Sheila Tousey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 4, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Keshena, Wisconsin,USA
Biography
Sheila May Tousey (born June 4, 1959) is a Native American actress. Tousey is a Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Native American, raised on both the Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee reservations. A professional dancer and actress, Tousey began doing pow wows as a small child but did not perform on stage until she attended the University of New Mexico. She initially entered the university's law program, planning to specialize in federal contracts and Native American law, but later changed her major to English, and began taking theater arts courses. After graduation, Tousey enrolled in the graduate acting program at New York University's Tisch School of Arts.
Known For
Filmography
Julius Caesar
Movie · as Cicero / Plebeian / Ensemble
Manahatta
Movie · as Bobbie / Mother / Ensemble
Johnny Tootall
Movie · as Agnes
Into the West
TV · as Older Thunder Heart Woman · 6 eps
A Thief Of Time
Movie · as Emma Leaphorn
Dreamkeeper
Movie · as Janine
This So-Called Disaster
Movie · as Chonchella
Coyote Waits
Movie · as Emma Leaphorn
Skinwalkers
Movie · as Emma Leaphorn
Christmas in the Clouds
Movie · as Mary
Backroads
Movie · as Grace Nelson
Wildflowers
Movie · as Martha
Ravenous
Movie · as Martha
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Danielle Larsen · 10 eps
Sparkler
Movie · as Hurricane
Song of Hiawatha
Movie · as Nokomis
All the Winters that Have Been
Movie · as Irene (as Sheila M. Tousey)
Grand Avenue
Movie · as Mollie
Lord of Illusions
Movie · as Jennifer Desiderio
Silent Tongue
Movie · as Awbonnie / Ghost
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Movie · as Annie
Slaughter of the Innocents
Movie · as Agent Lemar
Medicine River
Movie · as Louise Heavyman
The X-Files
TV · as Native American Nurse · 1 ep
Thunderheart
Movie · as Maggie Eagle Bear
Law & Order
TV · as Mrs. Vilardi · 1 ep