Sheryl Lee

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Sheryl Lee

Sheryl Lee is an actress, born April 22, 1967 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, though she grew up in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

Lee is best 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 film Fire Walk With Me which was made after the series ended, but functioned as a "prequel" to it, elaborating on events leading up to Laura Palmer's death.

Other prominent roles have included playing the part of Astrid Kirchherr in the movie Backbeat, a bio-pic of the early career of The Beatles, the role of Katrina in John Carpenter's Vampires, the role of Marlene Cadena and in Kingpin. In 2001 she presented the I Love 1990 segment of the BBC's popular I Love 1990's series. Lee starred opposite Anthony Michael Hall as the sweet but vengeful housewife Eve Robbins in the 2001 USA Cable movie "Hitched". Lee played the part of Ellie Harp in 2005-2006 on One Tree Hill.

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 who, coincidentally, had also played a dead character before on Everwood. That Pilot episode of Desperate Housewives is easily found on the internet, and shows the complete episode with Sheryl Lee playing Mary Alice Young role. In the pilot, there are other characters played by different actors that finally didn't make it to the definitive cast, i.e., Bree van de Kamp's husband and Gabrielle Solis`gardener.

Lee is married to Jesse Diamond, a musician and son of singer and songwriter Neil Diamond. The couple have a son, Elijah.

[edit] Awards & nominations

1993: Independent Spirit Award: Best Female Lead (nomination), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1993: Saturn Award: Best Actress (nomination), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1995: Spirit of Sundance Award: For her body of work
1999: Saturn Award: Best Supporting Actress (nomination), Vampires

[edit] Bibliography

"Woman of the Year: Laura Palmer." Esquire. Volume 114. Issue 2. August 1990. p.118-119.
James Wolcott. "Sheryl's Peril" Vanity Fair. February 1992. p.106-107.
Robert Getz. "Sheryl Lee Interview (July 5, 1992)." Wrapped In Plastic. Issue 16. April 1995.
Jeff Dawson. "Laura Palmer Lives!" Empire. December 1992. p.54-55.
Craig Miller & John Thorne. "Sheryl Lee Interview." Wrapped In Plastic. Issue 16. April 1995. p.5-10.