Wikipedia:Shelley Sweeney (actress)

Shelley Sweeney (born January 11, 1966) is a Canadian actress and model based in Tokyo, Japan. She is noted to have some acting roles in Godzilla movie series, Super Sentai and Ultra TV series.

Background
Sweeney was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on January 11, 1966. At around age from 17 to 18 in 1986, she first came to Japan on a modeling contract for three months. She later moved to London to study at the Corona Academy for one year and later at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts for almost a year before returning to Canada. She returned to Japan to took on acting roles, she had her acting debut in the 1990 Japanese TV series Hotel. In 1991, Sweeney made her film acting debut role in the Japanese film King's Fire Play.

She auditioned for a supporting role of the film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II alongside with French actress Julie Dreyfus and was selected to portray co-pilot Lt. Catherine Berger for the film. She would went on to act in numerous films and television series of the Japanese film industry since then.

In 2018, she became an English acting instructor catering for local Japanese acting students to improve their English speaking skills.