Beesley was born the oldest of four children to mother Tegan Ollie, an Egyptian belly dancer who died in 2012, and father Graham Beesley. She grew up in Oak Harbor, Washington, and attended Oak Harbor High School where she took drama classes.
She lives in Hollywood, California. She became emancipated at age 16 and moved to Los Angeles, where she trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Institute and Playhouse West. At 19, she starred as Audrey Shaw in her first feature film, Sex and the United States of America, previously titled Promises, which premiered at the Deauville American Festival in France on September 12, 2008.
television In 2008, she starred as Hayden Sayer in Home Box Office"s short film Trophy.
She appeared in the television series Computer Society of India: New York in a 2013 episode. She has appeared in several other television series episodes, including Written by a Kid in 2012.
Shayla Beesley at the Internet Movie Database Fears Magazine"s Perkins" 14 review.
