- Born
- Birth nameShelley Catherine Hennig
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Shelley Hennig was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and has two older brothers. She spent much of her childhood as a competitive dancer. She was the fastest typist her senior year of high school as well as Miss Teen USA. Miss Teen USA gave her a scholarship to New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts and she took advantage.
In 2007 her acting career took off. Cast in the role of Stephanie Johnson in the series Days of Our Lives (1965) she embarked on what would become a highly successful television and film career.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sam013024
- ParentsGlenn H. Hennig Sr.Cathy Distefano Gosset
- RelativesBrad Joseph Hennig(Sibling)
- Her older brother, Brad Joseph Hennig (DOB: April 29, 1983), died in a drunk-driving incident in Destrehan, Louisiana on August 9, 2001 when he was 18. Shelley has since become an advocate against underage drinking.
- Miss Teen USA 2004.
- Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2004.
- Her father has German, Swiss-German, Scottish, and English ancestry. Her mother is of Italian descent (all four of Shelley's maternal great-grandparents were Italian immigrants).
- Daytime Emmy Nominee 2010.
- I worked at a local country club that I never belonged to. I did random tasks in the pro shop and supposed to be in charge of the register, but that didn't go so well. They quickly realized I was better with people, not computers.
- I was the happiest in English class, and algebra was where I cried.
- People ask me, "How's Teen Wolf (2011)?'' and I tell them it's literally the best job I've ever had. It's hard. Everybody wants to be a series regular. It's something that a lot of actors would kill to have. That being said, it's very demanding of you, in so many different ways.
- I was a good student, but I was the biggest procrastinator.
- I was the fastest typist in my school, and I had an obsession with spelling and memorizing.
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