Sheryl Lee

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4I was born on April 22nd 1967 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany but grew up in Boulder, Colorado, USA. I originally wanted to become a dancer but i sustained a knee injury which ended my hopes. I attended Fairview High School, and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California. I also spent time at the North Carolina School of Arts, the National Conservatory Theater in Denver, and Colorado University before pursuing stage work in Seattle, Washington. This is where i met the director David Lynch who gave me the role of Laura Palmer in the groundbreaking TV Show 'Twin Peak's'. In 1992 i returned to Twin Peaks in the movie 'Fire Walk With Me'. The same year i made my Broadway debut in 'Salome' opposite Al Pacino. Other prominent roles have included playing the part of Astrid Kirchherr in the 1994 movie Backbeat, a bio-pic of the early career of The Beatles opposite Stephen Dorff, the part of Liza in Gary Walkow's 1995 adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Notes from Underground opposite Henry Czerny, the role of Katrina in John Carpenter's 1998 film Vampires opposite James Woods and Daniel Baldwin, and the role of Marlene Cadena in the 2003 television series Kingpin opposite Yancey Arias and Bobby Cannavale. I also starred alongside Craig Sheffer in Bliss (1997) played opposite Nick Nolte in ``Mother Night' and starred with Gina Gershon and Billy Zane in the 1997 movie 'This World Then The Fireworks'. I played the part of Ellie Harp, Peyton Sawyer's (played by Hilarie Burton) biological mother, on the WB Network series One Tree Hill (2005-2006). I am an avid member of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and assertively campaign against fur and mistreatment of animals.My Fimography