Kellie started her professional life as an actress, participating in a number of plays. Throughout her career, Shirley has been in a number of movies and TV series. The actress most recently starred in movies including The Marriage of Reason, Joe All Alone, and Call the Midwife.
Shirley has starred in two BBC-produced TV series: Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky and The Office. Not long after graduating from college, she started playing these roles. Additionally, the well-known British actress has performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Youth Theatre, the Royal National Theatre, and the Royal Court.
She is a performer as well as a BBC host; in 2009, she co-hosted Something for the Weekend alongside Tim Lovejoy. The actress has since presented shows like The Wright Stuff and Sunday Brunch. A video for Paolo Nutini’s Pencil Full of Lead featured Shirley as well.
Alongside Judi Dench, Danny Dyer, The Midnight League, Taylor, Biff & Chip, Bull, The Dumping Ground, In the Long Run, Chronos, True Horror, King of Thieves, Venus, and The Bill, Shirley also starred in a number of other movies and TV series. Riot and Run for Your Wife were among them.
In addition, the well-known British actress co-starred in the Jeremy Leven film Girl on a Bicycle with Paddy Considine.
