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Michelle Arthur

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Born
August 6 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Nickname
- Shell
Height
5′ 4″ (1.63 m)

Mini bio

Michelle Renee Arthur hails from Indianapolis, Indiana, with English, Irish, Scottish, German, and Cherokee ancestry. She exhibited a passion for acting at age 6. In high school she was a 2-time MVP Gymnast, flag & rifle corp Kadette, and Editor of the newspaper. Inspired by her uncle, a former Columnist for the LA Times, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University's School of Journalism. She also studied at UCLA, Actors Edge Studios, Artist Theatre Group, and Playhouse West Studio 4.

After an internship with Conde Nast Publication's Brides through the American Society of Magazine Editors, Michelle has had an extensive media career in editorial, advertising, and modeling with such titles as The New Yorker, Cosmopolitan, V & VMan, Robb Report, and Angeleno -- a glossy she helped launch for Modern Luxury. With magazine work she has been surrounded by the entertainment industry.

Making appearances in TV shows such as Beverly Hills 90210 and The Practice, and films such as Path to War, The Amati Girls, and Tomcats, Michelle's interest in acting was rekindled with her first move to Los Angeles.

That ignited in 2014 when she returned to LA, after magazine projects in NYC, and advanced from Background Artist to speaking Actress working side by side with some of the most legendary filmmakers of our time. Her lead and supporting roles have included such titles as Actors Anonymous, Boomer Hogs, Crazy Lucky, Dark Hours: Roxana & Dark Hours: Typee, Deadly Sins, Love & Other Lies, Mem 39, Scorpion Girl, The Film Club, The French Teacher, The Gilded Boy, and many more.

Michelle enjoys being in front of the camera or behind the scenes of a set. She completed her first script in 2015, registered with the WGAW, and has been involved in producing, directing, writing, and acting in various multiple award-winning films.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sarah F. Scott

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Female

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The legendary Actor Producer Steve McQueen was from Beech Grove, Indiana, near where Michelle grew up in Indianapolis, Greenwood then Mooresville, Indiana. Cousins of hers have resided in Beech Grove itself. McQueen was born at St. Francis Hospital which is where her aunt, cousin and sister have worked as nurses and managers. As Producer for the film Fate's Shadow, Michelle selected a set location not realizing until shoot time that Steve McQueen artwork hung on a wall visible for the scene.
Michelle is a member of the international women's fraternity Alpha Phi. Their motto is "union hand in hand" and the Alpha Phi Foundation's philanthropy is women's heart health.
Michelle's first experience at performing in front of a large audience came from baton twirling as a child. She was the leader of her twirling group. At a contest once, the entire team stopped twirling as she did until she remembered the next steps.
New York is where Michelle resided a second time in her life when she became a Sales Development Manager for Visionaire Publishing based in SoHo. The art and lifestyle fashion magazine company produces Visionaire, V & VMAN magazines. She lived on Staten Island with her Jeep in those years and would commute to the offices via ferry across the New York Harbor.
Her maternal grandmother, Frances Hicks, was a talented seamstress. She collected antique dolls and ran a doll hospital -- repairing and dressing dolls. Then her mother inherited the business when she passed away. So Michelle had an early taste of costume design and has an appreciation for the wardrobe departments of a set.