Shelley Rees

{{Short description|Welsh actress}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Shelley Rees

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|01|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Llwynypia, Wales, UK

| occupation = Actress

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| spouse = Jon Owen

| children = Lowri

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Shelley Rees is a Welsh television actress best known for playing the character of Stacey Jones in the Welsh television soap Pobol y Cwm.{{Cite web

| last = Gwener

| first = Dydd

| title = 2 Dy a Ny

| publisher = WalesOnline

| date = 2009-04-17

| url = http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/cymraeg/teledu/2009/04/11/2-dy-a-ni-91466-23351914/

| accessdate = 2010-01-20}} She also plays the part of Jo Pugh in the S4C drama series 2 Dy a Ni,{{Cite news

| last = Powell

| first = David

| title = S4C prepares to put drama centre stage

| newspaper = Daily Post (North Wales)

| date = 2008-09-08

| url = http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/09/08/s4c-prepares-to-put-drama-centre-stage-55578-21698715/

| accessdate = 2010-01-20}} for which she was nominated for a Welsh BAFTA award.{{Cite news

| title = Bafta nominations for Welsh talent

| newspaper = Tivy-Side Advertiser

| date = 2009-04-17

| url = http://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/news/4299766.Bafta_nominations_for_Welsh_talent/

| accessdate = 2010-01-20}}

Rees was a Councillor for Plaid Cymru in Pentre ward of Rhondda Cynon Taff from 2012 to 2022, but choose not to stand again following threats by a resident that frightened her family.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68906177|title=Shelley Rees quits Rhondda Cynon Taf council over threats|publisher=BBC Wales|author=Bryn Jones|date=28 April 2024|accessdate=28 April 2024}}

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