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Sheryl Lee
ACTOR

Sheryl Lee

Known for House · Twin Peaks · Psych

Sheryl Lee (born April 22, 1967) is an American actress. She came to international attention for her performances as Laura Palmer and Maddy Ferguson on the 1990 cult TV series Twin Peaks and in the 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. She is also known for portraying photographer Astrid Kirchherr in Backbeat (1994) and for her roles in Vampires (1998) and Winter's Bone (2010), as well as for her television series roles in LA…

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Born
Apr 22, 1967
Birthplace
Augsburg, Germany
Known For
Acting

Biography

Sheryl Lee (born April 22, 1967) is an American actress. She came to international attention for her performances as Laura Palmer and Maddy Ferguson on the 1990 cult TV series Twin Peaks and in the 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. She is also known for portraying photographer Astrid Kirchherr in Backbeat (1994) and for her roles in Vampires (1998) and Winter's Bone (2010), as well as for her television series roles in LA Doctors, Kingpin, One Tree Hill and Dirty Sexy Money.

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Known For

TVHouse
HouseStephanie Green · 2004
★ 8.6
TVTwin Peaks
Twin PeaksLaura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson · 1990
★ 8.3
TVPsych
PsychDonna Gooden · 2006
★ 7.9
TVCSI: NY
CSI: NYEllen Garner · 2004
★ 7.3
TVOne Tree Hill
One Tree HillEllie Harp · 2003
★ 7.8
TVWithout a Trace
Without a TraceTina Hodges · 2002
★ 7.2
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1962
★ 7.6

Filmography

Movies

Twin PeaksLaura Palmer
1989
Wild at HeartThe Good Witch
1990
Jersey GirlTara
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeLaura Palmer
1992
Mr. JonesJune (uncredited)
1993
BackbeatAstrid Kirchherr
1994
Don't Do ItMichelle
1994
GuinevereGuinevere
1994
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto EroticaKate Lyons (archive footage)
1994
The CanAngelique Carmel
1994
Fall TimePatty / Carol
1995
Follow The RiverMary Ingles
1995
HomageLucy Samuel
1995
Notes from UndergroundLiza
1995
Mother NightHelga Noth / Resi Noth
1996
BlissMaria
1997
DavidBatseba
1997
The Blood OrangesFiona
1997
This World, Then the FireworksLois Archer
1997
Dante's ViewSam Kingsley
1998
Kiss the SkyAndy
1998
VampiresKatrina
1998
Angel's DanceAngelica Chaste
1999
An Introduction to David LynchSelf
2001
H
HitchedEve
2001
Postcards From The CastSelf
2001
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin PeaksSelf
2001
Children on Their BirthdaysElinore Murphy
2002
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
Paradise TexasBetsy Kinney
2005
The Secrets of Comfort HouseWendy Brown
2006
Working with a Master: John CarpenterSelf
2006
ManchildMary
2007
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin PeaksSelf
2007
Winter's BoneApril
2010
Texas Killing FieldsLucie Sliger
2011
Between Two WorldsSelf
2014
Jackie & RyanMiriam
2014
Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me MemoriesSelf
2014
The Makings of YouJudy
2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing PiecesLaura Palmer
2014
White Bird in a BlizzardMay
2014
Café SocietyKaren Stern
2016
RebirthAir
2016
Behind the Red CurtainSelf
2017
Dead Ink ArchiveAlley
2017
I Had Bad Milk in DehradunSelf
2017
The Man with the Gray Elevated HairSelf
2017
#SquadGoalsEmily Hodges
2018
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl LeeSelf
2019
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer HouseSelf
2021
I Live Here NowMartha
2026
TD
The Dusting of the Books
2028
TW
The World is Bound with Secret Knots
2028
UnpluggedShelly / Wisdom (voice)

Television

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1 eps
1962
Twin PeaksLaura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson · 10 eps
1990
Twin PeaksLaura Palmer (archive footage) · 1 eps
1990
Twin PeaksLaura Palmer / Carrie Page · 1 eps
1990
Twin PeaksMaddy Ferguson · 8 eps
1990
Twin PeaksLaura Palmer · 3 eps
1990
Love, Lies and MurderPatti Bailey · 2 eps
1991
Red Shoe DiariesKate Lyons · 1 eps
1992
Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanCatherine / Shivering Deer · 1 eps
1993
DavidBathsheba · 2 eps
1997
L.A. DoctorsSarah Church · 24 eps
1998
Without a TraceTina Hodges · 1 eps
2002
KingpinMarlene McDillon Cadena · 6 eps
2003
One Tree HillEllie Harp · 9 eps
2003
CSI: NYEllen Garner · 1 eps
2004
HouseStephanie Green · 1 eps
2004
PsychDonna Gooden · 1 eps
2006
Dirty Sexy MoneyAndrea Smithson · 11 eps
2007
Lie to MeJanet Brooks · 1 eps
2009
PerceptionLacey Penderhalt · 1 eps
2012
RosewoodBrenda Downs · 1 eps
2015

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