Shelley Hennig
Biography
Shelley Catherine Hennig is an American actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder born on January 2, 1987, in Destrehan, Louisiana. She won the 2004 Miss Teen USA competition. On television, she is recognized for playing Stephanie Johnson on the soap opera Days of Our Lives from 2007 to 2011 and returning in 2017. Her other television roles include Diana Meade on The Secret Circle from 2011 to 2012, Malia Tate on Teen Wolf from 2014 to 2017, and Ava Winters in the Netflix action comedy Obliterated in 2023. Her film appearances feature Ouija and Unfriended in 2014, and When We First Met in 2018.
Career overview
Shelley Catherine Hennig is an American actress, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was born on January 2, 1987, in Destrehan, Louisiana. She won the 2004 Miss Teen USA competition before establishing a prominent television and film career.
On television, Hennig is recognized for her role as Stephanie Johnson on the soap opera Days of Our Lives from 2007 to 2011 and again in 2017. She also portrayed Diana Meade on The Secret Circle from 2011 to 2012, Malia Tate on Teen Wolf from 2014 to 2017, and Ava Winters in the Netflix action comedy Obliterated in 2023.
Her film appearances include roles in the 2014 films Ouija and Unfriended, as well as the 2018 film When We First Met.
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- Hunting Season (2025) as January
- Fluxx (2025)
- Cult Killer (2024) as Jamie Douglas
- Obliterated (2023) as Ava Winters
- Teen Wolf: The Movie (2023) as Malia Tate
- The List (2023) as Sam
- The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (2022) as Lisa
- Gatlopp: Hell of a Game (2022) as Alice
- Mythic Quest (2020) as A.E. Goldsmith
- Mythic Quest (2020) as Ginny
- Dollface (2019) as Ramona
- When We First Met (2018) as Carrie Grey
- The After Party (2018) as Alicia Levine
- Liberty Crossing (2018) as Carly Ambrose
- Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) as Olivia Reed
- Summer of 8 (2016) as Lily
- About Scout (2015) as Melinda
- Ouija (2014) as Debbie Galardi
- Wolf Watch (2014) as Self
- Unfriended (2014) as Blaire Lilly
- Friends with Better Lives (2014) as Molly
- Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (2013) as Christy Ackerman
- Teen Wolf (2011) as Malia Tate
- The Secret Circle (2011) as Diana Meade
- Blue Bloods (2010) as Maya
- Justified (2010) as Jackie Nevada
- Miss Teen USA (1983) as Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2004
- Best Pancakes in the County