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Sheryl Lee

Actor

Sheryl Lee

Born April 22, 1967 in Augsburg, Germany41 films

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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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me posterFirst watchTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me19927.4as Laura PalmerIn the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Twin Peaks poster8.5Twin Peaks1989Wild at Heart poster7.0Wild at Heart1990Winter's Bone poster6.8Winter's Bone2010Café Society poster6.4Café Society2016Vampires poster6.3Vampires1998White Bird in a Blizzard poster6.2White Bird in a Blizzard2014Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces poster7.2Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces2014Texas Killing Fields poster5.8Texas Killing Fields2011

Filmography

41 films as actor
  1. TBAUnpluggedShelly / Wisdom (voice)
  2. 2028The Dusting of the Books
  3. 2028The World is Bound with Secret Knots
  4. 2026I Live Here NowMartha
  5. 2018#SquadGoalsEmily Hodges
  6. 2017Dead Ink ArchiveAlley
  7. 2016Café SocietyKaren Stern
  8. 2016RebirthAir
  9. 2014The Makings of YouJudy
  10. 2014White Bird in a BlizzardMay
  11. 2014Jackie & RyanMiriam
  12. 2014Twin Peaks: The Missing PiecesLaura Palmer
  13. 2011Texas Killing FieldsLucie Sliger
  14. 2010Winter's BoneApril
  15. 2007ManchildMary
  16. 2006The Secrets of Comfort HouseWendy Brown
  17. 2005Paradise TexasBetsy Kinney
  18. 2002Children on Their BirthdaysElinore Murphy
  19. 2001HitchedEve
  20. 1999Angel's DanceAngelica Chaste
  21. 1998Dante's ViewSam Kingsley
  22. 1998VampiresKatrina
  23. 1998Kiss the SkyAndy
  24. 1997The Blood OrangesFiona
  25. 1997This World, Then the FireworksLois Archer
  26. 1997BlissMaria
  27. 1997DavidBatseba
  28. 1996Mother NightHelga Noth / Resi Noth
  29. 1995Notes from UndergroundLiza
  30. 1995Fall TimePatty / Carol
  31. 1995HomageLucy Samuel
  32. 1995Follow The RiverMary Ingles
  33. 1994Don't Do ItMichelle
  34. 1994The CanAngelique Carmel
  35. 1994GuinevereGuinevere
  36. 1994BackbeatAstrid Kirchherr
  37. 1993Mr. JonesJune (uncredited)
  38. 1992Jersey GirlTara
  39. 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeLaura Palmer
  40. 1990Wild at HeartThe Good Witch
  41. 1989Twin PeaksLaura Palmer