Sheryl Lee

Known for: Acting

Born: 1967-04-22 (age 59)

From: Augsburg, Germany

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.

Filmography (71)

MOVIE
I Live Here Now
2026
as Martha
MOVIE
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
2021
as Self
MOVIE
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
#SquadGoals
2018
as Emily Hodges
MOVIE★ 6.2
Behind the Red Curtain
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
2017
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
2017
as Self
MOVIE
Dead Ink Archive
2017
as Alley
MOVIE★ 6.4
Café Society
2016
as Karen Stern
MOVIE★ 4.7
Rebirth
2016
as Air
TV★ 6.5
Rosewood
2015
as Brenda Downs
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Makings of You
2014
as Judy
MOVIE★ 6.2
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
as May
MOVIE★ 5.9
Jackie & Ryan
2014
as Miriam
MOVIE
Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Between Two Worlds
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
as Laura Palmer
TV★ 7.2
Perception
2012
as Lacey Penderhalt
MOVIE★ 5.8
Texas Killing Fields
2011
as Lucie Sliger
MOVIE★ 6.8
Winter's Bone
2010
as April
TV★ 7.9
Lie to Me
2009
as Janet Brooks
MOVIE★ 7.4
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
as Self
TV★ 6.2
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
as Andrea Smithson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Manchild
2007
as Mary
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Secrets of Comfort House
2006
as Wendy Brown
TV★ 7.9
Psych
2006
as Donna Gooden
MOVIE★ 6.0
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Paradise Texas
2005
as Betsy Kinney
MOVIE
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
TV★ 8.6
House
2004
as Stephanie Green
TV★ 7.3
CSI: NY
2004
as Ellen Garner
TV★ 7.8
One Tree Hill
2003
as Ellie Harp
TV★ 6.4
Kingpin
2003
as Marlene McDillon Cadena
TV★ 7.2
Without a Trace
2002
as Tina Hodges
MOVIE★ 6.1
Children on Their Birthdays
2002
as Elinore Murphy
MOVIE★ 4.0
An Introduction to David Lynch
2001
as Self
MOVIE
Postcards From The Cast
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.6
Hitched
2001
as Eve
MOVIE★ 6.0
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Angel's Dance
1999
as Angelica Chaste
MOVIE★ 5.3
Dante's View
1998
as Sam Kingsley
MOVIE★ 6.3
Vampires
1998
as Katrina
MOVIE★ 5.6
Kiss the Sky
1998
as Andy
TV★ 8.5
L.A. Doctors
1998
as Sarah Church
MOVIE★ 3.9
The Blood Oranges
1997
as Fiona
MOVIE★ 5.2
This World, Then the Fireworks
1997
as Lois Archer
MOVIE★ 6.3
Bliss
1997
as Maria
TV
David
1997
as Bathsheba
MOVIE★ 6.6
David
1997
as Batseba
TV
Davide
1997
as Betsabea
MOVIE★ 6.7
Mother Night
1996
as Helga Noth / Resi Noth
MOVIE★ 5.0
Notes from Underground
1995
as Liza
MOVIE★ 4.8
Fall Time
1995
as Patty / Carol
MOVIE★ 4.5
Homage
1995
as Lucy Samuel
MOVIE★ 7.3
Follow The River
1995
as Mary Ingles
MOVIE★ 5.0
Don't Do It
1994
as Michelle
MOVIE
The Can
1994
as Angelique Carmel
MOVIE★ 3.3
Guinevere
1994
as Guinevere
MOVIE★ 2.0
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
1994
as Kate Lyons (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Backbeat
1994
as Astrid Kirchherr
MOVIE★ 5.8
Mr. Jones
1993
as June (uncredited)
TV★ 7.6
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
as Catherine / Shivering Deer
MOVIE★ 5.4
Jersey Girl
1992
as Tara
TV★ 5.9
Red Shoe Diaries
1992
as Kate Lyons
MOVIE★ 7.4
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Laura Palmer
TV★ 4.9
Love, Lies and Murder
1991
as Patti Bailey
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wild at Heart
1990
as The Good Witch
TV★ 8.3
Twin Peaks
1990
as Laura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson
MOVIE★ 8.5
Twin Peaks
1989
as Laura Palmer
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MOVIE
Unplugged
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as Shelly / Wisdom (voice)