Shay Astar

Shay Astar
Shay Astar
	Shay Astar, 2014
Born	September 29, 1981 (age 43); Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1991–2014

Shay Astar (born September 29, 1981) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter best known for portraying the teenage feminist August Leffler, a semi-regular character on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun.

Career

Astar played Elizabeth in the Halloween comedy film Ernest Scared Stupid (1991),^[1] Paula Kelly in the Boy Meets World episode "I Am Not a Crook", and Isabella, the imaginary friend of a young girl aboard the Enterprise in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Imaginary Friend" in 1992. In 1996, she voiced Andrea on the cartoon series The Oz Kids.

Astar released her first EP, Blue Music EP, on May 24, 2010. This was followed by her full-length debut, Blue Music on September 28, 2010.^[2]

Filmography

Film


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Samantha	Young Samantha
1991	Ernest Scared Stupid	Elizabeth
1996	Virtual Oz	Andrea	Voice
	Toto Lost in New York
	The Nome Prince and the Magic Belt
	Who Stole Santa?
	Christmas in Oz
1999	Deal of a Lifetime	Peggy Doozer
2006	The Lost	Jennifer Fitch
	Rocker	Marie
	Hookers Inc.	Apple Martinni
2007	I Know Who Killed Me	Merribeth Hamblin
2010	Boston Girls	Lynne
2011	Bob's New Suit	Stephanie
2013	All Cheerleaders Die	Ms. Wolf

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Jake and the Fatman	Amanda	Episode: "We'll Meet Again"
1991	China Beach	Karen	3 episodes
1992	Designing Women	Tiffany #2	Episode: "I Enjoy Being a Girl"
1992	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Isabella	Episode: "Imaginary Friend"
1993	Quantum Leap	Mary Elroy	Episode: " A Tale of Two Sweeties"
1993	Rio Shannon	Bridget Cleary	Television film
1994	The Good Life	Melissa Bowman	13 episodes
1995	Boy Meets World	Mindy Barnett / Paula Kelly	2 episodes
1995	ER	Amy Thompson	Episode: "What Life?"
1996	Seduced by Madness	Girl #2	Episode #1.2
1996	The Oz Kids	Andrea (voice)	26 Episodes
1996–1999	3rd Rock from the Sun	August	24 episodes
2000, 2001	Days of Our Lives	Mary Clarke	2 episodes
2005	The Inside	Charlotte	Episode: "Loneliest Number"
2008	The Unit	Computer Hacker	Episode: "Into Hell: Part One"
2009	Cold Case	Courtney Gaines	Episode: "The Long Blue Line"
2010	Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Motion Comic	Amy Madison	6 episodes
2011	The Event	Sean's Sister	Episode: "Turnabout"
2012	La La Land	Shay	3 episodes
2014	Shameless	Melanie	Episode: "Iron City"

References

^ Flanagan, Sylvia (November 4, 1991). Movies to See. Johnson Publishing Company.
^ "AMAZING GRACE VID - MARCH 2, 2014". March 10, 2014. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2022.