Theresa Tilly is well recognized as the hand chewing monster Shelly in Sam Raimi's cult classic Evil Dead. Tilly has an extensive film resume including her work as Selma Blair's mother in Debutante (won Best Short in LAFF) and the lead in Elmore Leonard's Appearances on PBS. She can be seen in cameo role serving up "slop" to Gunar Hanson in Brutal Massacre, soon to be released this fall. Her television work has placed her on several prime time shows including Family Law, Designing Women and Six Feet Under. Tilly is also recognized through her extensive commercial voice work projects. She has voiced national commercials for Cadillac, Sprint, JC Penny's, Cingular, McDonalds, MCI, Russell Stovers and Lexus.

She routinely provides network promos for NBC, CBS, FOX, TBS, ABC, ESPN, and HBO. She has provided voice lead-ins for The Hallmark Channel and Playboy Channel. She is the first female to announce the ESPY Awards for ESPN and the series Survivor -listen for her on Survivor China. Tilly has also been a regular voice on FOX Sports Best Damn Sports Show and The Health Network. Winter 2007 remains strong for Theresa Tilly with two movies in the works. She and the other two actresses from Evil Dead, Betsy Baker and Ellen Sandweiss, have produced a documentary about their filming experience being released this Fall on the newest version of Evil Dead. She performs at the Empty Stage weekly with the "Magic MeatHands" an Improv comedy troupe in Los Angeles.