Cast & creator
Sheryl Lee
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, House, One Tree Hill
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.
Also known as: شریل لی, Sheryl Lee Diamond
55
film credits
21
television credits
76
1962–2028 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (76)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
House
Stephanie Green
2004
One Tree Hill
Ellie Harp
2003
Twin Peaks
Laura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson
1990Twin Peaks
Laura Palmer (archive footage)
1990Twin Peaks
Laura Palmer / Carrie Page
1990Twin Peaks
Maddy Ferguson
1990Twin Peaks
Laura Palmer
1990
Psych
Donna Gooden
2006
CSI: NY
Ellen Garner
2004
Without a Trace
Tina Hodges
2002
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Catherine / Shivering Deer
1993
Lie to Me
Janet Brooks
2009
Perception
Lacey Penderhalt
2012
Rosewood
Brenda Downs
2015
Red Shoe Diaries
Kate Lyons
1992
L.A. Doctors
Sarah Church
1998
Dirty Sexy Money
Andrea Smithson
2007
Winter's Bone
April
2010
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Laura Palmer
1992
Wild at Heart
The Good Witch
1990
Café Society
Karen Stern
2016
Kingpin
Marlene McDillon Cadena
2003
White Bird in a Blizzard
May
2014
Vampires
Katrina
1998
Love, Lies and Murder
Patti Bailey
1991
Twin Peaks
Laura Palmer
1989
Texas Killing Fields
Lucie Sliger
2011
Mr. Jones
June (uncredited)
1993
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Laura Palmer
2014
David
Batseba
1997
This World, Then the Fireworks
Lois Archer
1997
Backbeat
Astrid Kirchherr
1994An Introduction to David Lynch
Self
2001
Jersey Girl
Tara
1992
Unplugged
Shelly / Wisdom (voice)
Jackie & Ryan
Miriam
2014
Bliss
Maria
1997
I Live Here Now
Martha
2026
Guinevere
Guinevere
1994
David
Bathsheba
1997
Children on Their Birthdays
Elinore Murphy
2002
The Can
Angelique Carmel
1994
Don't Do It
Michelle
1994
Fall Time
Patty / Carol
1995
Mother Night
Helga Noth / Resi Noth
1996
The Blood Oranges
Fiona
1997
Angel's Dance
Angelica Chaste
1999
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
The Secrets of Comfort House
Wendy Brown
2006
Manchild
Mary
2007
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
Self
2017Hitched
Eve
2001
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
Self
2007
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
Self
2017
Rebirth
Air
2016Postcards From The Cast
Self
2001
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
Self
2001
Behind the Red Curtain
Self
2017
Kiss the Sky
Andy
1998
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
Kate Lyons (archive footage)
1994
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
Self
2006
Follow The River
Mary Ingles
1995
Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories
Self
2014
Between Two Worlds
Self
2014
The Makings of You
Judy
2014
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
Self
2021
Dante's View
Sam Kingsley
1998
Homage
Lucy Samuel
1995
Dead Ink Archive
Alley
2017
Notes from Underground
Liza
1995
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee
Self
2019
#SquadGoals
Emily Hodges
2018The World is Bound with Secret Knots
2028The Dusting of the Books
2028
Paradise Texas
Betsy Kinney
2005