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Actor
Shelby Rose poses for a portrait at her
Tatum Ranch home June 1. The Cactus Shadows
High School student is enjoying a budding
acting career, but says her passion is singing.
She will be taking a shot at the American
Idol television series later this month.
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Highschooler
Stars in BBC drama
by
Kathleen Stinson
CAVE
CREEK – Cactus Shadows High School junior Shelby
Rose, 16, stars in the BBC docudrama “Pandemic,”
which aired early this year on the Discovery
Channel and the British Broadcasting Channel.
A
Cave Creek resident, Rose plays the part of
Lori, a young lady whose father travels to Japan
and contracts bird flu, returns home and passes
it on to her brother. In this dramatization,
the virus has mutated into a contagious airborne
state. Her character documents through video
taping the entire experience which ultimately
results in her brother’s death.
The
90‑minute feature was filmed in Britain,
Cambodia and the United States, with Shelby’s
character the lead in the U.S. segment, she
said.
Rose,
who has acted since she was 10 years old, auditioned
for the part in April of last year at First
Studios in downtown Phoenix.
“It
was a real surprise she got the part–at least
200 girls auditioned,” said Janell Rose, her mother.
“She loved filming and told me ‘This is what
I’m meant to do.’”
Shelby
learned about the audition through her agent
at Dani’s Agency, a Phoenix‑based talent
agency.
“It
was very exciting. I can’t wait to do another
film, whatever lies ahead,” Shelby said.
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