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Shekhar Kapur

Shekhar Kapur (शेखर कपूर), born 1945 in Lahore, is an Indian film director of Masoom, Mr. India, Bandit Queen, and the Oscar-nominated Elizabeth; Padma Shri 2000, Padma Bhushan 2025, and IFFI festival director.

Shekhar Suman (शेखर सुमन)

Shekhar Suman (शेखर सुमन), Indian film and TV actor, singer, and host; debuted in Utsav (1985) opposite Rekha, pioneered Indian late-night satire with Movers & Shakers (1997), judged The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, and played Nawab Zulfiqar in Heeramandi (2024).

Shelby Grant

Shelby Grant (1936–2011), born Brenda Lou Thompson, was an American actress known for Our Man Flint, Fantastic Voyage, and Batman, and the wife of actor Chad Everett from 1966 until her death.

Shelby Simmons

Shelby Simmons (born 2002, Richmond, Virginia) is an American actress known as Ava King on Disney Channel's Bunk'd, Sydney in Netflix's Prince of Peoria, and Hillari Kimble in the 2020 Disney+ film Stargirl.

Shelby Young

Shelby Young, also called shelbyhyoung, is an American voice, mocap, and on-camera actress born 1992 in Florida, known as Princess Leia in LEGO Star Wars and Soph Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

Sheldon Cooper

Sheldon Lee Cooper, fictional Caltech theoretical physicist on CBS's The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019, 279 episodes), created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, played by Jim Parsons (four Emmys), subject of the prequel Young Sheldon.

Sheldon Leonard

Sheldon Leonard (Bershad), 1907–1997, American actor turned TV producer-director of The Danny Thomas Show, The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and I Spy; credited with the TV spin-off and namesake of Big Bang's Sheldon and Leonard.

Shell (2024 film)

Shell (2024 film), also called Shell: Jeunesse éternelle, is Max Minghella's body-horror dark comedy starring Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson; it premiered at TIFF 2024, was released October 3, 2025, and earned 63% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Shelley Conn

Shelley Conn is an English actress of Anglo-Indian heritage, born in 1976, known for Lady Mary Sharma in Bridgerton and roles in Gen V and Good Omens 2.

Shelley Duvall

Shelley Duvall (Shelley Alexis Duvall), American actress and producer (1949–2024), Robert Altman's muse in Brewster McCloud, Nashville, and 3 Women (Cannes Best Actress), Wendy in The Shining, Olive Oyl in Popeye, and creator of Faerie Tale Theatre.

Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares (Michele Ann Marie Fabares, 1944–2026), American actress and singer; Mary Stone on The Donna Reed Show, number-one 1962 hit "Johnny Angel," three Elvis Presley films, Francine Webster on One Day at a Time, Emmy-nominated as Christine Armstrong on Coach, wife of Mike Farrell.

Shelley Hack

Shelley Hack (Shelley Marie Hack, born 1947) is an American model, actress and producer, the Revlon Charlie perfume girl who played Tiffany Welles in Charlie's Angels season four (1979–80) before leading Cutter to Houston and Jack and Mike.

Shelley Hennig

Shelley Catherine Hennig (born 1987) is an American actress, Miss Teen USA 2004 winner from Louisiana, known for Days of Our Lives, The Secret Circle, Teen Wolf's Malia Tate, Unfriended, and Obliterated.

Shelley Long

Shelley Lee Long (born 1949, Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American actress; Diane Chambers on Cheers (1982–1987), Emmy winner 1983, two Golden Globes, later Irreconcilable Differences, Troop Beverly Hills, The Brady Bunch Movie, and Modern Family.

Shelley Lubben

Shelley Lubben (1968–2019), stage name Roxy, was an American ex-adult film performer turned born-again Christian anti-pornography activist, founder and executive director of the Pink Cross Foundation (2007/2008–2016), author of Truth Behind the Fantasy of Porn.

Shelley Malil

Shelley Malil (Shelley Mathew Malil, born 1964, Kerala, India) is an Indian-born American former actor, Haziz in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, known for the Budweiser "Whassup" spin-off and TV guest roles; convicted in 2010 of attempted murder, paroled in 2018.

Shelley Morrison

Shelley Morrison (Rachel Mitrani, 1936–2019), American character actress; played Sister Sixto on The Flying Nun and maid Rosario Salazar on Will & Grace (1999–2006), 68 episodes.

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters, born Shirley Schrift, was an American actress with a six-decade career who won two Academy Awards, for The Diary of Anne Frank and A Patch of Blue.

Shelly Desai

Shelly Desai (born Shailesh H. Desai), Indian-American character actor (1935–2026), Bombay-born; played landlord Hwang on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Carlos on Men of a Certain Age, with Broadway roots and 93 screen credits.

Shelter (2010 film)

Shelter (2010), also released as 6 Souls, is a psychological horror film by Swedish directors Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, written by Michael Cooney, starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers; a $22 million production grossing $851,517.

Shelter (2014 film)

Shelter (2014 film): Paul Bettany's directorial debut drama starring Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie as homeless lovers in New York; premiered at TIFF 2014, released by Screen Media in November 2015, distinct from Melgar's documentary and the Statham film.

Shelter (2026 film)

Shelter is a 2026 action thriller directed by Ric Roman Waugh, starring Jason Statham as a former MI6 operative in hiding on a remote Scottish island.

Shemar Moore

Shemar Franklin Moore, born 1970 in Oakland, California, is an American actor and former model known as Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless, Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds, and Hondo on S.W.A.T. and its Starz spinoff S.W.A.T. Exiles.

Shemp Howard

Shemp Howard (Samuel Horwitz, 1895-1955), American comic actor, original Three Stooge alongside Moe and Larry Fine under Ted Healy, replaced by Curly in 1932, returned 1947, made 77 Stooge shorts; source of the term Fake Shemp.

Shen Yue (actress)

Shen Yue (沈月), Chinese actress born 1997 in Wugang, Hunan, known as Chen Xiaoxi in A Love So Beautiful (2017) and Dong Shancai in Meteor Garden (2018); left agency Gongfu Zhenyan in 2026 for her own studio.

Shen Yujie (沈羽洁)

Shen Yujie (沈羽洁), born 2001 in Jinhua, Zhejiang, is a mainland Chinese actress and Beijing Film Academy 2019 experimental-class graduate. Known for Checkmate (2022), The Fearless and Only for Love (2023), Coroner's Diary (2025); 2025 iQIYI Scream Night Year's Potential Actor.

Shenaz Treasury

Shenaz Treasury (Shenaz Treasurywala), born 1981 in Mumbai, is an Indian actress, MTV VJ, writer, and travel vlogger known for Ishq Vishk, Delhi Belly, One Life to Live, The Big Sick, and her 2022 book All He Left Me Was a Recipe.

Shepperton Studios

Shepperton Studios is a British film and high-end TV studio in Shepperton, Surrey, founded in 1931 and owned by the Pinewood Group since 2001. After a 2019-approved expansion it has 31 stages, 12 acres of backlot, and hosts Netflix productions.

Shera Danese

Shera Danese (Sherry Lynn Kaminski), American actress born 1949, wife of Peter Falk from 1977 until his 2011 death; appeared in six Columbo episodes, more than any other actress, and in Risky Business (1983).

Sheree J. Wilson

Sheree J. Wilson (Sheree Julienne Wilson, born 1958, Rochester, Minnesota) is an American actress and producer, known for April Stevens Ewing on Dallas and Alex Cahill on Walker, Texas Ranger, and founder of Lone Star Cowgirl Films.