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Sheryl Lee |
Lee at the 1991 Emmy
Awards |
| Born |
April 22, 1967 (1967-04-22)
(age 42)
Augsburg, Germany |
| Other name(s) |
Sheryl Lee Diamond |
| Spouse(s) |
Jesse Diamond |
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 and for her role in Vampires,
as well as for her television series roles in LA
Doctors, Kingpin, One Tree Hill and Dirty Sexy
Money.
Early
life
Lee was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, West Germany, the daughter of an artist
mother and architect father.[1] She
grew up in Boulder, Colorado, United States,
where she was a graduate of Fairview High
School (class of 1985).
Acting
career
Lee is remembered by legions of David Lynch fans for her appearance as the
dead Laura Palmer
in the cult television
series
Twin Peaks.
When the series was picked up, Lee was also given the part of
Laura's cousin Maddy Ferguson later in the series (a role
which was reportedly written because Lynch, impressed with her
abilities, wanted to give her a fuller role on the show). She also
starred in the prequel
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, which elaborated on events
leading up to Laura Palmer's death.
Other prominent roles have included playing the part of Astrid
Kirchherr in the 1994 movie Backbeat, a
bio-pic
of the early career of The Beatles opposite Stephen Dorff, the
part of Liza in Gary
Walkow's 1995 adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella Notes
from Underground opposite Henry Czerny, the role of Katrina in John Carpenter's
1998 film Vampires opposite James Woods and Daniel Baldwin,
and the role of Marlene Cadena in the 2003 television series Kingpin opposite Yancey Arias and Bobby
Cannavale. Sheryl Lee also starred alongside Craig Sheffer in
Bliss (1997). Lee starred opposite Anthony
Michael Hall as the sweet but vengeful housewife Eve Robbins in
the 2001 USA Cable movie Hitched.
In 2004, Lee was the original choice for the role of Mary-Alice
Young on Desperate Housewives. It
would have been the second time she would have played a dead
character on a series; however, the producers ultimately chose to
replace her with Brenda Strong.
In 2005, she played the recurring part of Ellie Harp, the
biological mother of Peyton Sawyer (played by Hilarie Burton),
who battles breast cancer, on the third season of the WB
Network series One Tree Hill.
In 2007 and 2008, Lee appeared on the ABC dramedy, Dirty Sexy
Money as Andrea Smithson, the mother of Brian Darling's
(Glenn
Fitzgerald) illegitimate child.
In 2001, she presented the I Love 1990 segment of the
BBC's popular I Love 1990s series.
On stage, Lee starred on Broadway in 1992 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 co-starred Suzanne
Bertish, Esai
Morales and Arnold Vosloo.
Personal
life
She dated David
Duchovny. She was married to Jesse Diamond, a photographer and
son of singer and songwriter Neil Diamond. They have a son, Elijah.
She is an avid member of PETA
(People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and has assertively
campaigned against fur and mistreatment of animals. In 2008, she
participated in the 3rd Munchkin's Project Pink annual breast
cancer awareness campaign to raise money for breast cancer
research.
Lee practices kundalini yoga.
Awards
and nominations
- Saturn Awards
-
- Sundance Film Festival
-
- 1995: won the Spirit of Sundance Award for her body of
work
- Independent Spirit
Awards
-
- 1993: nominated for Best Female Lead -- Twin Peaks: Fire
Walk with Me
- Soap Opera Digest Awards
-
Filmography
Film
credits
Television series
credits
Television movies
credits
Stage
credits
Videogames
| Videogames |
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Creator |
Publisher |
| 1994 |
Murder Mystery 3: Who Killed Brett Penance? — The
Environmental Surfer |
Lucie Fairwell |
Shannon
Gilligan |
Creative Multimedia Corporation |
| Murder Mystery 4: Who Killed Taylor French? — The Case of
the Undressed Reporter |
Lucie Fairwell |
Shannon
Gilligan |
Creative Multimedia Corporation |
References
Further
reading
- "Woman of the Year: Laura Palmer". Esquire. Volume 114. Issue 2.
August 1990. p. 118-119.
- "Twin Peaks' Sheryl Lee Goes from Dead Role to Dead
Ringer", by Laurie Grassi. TV Guide (Canada). Volume 14: Issue 45.
November 10, 1990.
- "Sheryl's Peril", by James Wolcott. Vanity Fair. February 1992.
p. 106-107.
- "Sur la Croisette: Arrêts sur Images sur Quarante-Cinq
Acteurs", by Michel Rebichon. Studio (France). Issue 62: Spécial
Cannes 1992. May 1992. p. 138.
- "5 July 1992 Sheryl Lee Interview", by Robert Getz.
Wrapped In Plastic. Issue 16. April 1995.
- "Sheryl Lee", by Silvia Bizio. Max (Italy).
September 1992. p. 128-133.
- "Laura Palmer Lives!", by Jeff Dawson. Empire. December 1992.
p. 54-55.
- "A New Peak for Sheryl
Lee", by Graham Fuller. Interview. March 1994.
- "Sheryl Lee Interview", by Craig Miller & John
Thorne. Wrapped In Plastic. Issue 16. April 1995.
p. 5-10.
- "The Bliss of Being Sheryl
Lee", by Edward Guthman. San
Francisco Chronicle. June 8, 1997.
- "There's No Killing Laura
Palmer: The Unstoppable Twin Peaks Ingenues", by
Troy Patterson. Entertainment Weekly.
February 13, 1998.
- "Three Women, One Peek:
Sheryl Lee, Sherilyn Fenn and Lara Flynn Boyle Finally Leave David
Lynch's World. Almost", by Ted Allen. Esquire. October 1998.
- "Sheryl Lee on Vampires", by John Thonen. Femme Fatales. Volume 7:
Issue 6. November 1998. p. 16-17.
- "Sheryl Lee Takes a Swipe
at Animal Acts". PETA's Animal
Times. Summer 1999.
- "Welcome to the TP
Time Warp. Where Are They Now? Fire Walk with the Cast of
Twin Peaks", by Paige Wiser. Chicago Sun-Times. April 15,
2007.
External
links
| Persondata |
| NAME |
Lee, Sheryl |
| ALTERNATIVE
NAMES |
Lee Diamond, Sheryl |
| SHORT
DESCRIPTION |
Actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
1967-4-22 |
| PLACE OF
BIRTH |
Augsburg, Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH |
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| PLACE OF
DEATH |
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