Biography
Carmen Mi'chelle has embodied what the Motor-city is all about - TALENT! As a multi-faceted artist, Carmen Mi'chelle has explored many avenues of entertainment, including acting, music, dance, modeling, and filmmaking. Her Neo-Soul and trap-soul vibes resonate beautifully through her unique voice. She is expressive and poetic, with a little Detroit to spice it up!
Carmen Michelle Sheffield, artistically known as Carmen Mi'chelle was born and raised in Detroit, MI. The youngest child of a very musically inclined family, Carmen wanted to walk into her mother's footsteps. "There were many nights I slept in the studio while my mom recorded gospel music, she was my first inspiration." Her other inspirations are Brandy and Erykah Badu. Carmen's first love was writing. She loved to write songs and poems and even storybooks. Entertaining was always Carmen's fun-loving outlet, as she was never camera shy. As a child she performed in the glee club (singing and acting) as well as first chair trumpeter in elementary and middle school band. As a youth, Carmen began modern and liturgical dancing, and was a youth dance and theater leader for many years.
Carmen's love for music and acting quickly followed her into her adult life. Her first professional stage play with a lead role was called One Helluva Christmas, where she played a young girl that yearned for her mother's love and acceptance. Casted by Je' McClain, Carmen began to do many stage plays with Ms. McClain for a couple years, as well as other playwrights. Carmen's greatest stage production was Perilous Times, a famously written and traveling stage production by TJ Hemphill. She worked alongside Clifton Powell and Christian Keys and it was a very life changing experience. Soon enough, film acting was calling her name. Carmen has worked with many independent filmmakers in Detroit as well as writing, directing and producing her first short film called Contemplation. She is also a comedic skit actress on social media. Carmen has had many lead roles in independent films including, O.L.U.R and Reflections of Myself, and the most recent film as Co-star in The Bag Girls released in July 2020.
Carmen Mi'chelle has performed at many open mic venues in Detroit, as well as performed in Rollins, IL at The Black Women's Hair Expo to get her feet wet at the age of 19. She has traveled with her mother's band and sang vocals in concert and events that aided the community. She also had the pleasure of performing background vocals for Maxine Jones, former member of En Vogue, in the year 2016 at the Dort Federal Event Center in Flint, Michigan. Although Carmen has written and performed features and hooks for many Detroit rappers, and recorded in studios with Helluva, Maestro, and White Mike just to name a few; she looks to create her own EP, which is currently in the works. "Being in studios where many of the legendary Motown artists have once stepped foot in has been very inspiring to me..." Carmen's purpose has always been to inspire women to uplift themselves and others and hopes that her future success in life enables her to do so.
