Shayna Rose (born Shayna Rose Mordue; November 3, 1983) is an American
actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
and singer.
Early life
Rose moved to Los Angeles in 2002 after declining a scholarship to the
Berklee College of Music in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
. She went between acting, singing, songwriting, auditions, and two jobs.
Career
Rose started performing and singing professionally when she was eight years old and appeared in a variety of regional musicals, including "Into the Woods" starring as Little Red Riding Hood at the Denver Civic Theater / Feast of Fools Theatre. She was nominated for best supporting actress by the Denver Drama Critics Circle for her role as Mary Tilford in "The Children's Hour". In this time period she also appeared in a number of national commercials.
Rose started to land parts in such series as ''
Gilmore Girls
''Gilmore Girls'' is an American Comedy drama, comedy-drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham (Lorelai Gilmore) and Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore). The show debuted on October 5, 2000, on The WB and beca ...
'', ''
Ugly Betty
''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which was originally broadcast on ABC. It premiered on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombi ...
'' and ''
Commander in Chief''. Her musical showcases and songwriting also began attracting more interest. On July 4, 2006, Shayna Rose joined the cast of ''
Days of Our Lives'' in a contract role of
Stephanie Johnson, daughter of super-couple Steve Johnson and Kayla Brady. In late November 2006, she was let go from ''Days'' after five months. Her last episode aired on January 18.
In 2009, Rose joined
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running programming block of the same name. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Gr ...
's band, ''
The Fresh Beat Band
''The Fresh Beat Band'' (originally known as ''The JumpArounds'') is an American live action musical children's television series created by Scott Kraft and Nadine van der Velde for Nickelodeon. The show stars the "Fresh Beats" (Kiki, Shout, M ...
''.
as Marina the drummer.
In mid June–July 2011, Nickelodeon announced that Rose was leaving the show after Season 2 to pursue other projects and marry Arthur Gradstein. She was replaced by Tara Perry as Marina in Season 3.
In 2013, Rose created a new musical series for kids called ''Shayna's Place''.
Filmography
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Actresses from Denver
American soap opera actresses
Singers from Denver
21st-century American singers
21st-century American actresses
21st-century American women singers