Adrienne Shelly, a writer, director and actress who appeared recently in a movie with Matt Dillon, has been found dead in her office by her husband, her agent said Thursday.
Shelly, whose birth name was Adrienne Levine, was found Wednesday at about 6 p.m. An autopsy was performed Thursday, but the medical examiner's office did not have a cause of death.
Shelly, who was 40, recently appeared as Jerry in "Factotum'' with Dillon and had written and directed a film called "Waitress,'' which starred Keri Russell and Nathan Fillion.
She was married to Andy Ostroy and had a 3-year-old named Sophie, according to her agent of about a decade, Rachel Sheedy.
Originally from the New York area, Shelly lived in Tribeca with her family and had been focusing more on writing and directing lately and caring for her daughter, Sheedy said, adding that the death caught Shelly's friends and family off guard.
"She was so psyched about the film,'' Sheedy said, referring to "Waitress.'' "She gathered an amazing cast, and she was really happy and excited to hear back from Sundance about it.''
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