Person

Sheryl Lee

Acting · Born 1967-04-22 · 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.

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  House

  Stephanie Green

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  The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  Self

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  One Tree Hill

  Ellie Harp

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  Psych

  Donna Gooden

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  Without a Trace

  Tina Hodges

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  Twin Peaks

  Laura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson

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  CSI: NY

  Ellen Garner

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  Lie to Me

  Janet Brooks

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  Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

  Catherine / Shivering Deer

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  Red Shoe Diaries

  Kate Lyons

• 2026I Live Here NowMartha
• 2021Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer HouseSelf
• 2019A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl LeeSelf
• 2018#SquadGoalsEmily Hodges
• 2017I Had Bad Milk in DehradunSelf
• 2017The Man with the Gray Elevated HairSelf
• 2017Behind the Red CurtainSelf
• 2017Dead Ink ArchiveAlley
• 2016Café SocietyKaren Stern
• 2016RebirthAir
• 2015RosewoodBrenda Downs
• 2014The Makings of YouJudy
• 2014White Bird in a BlizzardMay
• 2014Jackie & RyanMiriam
• 2014Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me MemoriesSelf
• 2014Between Two WorldsSelf
• 2014Twin Peaks: The Missing PiecesLaura Palmer
• 2012PerceptionLacey Penderhalt
• 2011Texas Killing FieldsLucie Sliger
• 2010Winter's BoneApril
• 2009Lie to MeJanet Brooks
• 2007Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin PeaksSelf
• 2007Dirty Sexy MoneyAndrea Smithson
• 2007ManchildMary
• 2006The Secrets of Comfort HouseWendy Brown
• 2006PsychDonna Gooden
• 2006Working with a Master: John CarpenterSelf
• 2005Paradise TexasBetsy Kinney
• 2004Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
• 2004HouseStephanie Green
• 2004CSI: NYEllen Garner
• 2003One Tree HillEllie Harp
• 2003KingpinMarlene McDillon Cadena
• 2002Without a TraceTina Hodges
• 2002Children on Their BirthdaysElinore Murphy
• 2001An Introduction to David LynchSelf
• 2001Postcards From The CastSelf
• 2001HitchedEve
• 2001Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin PeaksSelf
• 1999Angel's DanceAngelica Chaste
• 1998Dante's ViewSam Kingsley
• 1998VampiresKatrina
• 1998Kiss the SkyAndy
• 1998L.A. DoctorsSarah Church
• 1997The Blood OrangesFiona
• 1997This World, Then the FireworksLois Archer
• 1997BlissMaria
• 1997DavidBathsheba
• 1997DavidBatseba
• 1997DavideBetsabea
• 1996Mother NightHelga Noth / Resi Noth
• 1995Notes from UndergroundLiza
• 1995Fall TimePatty / Carol
• 1995HomageLucy Samuel
• 1995Follow The RiverMary Ingles
• 1994Don't Do ItMichelle
• 1994The CanAngelique Carmel
• 1994GuinevereGuinevere
• 1994Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto EroticaKate Lyons (archive footage)
• 1994BackbeatAstrid Kirchherr
• 1993Mr. JonesJune (uncredited)
• 1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanCatherine / Shivering Deer
• 1992Jersey GirlTara
• 1992Red Shoe DiariesKate Lyons
• 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeLaura Palmer
• 1991Love, Lies and MurderPatti Bailey
• 1990Wild at HeartThe Good Witch
• 1990Twin PeaksLaura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson
• 1989Twin PeaksLaura Palmer
• 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
• —UnpluggedShelly / Wisdom (voice)