Shirley Roeca

Classically-trained New York actor, Shirley Roeca, has had many outstanding career successes from the very beginning. Her first professional play was offered to her during her initial year as a graduate student at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco (a 1st for A.C.T.) playing a lead role as the daughter of "Hecuba" with A.C.T.'s professional company opposite Academy Award Winners Olympia Dukakis and Viola Davis with which she earned her Equity card. The following year she was asked to join the American Conservatory Theater's company of professional actors. At the completion of her contract, Shirley moved to Los Angeles where she booked her first SAG job earning her SAG card and was hired by the accomplished director, Andy Ackerman (Seinfeld, Wings, The New Adventures of Old Christine), for her first television credit on a prime time comedy working opposite Ted Danson. She was then invited to participate in the prestigious CBS Diversity Showcase where only 8 women and 10