Marley Shelton Net Worth

What Is Marley Shelton's Net Worth?

Marley Shelton is an American actress who has a net worth of $6 million. Marley Shelton is known for roles such as Wendy Peffercorn in "The Sandlot" (1993), Margaret Henderson in "Pleasantville" (1998), Dakota Block in "Grindhouse" (2007), and Judy Hicks in "Scream 4" (2011) and "Scream" (2022). She has also starred as Rachel Young on "Eleventh Hour" (2008–2009), Alison Lennon on "The Lottery" (2014), and Gail Mazzuchelli on "Rise" (2018), and she had a recurring role as Emma Dutton on the "Yellowstone" prequel "1923" (2022–2025). Shelton has more than 70 acting credits to her name, including the films "Grand Canyon" (1991), "Nixon" (1995), "Never Been Kissed" (1999), "Sugar & Spice" (2001), "Bubble Boy" (2001), "Uptown Girls" (2003), "Sin City" (2005), "W." (2008), and "Rampage" (2018), the TV movie "In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco" (1993), and the television series "Manhunt" (2020) and "Matlock" (2025). In 2021, she voiced Cassandra Berkley on the podcast "Tomorrow's Monsters."

Marley has been married to Beau Flynn since 2000. Beau has produced dozens of movies, including several blockbusters that have starred Dwayne Johnson, such as "Moana," "Black Adam," "Red Notice," "Jungle Cruise," "Skyscraper," "Rampage," and "Baywatch."

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Early Life

Marley Shelton was born Marley Eve Shelton on April 12, 1974, in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of director/producer Christopher Shelton and teacher/former singer Carol Stromme, and she has three sisters, Samantha, Koren, and Erin. Samantha is an actress and musician who has appeared in such projects as "Sorority Boys," "White Oleander," and "Judging Amy." Marley grew up in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles and attended Eagle Rock High School. After graduation, she enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles, to study theatre and film. Shelton took acting classes with Robert Carnegie and Larry Moss, and she dropped out of college when she landed a main role in the 1997 film "Warriors of Virtue."

Career

Shelton made her film debut in 1991's "Grand Canyon," which starred Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, and Steve Martin. Next, she appeared in the TV movies "Up to No Good" (1992), "In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco" (1993), "A Friend to Die For" (1994), and "When Friendship Kills" (1996) and guest-starred on "Family Matters" (1992), "Bodies of Evidence" (1992), "Camp Wilder" (1992), "Angel Falls" (1993), "Dead at 21" (1994), and "Cybill" (1995). Marley played Wendy Peffercorn in the 1993 sports film "The Sandlot" and Margaret Henderson in 1998's "Pleasantville," and she portrayed Tricia Nixon Cox in the 1995 biopic "Nixon." She co-starred with Drew Barrymore and her future "Scream" franchise castmate David Arquette in 1999's "Never Been Kissed," and she also appeared in the films "Trojan War" (1997) and "The Bachelor" (1999). In 2001, Shelton co-starred with Marla Sokoloff, Melissa George, Mena Suvari, Rachel Blanchard, and James Marsden in the teen film "Sugar & Spice," with David Boreanaz, Denise Richards, and Katherine Heigl in the slasher "Valentine," and with Jake Gyllenhaal in the comedy "Bubble Boy." She then appeared in the films "Just a Kiss" (2002), "Uptown Girls" (2003), "Grand Theft Parsons" (2003), "Sin City" (2005), "American Dreamz" (2006), "The Last Kiss" (2006), "W." (2008), "A Perfect Getaway" (2009), and "Women in Trouble" (2009), and she played Dakota Block in the "Death Proof" and "Planet Terror" films that made up the Robert Rodriguez-Quentin Tarantino collaboration "Grindhouse" (2007).

From 2008 to 2009, Marley played Rachel Young on the CBS series "Eleventh Hour," then she guest-starred on "Harry's Law" (2011) and "Mad Men" (2013). She appeared in the films "Elektra Luxx" (2010) and "The Mighty Macs" (2011), and in 2011, she played Deputy Judy Hicks in the slasher "Scream 4" alongside Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, and Rory Culkin. The Wes Craven-directed film grossed $97.2 million against a $40 million budget, and Shelton reprised her role, this time as Sheriff Judy Hicks, in 2022's "Scream" (aka "Scream 5"). That film earned $138.9 million against a $24 million budget and received a Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Award nomination for Best Horror Film, an MTV Movie & TV Award nomination for Best Movie, and a People's Choice Award nomination for The Drama Movie of 2022. In 2014, Marley starred in the short film "Mediation" and the drama "Decoding Annie Parker," and she played Alison Lennon on the Lifetime post-apocalyptic series "The Lottery." Next, she appeared in the 2015 film "Solace" alongside Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish, and Colin Farrell and starred in the 2016 Lifetime movie "Heaven Sent."

In 2018, Shelton co-starred with Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the film "Rampage," which brought in $428 million at the box office. That year she also played Gail Mazzuchelli on the NBC musical drama "Rise," then she guest-starred on "Dirty John" (2019) and "Tracker" (2024). In 2020, Marley played Hannah Gray in three episodes of the Discovery Channel anthology series "Manhunt." From 2022 to 2025, she had a recurring role as Emma Dutton on the Paramount+ "Yellowstone" prequel "1923." The show also starred Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford, and it earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Television Series – Drama in 2024. In 2025, Shelton played Lydia Reed in three episodes of the CBS series "Matlock."

Personal Life

In 2000, Marley met Beau Flynn, one of the producers of her film "Bubble Boy," and they married in July 2001. Flynn has also produced films such as "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," "Journey to the Center of the Earth," "San Andreas," "Solace," "Baywatch," "Rampage," and "Black Adam." Marley and Beau welcomed their first child, daughter West, on September 6, 2009, followed by another daughter, Ruby, on May 1, 2012.

Real Estate

In 2000, the year she and Beau married, they paid $970,000 for a home in Los Angeles. This continues to be their primary home and today it is worth around $2.8 million.

Award Nominations

At the NewFilmmakers Los Angeles festival, Shelton earned a Best of 2014 Award nomination for Best Performance in a Comedy for "Mediation."

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