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Shelene Atanacio
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Shelene Atanacio is a Filipina American actress, model and author was born March 5th. She is best known in for her role as the young seductress in the independent film " starring Oscar Winner Martin Landau and Magnolia's Melora Walters. The film debuted at the San Paulo International Film Festival, Santa Monica Film Festival, MethodFest Film Festival and other film festivals around the world. She is slated to appear as international secret agent Lola Basheer in RedCape Cinema's First Independent Feature Film Code:Name DragonFly set to start shooting in 2010. Modeling Shelene was born in San Francisco and grew up in Daly City, California a small suburb 15 minutes south of San Francisco. Shelene started her career as a model by winning a model search sponsored by Macy's Department Store. Shelene worked as a model and actress to help support her way through college where she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Political Science. Shelene appeared in a BART commercial with actor Danny Glover. Stage Work One of Atanacio more notable accomplishments is her one woman performance, Underneath the Smile, where she played an 80-year old Filipino grandmother recollecting her time during World War II in the Philippines. She based her writing of the fictional character on stories she collected from her own grandparents during their time in WWII. She worked with director Ann Fajilan in Atanacios' character work in transforming herself as authentically as she could from a young actress into a woman whose lived a long life of 80 years. As a part of the Playwrights of Color Theater Festival sponsored by the prestigious Kennedy Center, she was honored with an award for her writing and performance of Underneath the Smile, along with the recognition in her writing and another short play "Beyond Therapy: The Filipino Way", which also debuted at the Playwrights of Color Festival with a large ensemble cast. From the Playwrights of Color Festival, Shelene was specially invited to perform at the Kennedy Center Regional Theater Festival in Arizona. Action Films Most recently, Shelene has appeared in a genre of action projects, where she is currently slated to appear as the lead character, international secret agent, Lola Basheer, in Red Cape Cinema's First independent feature, Codename: DragonFly set to start filming in late 2009. The promotional trailer for Codename: DragonFly has already screened at the Baltimore Comic Con and the First Annual Hero Fest Film Festival, along with another project, Eve, where she plays the sword fighting evil temptress, Jezebel. Eve has screened at the San Diego Comic Convention, Phoenix Comic Convention and has officially been selected to appear at the Action on Film Film Festival in Pasadena, California in 2009. For Eve Shelene trained in Japanese Samurai Swordfighting to prepare for the role of Jezebel and for CodeName: Dragon Fly, Shelene trained in mixed martial arts with black belt trainer/choreographer Pierre Parker. Shelene has written her first book "Act From The Inside Out: Powerful Acting Tools to Transform Your Real Life". Her book is due to be released by Bush Street Press in October, 2009. 
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