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Sheryl Lee
22 April 1967
Sheryl Lee played in 5 movies in the Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Music, Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance, Action, Comedy, Crime genres.
Sheryl Lee got succeed with average imdb rating 6.1.
Briefly dated David Duchovny.
Grew up in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
An avid member of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and has assertively campaigned against fur and mistreatment of animals.
Hit cult status and will be forever known as the beautiful blonde corpse and resultant object of mystery in the series "Twin Peaks" (1990). People were so fascinated with Sheryl and the Laura Palmer phenomenon, that they brought Sheryl back to life on the TV series in the form of another character, Madeleine Ferguson.
... Married to musician Jesse Diamond, son of singer Neil Diamond; they have a son named Elijah.
Was performing on stage and living in Seattle when she met director David Lynch.
Was originally cast as Mary Alice Young for the ABC series "Desperate Housewives" (2004) in its pilot episode, but was replaced by Brenda Strong.
Is friends with Lenny von Dohlen who nicknamed her 'Angel Face'.
Actor Lenny von Dohlen said on her performance in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992): "She was so brave. I don't know many actors who could do that."
Director David Lynch was so impressed by Lee in "Twin Peaks" (1990)' pilot episode (especially the picnic scene where Laura dances and laughs with Donna) that he wrote the role of Maddy Ferguson for her, in order to bring her back in the series.
Is friends with actor Christopher McDonald.
Received the Spirit of Sundance Award for her body of work at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival.
Received the Women in Film's "Woman of the Year" Award. [1995]
Has a son named Elijah Diamond (born May 2nd 2000).
Her French dubbing voice Dorothée Jemma is also the French dubbing voice of Jennifer Aniston and Melanie Griffith.
Replaced Brooke Smith as Andrea Smithson in "Dirty Sexy Money" (2007) after its pilot episode.
Participated in the 3rd Munchkin's Project Pink annual breast cancer awareness campaign to raise money for breast cancer research. The project consists of the donation of celebrity-decorated and autographed bath ducks, put up for auction. [October 2008]
Starred on Broadway alongside Al Pacino in Oscar Wilde's "Salome" as the title role, in the Circle in the Square Theatre, under the direction of Robert Allan Ackerman. The play costarred Suzanne Bertish, Esai Morales and Arnold Vosloo. [Summer 1992]
According to director Iain Softley, as soon as he met Sheryl Lee, he knew that she would be perfect to portray Astrid Kirchherr in Backbeat (1994).
Her "One Tree Hill" (2003) character Ellie, who battles breast cancer, works with her daughter Peyton (Hilarie Burton) on a compilation CD called "Friends with Benefit" to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation. That CD was actually released as a tie-in album, with a portion of its proceeds going directly to the National Breast Cancer Foundation to assist in their efforts to promote early detection awareness among young women.
Her Vampires (1998) character Katrina was chosen by UGO.com as one of the "Top 50 Sexiest Vampires". [2008]
After starring alongside Moira Kelly (in Love, Lies and Murder (1991) (TV) and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)) and Craig Sheffer (in Bliss (1997)), she guest-starred on their TV series "One Tree Hill" (2003), although she didn't have a scene with them on the series.
Her role in Love, Lies and Murder (1991) (TV) was called by People magazine "one of the strongest TV roles of the year".
Attended the 8th Annual Independent Spirit Awards. [March 27, 1993]
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