Shanley Caswell

Shanley Caswell (born December 3, 1991) is an American actress. She has guest starred in television series such as CSI: NY, Bones, iCarly and The Middle. She is best known for her starring roles in Detention as Riley Jones and as Andrea Perron in The Conjuring (2013). She recurred as Laurel Pride on NCIS: New Orleans from 2014 to 2021, spanning the series' seven seasons.

Life and career

Shanley Caswell was born and raised in Sarasota, Florida. Shanley began acting in local theater at the age of eight. While in high school, she became involved with "Teen Source", a theater troupe whose focus is to educate the teenage community on social issues. She moved to Los Angeles to further her career in 2007, where she landed many guest-starring roles. Her first work was modelling at age 15. She also studied cultural anthropology at UCLA.

She made her feature film debut in Mending Fences, a television film for the Hallmark Channel and made her first major film role as one of the leads in the horror film Detention (2011), with her starring as Riley Jones. She appeared in horror film The Conjuring (2013), in the supporting role Andrea Perron, her second feature film, and starred as the lead role in the fairy tale update Snow White: A Deadly Summer (2012), released straight-to-video and streaming. In 2021, she featured as a main cast member in Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021) as Shannon Burke.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 Little Victories Katherine Short film 2011 Detention Riley Jones 2012 Snow White: A Deadly Summer Snow White Direct to video Adrift Mo Short film 2013 Come Find Me Jenny Sugar Short film The Conjuring Andrea Perron Feels So Good Brittany 2017 Swiped Erin Short film Urban Myth: Nest Karla Short film 2018 Haunting on Fraternity Row Claire Direct to video

Television Year Title Role Notes 2008 Zoey 101 Audrey Episode: "Coffee Cart Ban" 2009 Mending Fences Kamilla Faraday Television film 2010 iCarly Tara Episode: "iWas a Pageant Girl" Bones Dede Episode: "The Death of the Queen Bee" The Mentalist Nadine Russo Episode: "Red Sky At Night" 2011 The Middle Samantha 2 episodes CSI: NY Rachel Weber Episode: "Crushed" 2012 Punk'd Herself Episode: "Lucy Hale" 2013 Vegas Patricia Episode: "Little Fish" 2014 Red Zone Laney Weller Television film High School Possession Olivia Marks Television film 2014–2021 NCIS: New Orleans Laurel Pride Recurring role, 14 episodes 2015 The Night Shift Rachel Lawson Episode: "Sunrise, Sunset" Scorpion Dorie Episode: "The Old College Try" 2017 Perfect Citizen Vivian Television film 2018 S.W.A.T. Sarah Episode: "The Tiffany Experience" 2019 The Resident Nora Mitchell Episode: "Stupid Things in the Name of Sex" E! True Hollywood Story Herself Episode: "Horror Movies: Cursed or Coincidence?" 2020 Kappa Kappa Die Nina CW Seed Halloween special 2021–2023 Power Book III: Raising Kanan Shannon Burke Main cast (seasons 1–2) Guest (season 3) 2024 Magnum P.I. Amelia Reese Episode: "The Big Squeeze"