Sheryl Lee

Sheryl Lee

Known for
Acting
Born
April 22, 1967 (age 59)
Birthplace
Augsburg, Germany

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Unplugged poster

Unplugged

Movie · as Shelly / Wisdom (voice)

2028
The Dusting of the Books

The Dusting of the Books

Movie

2028
The World is Bound with Secret Knots

The World is Bound with Secret Knots

Movie

2026
I Live Here Now poster

I Live Here Now

Movie · as Martha

2021
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House poster

Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House

Movie · as Self

2019
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee poster

A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee

Movie · as Self

2018
#SquadGoals poster

#SquadGoals

Movie · as Emily Hodges

2017
Dead Ink Archive poster

Dead Ink Archive

Movie · as Alley

2017
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun poster

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

Movie · as Self

2017
Behind the Red Curtain poster

Behind the Red Curtain

Movie · as Self

2017
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair poster

The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair

Movie · as Self

2016
Café Society poster

Café Society

Movie · as Karen Stern

2016
Rebirth poster

Rebirth

Movie · as Air

2015
Rosewood poster

Rosewood

TV · as Brenda Downs · 1 ep

2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces poster

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Movie · as Laura Palmer

2014
Jackie & Ryan poster

Jackie & Ryan

Movie · as Miriam

2014
Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories poster

Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories

Movie · as Self

2014
The Makings of You poster

The Makings of You

Movie · as Judy

2014
Between Two Worlds poster

Between Two Worlds

Movie · as Self

2014
White Bird in a Blizzard poster

White Bird in a Blizzard

Movie · as May

2012
Perception poster

Perception

TV · as Lacey Penderhalt · 1 ep

2011
Texas Killing Fields poster

Texas Killing Fields

Movie · as Lucie Sliger

2010
Winter's Bone poster

Winter's Bone

Movie · as April

2009
Lie to Me poster

Lie to Me

TV · as Janet Brooks · 1 ep

2007
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks poster

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

Movie · as Self

2007
Manchild poster

Manchild

Movie · as Mary

2007
Dirty Sexy Money poster

Dirty Sexy Money

TV · as Andrea Smithson · 11 eps

2006
The Secrets of Comfort House poster

The Secrets of Comfort House

Movie · as Wendy Brown

2006
Working with a Master: John Carpenter poster

Working with a Master: John Carpenter

Movie · as Self

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Donna Gooden · 1 ep

2005
Paradise Texas poster

Paradise Texas

Movie · as Betsy Kinney

2004
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart poster

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

Movie

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Stephanie Green · 1 ep

2004
CSI: NY poster

CSI: NY

TV · as Ellen Garner · 1 ep

2003
One Tree Hill poster

One Tree Hill

TV · as Ellie Harp · 9 eps

2003
Kingpin poster

Kingpin

TV · as Marlene McDillon Cadena · 6 eps

2002
Children on Their Birthdays poster

Children on Their Birthdays

Movie · as Elinore Murphy

2002
Without a Trace poster

Without a Trace

TV · as Tina Hodges · 1 ep

2001
Hitched

Hitched

Movie · as Eve

2001
An Introduction to David Lynch poster

An Introduction to David Lynch

Movie · as Self

2001
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks poster

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks

Movie · as Self

2001
I Love 1990s

I Love 1990s

TV · 1 ep

1999
Angel's Dance poster

Angel's Dance

Movie · as Angelica Chaste

1998
Vampires poster

Vampires

Movie · as Katrina

1998
Kiss the Sky poster

Kiss the Sky

Movie · as Andy

1998
Dante's View poster

Dante's View

Movie · as Sam Kingsley

1998
L.A. Doctors poster

L.A. Doctors

TV · as Sarah Church · 24 eps

1997
David poster

David

Movie · as Batseba

1997
This World, Then the Fireworks poster

This World, Then the Fireworks

Movie · as Lois Archer

1997
The Blood Oranges poster

The Blood Oranges

Movie · as Fiona

1997
Bliss poster

Bliss

Movie · as Maria

1997
David poster

David

TV · as Bathsheba · 2 eps

1996
Mother Night poster

Mother Night

Movie · as Helga Noth / Resi Noth

1995
Fall Time poster

Fall Time

Movie · as Patty / Carol

1995
Notes from Underground poster

Notes from Underground

Movie · as Liza

1995
Homage poster

Homage

Movie · as Lucy Samuel

1995
Follow The River poster

Follow The River

Movie · as Mary Ingles

1994
Backbeat poster

Backbeat

Movie · as Astrid Kirchherr

1994
Guinevere poster

Guinevere

Movie · as Guinevere

1994
Don't Do It poster

Don't Do It

Movie · as Michelle

1994
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica poster

Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica

Movie · as Kate Lyons (archive footage)

1994
The Can poster

The Can

Movie · as Angelique Carmel

1993
Mr. Jones poster

Mr. Jones

Movie · as June (uncredited)

1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman poster

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

TV · as Catherine / Shivering Deer · 1 ep

1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me poster

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Movie · as Laura Palmer

1992
Jersey Girl poster

Jersey Girl

Movie · as Tara

1992
Red Shoe Diaries poster

Red Shoe Diaries

TV · as Kate Lyons · 1 ep

1991
Love, Lies and Murder poster

Love, Lies and Murder

TV · as Patti Bailey · 2 eps

1990
Wild at Heart poster

Wild at Heart

Movie · as The Good Witch

1990
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

TV · as Laura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson, Laura Palmer (archive footage), Laura Palmer / Carrie Page · 10 eps

1989
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

Movie · as Laura Palmer

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep