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Her childhood was filled with change. Sheryl Ann (later "Sherilyn") was the youngest of 3 kids. She and her two older brothers were raised by their musician mom, Arlene Quatro, who moved the family around Michigan. She and her mom went to L.A. when Sherilyn was 17. Within a couple of years, Sherilyn was working in TV and film, with multiple projects every year since 1984.

Sherilyn, the petite (5' 4") beauty, had a small but memorable part in the gender-bender flick Just One of the Guys (1985). Her biggest claim to fame would come in 1990, when she got the prize role of Audrey in "Twin Peaks" (1990) after reading for all the female leads. Sherilyn made a memorable impression as the cherry stem-twisting siren. This was her breakout role; even now she says of her "Twin Peaks" (1990) experience: "It still makes me feel kind of proud and special to be part of something like that".

Her most over-the-top movie role was as the armless, legless star of Boxing Helena (1993) (a role which Kim Basinger backed out of).

Back on TV, Sherilyn plays the juicy part of Billie Frank, a former soap actress confronting alcohol and other demons in "Rude Awakening" (1998) on Showtime. A frequent visitor on the set is her son, Myles. On the set, Sherilyn is noted for having a quirky sense of humor and a joie de vivre. Off-screen, Sherilyn is proud of the friendship she has maintained with her ex-hubby 'G. Toulouse Holliday' , a musician and film technician.

Sherilyn lives with her son, Myles, and two cats: Ophelia and Redmond. Sherilyn practices meditative kundalini yoga, and every room in her house has féng shui elements-- crystals in one corner, water in another. Sherilyn enjoys biking, swimming and cooking, and of course being a mom: "After I had my son, I found life much funnier and brighter".




Wikipedia Bio (Personal Life)

Fenn lives in Los Angeles, California. She practices kundalini yoga. Fenn dated Prince and was linked to Dweezil Zappa. She briefly dated Hollywood agent Jay Moloney. Fenn also dated photographer Barry Hollywood, whom she chose to photograph her for the December 1990 issue of Playboy magazine.

Sherilyn Fenn was engaged to actor Johnny Depp, whom she refers to as her first true love. Depp and Fenn met on the set of the 1985 short film Dummies. "It was just so gorgeous, and their eyes locked and that was it," said director Laurie Frank. "But the minute we finished shooting, she had this red Corvette. And they would get into the Corvette and the windows would steam up and we’d see this Corvette rocking away and then they wouldn’t come out again until it was time to do the next shot. They really fell madly in love." Dating for three and a half years, Sherilyn Fenn and Johny Depp subsequently got engaged. He later signed a contract to become a series regular on 21 Jump Street, which went into production in Vancouver. In pursuit of their different careers in Los Angeles and Vancouver, the two parted ways.

In 1994, Fenn married guitarist/songwriter Toulouse Holliday, whom she met on the set of Three of Hearts, and bore a son, Myles, in late 1993. The marriage came to an end in 1997.

Sherilyn Fenn has worked twice with David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart), Adrian Pasdar (Slave of Dreams, Cement), Chris Penn (The Wild Life, Cement), Bruce Davison (Lovelife, Off Season), Amy Sherman-Palladino (the Gilmore Girls spin-off project Windward Circle, Gilmore Girls), Johnny Depp (Dummies, 21 Jump Street), Jeremy Piven (Just Write, Cupid), Isabella Rossellini (Wild at Heart, Tales from the Crypt), Virginia Madsen (Zombie High, Smith), Mark Harmon (Dillinger, NCIS), Robert Berlinger (Rude Awakening, The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning), and David Carradine (Crime Zone, Treasure Raiders).

After directing a documentary film about the child enrichment program known as CosmiKids, Fenn joined its executive team as executive director of the film and television division.

Sherilyn recently gave birth to Christian, her second son, in August of 2007. The father is boyfriend, Dylan Stewart.

My Interests

"I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when they said that was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it. I don't flirt and I don't play the people that I'm meeting with. In the next breath, this person said to me, 'When you're passionate about a role, there's nobody that can touch you, but you have to learn to do this also...' But I don't know how to sit there and pretend I love something when I don't!"

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Sherilyn Fenn Filmography

    2007 Treasure Raiders 2006 Gilmore Girls: I'm OK, You're OK 2006 Gilmore Girls: The Perfect Dress 2006 Gilmore Girls: Super Cool Party People 2006 Gilmore Girls: Just Like Gwen and Gavin 2005 Special Thanks to Roy London 2005 Officer Down 2004 Cavedweller 2003 Gilmore Girls: Here Comes the Son 2003 Nightwaves 2002 Dream Warrior 2002 The United States of Leland 2002 Scent of Danger 2002 Swindle 2001 Off Season 2001 Frasier: The First Temptation of Daphne 1999 Cement 1998 Just Write 1998 The Shadow Men 1998 Darkness Falls 1998 Rude Awakening 1998 Outside Ozona 1997 The Assassination File 1997 Nightmare Street 1997 Friends: The One with Phoebe's Ex-Partner 1997 Lovelife 1996 A Season in Purgatory 1995 Liz: the Elizabeth Taylor Story 1995 Tales From the Crypt: You, Murderer 1994 Slave of Dreams 1993 Boxing Helena 1993 Fatal Instinct 1993 Three of Hearts 1992 Of Mice and Men 1992 Ruby 1992 Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel 1991 Dillinger 1991 Diary of a Hit Man 1990 Backstreet Dreams 1990 Meridian 1990 Twin Peaks [TV Series] 1990 Twin Peaks: Episode 06 1990 Twin Peaks: Episode 04 1990 Twin Peaks: Episode 02 1990 Wild at Heart 1990 Twin Peaks: Episode 13 1990 Twin Peaks: Episode 07 1990 Twin Peaks: Episode 05 1990 Twin Peaks: Episode 03 1990 Twin Peaks: Episode 01 1989 Twin Peaks 1989 True Blood 1988 Two Moon Junction 1988 Divided We Stand 1988 Crime Zone 1987 Zombie High 1987 The Wraith 1986 Thrashin' 1985 Just One of the Guys 1985 Out of Control 1985 Cheers: The Groom Wore Clearasil 1984 The Wild Life 1984 Silence of the Heart 1981 Ups & Downs

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