Acting

Shirley Jordan

Shirley hails from Pawcatuck, Connecticut. Upon graduating from UConn (Go Huskies!), she took the road most traveled to New York City and enjoyed various odd jobs such as a waitress at the Empire State Building, receptionist at 20th Century Fox, cocktail waitress at the popular disco Visage. She is known for portraying the former veterinarian turned forensic specialist Tanya, the consummate lover and hater of all things zombie in We're Alive, a multi-award winning audio podcast with now over 100 million downloads worldwide.

Credits

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Static
as Therapist
2024
Grand Crew
as Helen
2021
Abbott Elementary
as Delisha Sloss
2021
Most Wanted Santa
as Celina
2021
Rebel
as Willa
2021
Family Reunion
as Grandma
2019
A Craftsman
as Meredith Jenkins
2019
Wake the Riderless Horse
as Priest
2018
Atropa
as Detective Shirley Martinez
2018
9-1-1
as Cookie
2018
S.W.A.T.
as Rebecca
2017
Shooter
as Senator Daitch
2016
This Is Us
as Happy Grandma
2016
The Affair
as Foundation Chairwoman
2014
The Possession of Michael King
as Middle Aged Woman
2014
Super Fun Night
as Teacher
2013
Scandal
as Debate Moderator
2012
Friends with Benefits
as Nurse
2011
Switched at Birth
as Nurse
2011
Pretty Little Liars
as Mrs. Pillsbury
2010
Accused at 17
as Ellen Walterson
2009
Post Grad
as Interviewer
2009
Better Off Ted
as Mrs. Boudreaux
2009
Eleventh Hour
as Nurse
2008
Shark
as Judge Vivian Bell
2006
Vanished
as Postal Employee
2006
Commander in Chief
as Friend #1
2005
Criminal Minds
as Rosa Escobedo
2005
Kitchen Confidential
as Customer #3
2005
Desperate Housewives
as Nurse
2004
Boston Legal
as Foreperson
2004
Intermission
as Edgewise
2004
NCIS
as Mary Tyler
2003
Monk
as Second Reporter
2002
The Shield
as Verna Rhodes
2002
The Division
as Tech #1
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Deputy
2000
Strong Medicine
as Ebony Weston
2000
Angel
as Internal Affairs Woman
1999
The West Wing
as FBI Receptionist
1999
Family Law
as Clerk
1999
Two of a Kind
as Doctor
1998
Ally McBeal
as Nancy Sosha
1997
Friends
as Doctor
1994
ER
as IDC Analyst
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
as Nurse
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Cop
1993
Shout
as Additional Voices (voice)
1991
Biloxi Blues
as Additional Voice
1988
Unknown Asset
as Ms. Layfayette
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Where Fools Go
as Suzanne
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