A. Michelle Harleston
A. Michelle Harleston is an actress, known for Chrisley Knows Best (2020), Mark of A Killer (2019), For My Man (2019), Fatal Attraction (2018), Murder by Numbers (2017), Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda (2014) and the television series, The Accidental President.
She received the Best Actress Runner-up Award in the 2016, 54 Hour Film Festival. She received the Best Actress Award in 2015 and 2013 by Faith Flix Films, nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Award for the 2015 Aletheia Fellowship of the Arts (AFA) Truth Awards, and nominated for Best All-Around Model for the 2017 and 2015 SCM Awards.
She graduated from John Casablanca Modeling & Talent Career Center in 2010. Ms. Harleston achieved her academic studies from Fayetteville Technical Community College earning a 3.67 GPA with an Educational Degree and a Human Resources Degree from the Community College of the Air Force.
Harleston has been seen in the following gigs in Lead Roles, to name a few: Missy, in the Featured Film Fearsville2, Caroline, in the film Fruitcake (won Audience Choice Award for Drama at the Dam Film Festival), Dorothy Washington, in the TV Series Fatal Attraction on TV ONE, Regina, in the web series The Accidental President (based off of Dixie Swanson's Trilogy of books) the short film Dead End as Michelle (Runner-up as Best Supporting Actress at the 2016 -Nashville 54 Hour Film Festival) and the short film, The Hunt as Chelsea Leavell. Featured roles in the films; The Sin Seer as Ella Ricard, Olympus Has Fallen as Lynn Jacobs' (Angela Bassett's Military Aide), television series Sins and Secrets as a CSI Agent, the television series Murder by Numbers as Rosa Lewis, and the television series Homicide Hunter as Beatrice Arnold.
She appeared in supporting roles in the music video World Wide Beautiful by Kane Brown as the News Reporter, Featured Comedy, The Come Up as Ms Dell, 3 Blind Boys as Tanya Joyner, Moma's Spirit (distributed by Maverick Entertainment Group) as Mama/Ms. Brenda, The Good Book-Movie (won "Gulager's Best Actors Ensemble Cast in a Feature at the Bare Bones International Independent Film & Music Festival) as The Photographer, the Rescue Operator in Capsized, the Assistant DA Marsha Dayton in The Lion and numerous other roles.
She has been featured in various commercials: Re-Bath, Office Depot as well as attorney commercials (Hughes and Coleman, Lee Steinburg, Brad Pistotnik, etc), as well as Industrial videos for Dollar General, ESPN, the Internal Revenue Service, Dupont Sustainable Solutions and Pathfinder Medical Instruments to name a few. She has also appeared in music videos for Carry the Water by Lucy Billings, Balloons by Kris Thomas, short film, Saving You that was #1 on IndieBoogie's Top Ten Films website (several times), and still photography for A Masterpiece Fashion Magazine Vol. 2, Arkansas 2020 Travel Guide, Arkansas Motorcycling Guide, Veterans Administration, Effortless Magazine, Kentucky Downs Gaming and Racing, Consort Homes, beeattitudes website, Door Five Management website and Visa Ads as a print model.
Harleston has a strong passion for giving back to those less fortunate and hopes to one day be able to give back to the many military veterans that are unable to provide for themselves. "I'm always trying to position myself where I am part of events that truly make a difference in those communities."