Shanel Cheatham

Shanel Cheatham was born on January 4th 2003 and raised in Manhattan, New York City. Shanel started performing at a young age and joined 'Moving Visions' dance studio when she was 6, performing with them until going on her first audition and getting accepted to 'Ballet Tech NYC public school for dance' when she was 11. Along with training in different styles of dance she performed several skits and later decided to pursue acting. She was cast in her first play at 13 called "My Life As Black And White" written by the cast at a summer program she attended. At 14, she was cast in her first film role as Penny for the mystery/thriller film, Wisper (2019).