Shelley Williams appeared on Coronation Street in two roles: firstly in July 2022 as Councillor Lana, in attendance at a council function held at the Chariot Square Hotel, along with fellow councillor, Maria Connor; and she returned to the programme in May 2025 as a nurse at Weatherfield General who treated Debbie Webster after she cut her hand.
Her other credits include roles in Warren, The Sandman, The Suspect, Vera, Brassic, Passenger, The Gathering and Doctors, along with the 2024 film Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
On stage, she appeared in productions of Daddy Cool, Up Against the Wall, Takeaway, Cinderella, Annawons Song, Mummy Ji, House Music, Jack and the Beanstalk, Wah! Wah! Girls, Dick Whittington, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Downstate.