This inspiration came after falling in love with the film Walk the Line (2005) when she was a little girl. To this day Johnny Cash remains her favorite artist.

In addition to acting, she has sung across Australia, in front of crowds of up to 50,000 during multiple AFL matches at Optus Stadium.

In 2021, Shelley was cast as a lead in her first feature film; Darkest Age - the second largest independent feature to be shot in Western Australia in 2021. Shortly after wrapping on the film, and after a worldwide search by director Harvey Lowrey, Shelley auditioned and was booked as the title lead in the US feature film 1 Million Followers, marking her international debut. Shelley has recently wrapped filming in Thailand and Canada.