View source for Shae D'lyn

{{short description|American actress (born 1963)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2018}}
'''Shae D'lyn''' (born '''Shae D'lyn Sherertz'''; November 24, 1963, [[Abilene, Texas]])<ref name="shae">{{cite news|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/Shae-D-Lyn.html|title=Shae D'Lyn Biography|work=Film Reference|accessdate=April 7, 2018}}</ref> is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as series regular Jane Deaux/Cavanaugh on the sitcom ''[[Dharma & Greg]]'', as Cousin Vicki in the feature film ''[[Vegas Vacation]]'', and a recurring role as Carolyn Rothstein on ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''.<ref name=TVGuide>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/shae-dlyn/credits/3030594207/|title=Shae D'Lyn| website=TVGuide.com|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>
==Life and career==
After graduating with honors from the [[University of Virginia]], D'Lyn worked as an investment analyst for Morrow & Co. on [[Wall Street]]. After a year in New York, she moved to Boston as vice president of real estate investment banking for Boston Capital Partners where she syndicated low-income housing to investors seeking tax credits. Bored with financial services, she applied for, and was accepted to acting school.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
Upon graduation, D'lyn immediately made appearances on television and in film. Her first appearance was in a 1993 episode of ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'',<ref name=TVGuide /> soon followed by the 1993 [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] television film of Arthur Miller's ''[[The American Clock]]''. Her television work, aside from ''[[Dharma & Greg]]'' (1997–2001),<ref name=TVGuide /> included guest-starring appearances in ''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'' and the role of Carolyn Rothstein on ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'' in 2014.<ref name=TVGuide /> She starred in the off-Broadway premiere of Tennessee Williams' ''[[Baby Doll]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.curtainup.com/tigertail.html|title=Tiger Tail|author=Lipfert, David|website=CurtainUp|date=July 18, 1999|access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref>
D'lyn directs theater, film, and television productions, and has founded a production company based in Los Angeles and Puerto Rico and an artists' cooperative in Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, and Toronto with over 400 members. D'lyn produced and directed two documentary shorts released in 2006, of which ''Morir Para Ser Libre'' was featured at that year's Boston Latino Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/channels/shotinthedark|title=SHOT IN THE DARK FILMS|first=Created|last=by|publisher=}}</ref>
As of 2009, D'lyn had created the HearME project, which put interconnected music studios in orphanages worldwide; as of 2022 the website for HearME no longer exists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hearmehub.org |title=HearME – Children Empowered Through Creation and Technology Bringing Harmony to Our World |website=hearmehub.com |access-date=2009-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714170149/http://www.hearmehub.org/ |archive-date=2018-07-14}}</ref>
==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
|-
|1993
|''[[The American Clock]]''
|Young Doris
|-
|1994
|''Hits!''
|Doozie
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|''Convict 762''
|Sheridan
|-
|''[[Vegas Vacation]]''
|Cousin Vicki
|-
|2006
|''[[Happily N'Ever After]]''
|Additional Voices
|-
|2011
|''[[The Motel Life (film)|The Motel Life]]''
|Claire
|-
|2012
|''[[The Pretty One]]''
|May
|-
|2016
|''[[Café Society (2016 film)|Café Society]]''
|Carlotta
|-
|2018
|''[[Can You Ever Forgive Me? (film)|Can You Ever Forgive Me?]]''
|Nell
|}
==Television Roles==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! TV Series
! Role
! Notes
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]''
|Lady Alexandra Corrington
|Guest star, episode "[[Quantum Leap (season 5)#ep90|Blood Moon]]"
|-
|''Ghost Mom''
|Jean
|TV movie
|-
|1994
|''[[Law & Order]]''
|Dory
|Guest Starred 1 episode
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|''Awake to Danger''
|Lorette McAdams
|TV movie
|-
|''Secrets''
|Edwina Phelan
|TV movie
|-
|1996
|''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]''
|Debbie Johnson
|Guest Starred 1 episode
|-
|1997
|''[[Dharma & Greg]]''
<!-- needs adjusting or attributes, I'm doing the dvd's (youtubes) and she only becomes cavanaugh after marriage end of season 2, haven't seen yet , that i recall, where her maiden name, Deaux, is mentioned, and after a divorce, reverts to what name then, advice plz! -->
|Jane Cavanaugh
|Main Character: 92 episodes
|-
|2001
|''[[That '70s Show]]''
|Rudolph
|Guest Starred 1 episode
|-
|2008
|''Speedie Date''
|Lisa
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Alpha House]]''
|April Mandela
|Guest star Season 1, episode 11
|-
|2014
|''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''
|Carolyn Rothstein
|Guest star Season 5, episode 503, 505
|-
|2017
|''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''
|Tattoo Artist
|Guest star Season 5, episode 12
|-
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{AllMovie name}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Lyn, Shae}}
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Actresses from Texas]]
[[Category:American film actresses]]
[[Category:American television actresses]]
[[Category:Circle in the Square Theatre School alumni]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Abilene, Texas]]
[[Category:University of Virginia alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century American women]]