Sheryl Lee

Actor Apr 22 (age 58) Augsburg, Germany 1989–2026 (37 year career)

6.1 avg rating

Biography

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.

Known For

Film

Twin Peaks

Laura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson

Film

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Laura Palmer

Film

Twin Peaks

Laura Palmer

Film

Wild at Heart

The Good Witch

Film

Winter's Bone

April

Film

Café Society

Karen Stern

Film

Vampires

Katrina

Film

White Bird in a Blizzard

May

Filmography

Acting (71)

Movies (53)

I Live Here Now

2026

as Martha

"No Title as of 13 February 2026 75,277, Dead "

2026

as Laura Palmer (Archive footage)

Twin Peaks: The Return

2025

as Laura Palmer / Carrie Page

10.0

Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House

2021

as Self

A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee

2019

as Self

#SquadGoals

2018

as Emily Hodges

4.5

The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair

2017

as Self

7.0

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

2017

as Self

6.6

Dead Ink Archive

2017

as Alley

Behind the Red Curtain

as Self

Café Society

as Karen Stern

Rebirth

as Air

The Makings of You

as Judy

White Bird in a Blizzard

2014

as May

6.2

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

as Laura Palmer

Jackie & Ryan

as Miriam

Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories

2014

as Herself

Between Two Worlds

as Self

Texas Killing Fields

as Lucie Sliger

Winter's Bone

as April

Manchild

as Mary

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

2007

7.4

The Secrets of Comfort House

2006

as Wendy Brown

4.0

Working with a Master: John Carpenter

as Self

Paradise Texas

as Betsy Kinney

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

2004

Children on Their Birthdays

as Elinore Murphy

Hitched

as Eve

Postcards From The Cast

2001

as Self

An Introduction to David Lynch

2001

as Self

4.0

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks

as Self

Angel's Dance

as Angelica Chaste

Vampires

as Katrina

Kiss the Sky

as Andy

Dante's View

as Sam Kingsley

David

as Batseba

Bliss

as Maria

This World, Then the Fireworks

as Lois Archer

The Blood Oranges

as Fiona

Mother Night

as Helga Noth / Resi Noth

6.6

Notes from Underground

as Liza

Fall Time

as Patty / Carol

Follow The River

as Mary Ingles

Homage

as Lucy Samuel

Guinevere

as Guinevere

Don't Do It

as Michelle

Backbeat

as Astrid Kirchherr

Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica

1994

as Kate Lyons (archive footage)

3.0

Mr. Jones

1993

as June (uncredited)

5.8

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

as Laura Palmer

Jersey Girl

as Tara

Wild at Heart

as The Good Witch

Twin Peaks

as Laura Palmer

Television (18)

Rosewood

as Brenda Downs

Perception

as Lacey Penderhalt

Dirty Sexy Money

as Andrea Smithson

Psych

as Donna Gooden

House

as Stephanie Green

CSI: NY

as Ellen Garner

One Tree Hill

as Ellie Harp

Kingpin

as Marlene McDillon Cadena

Without a Trace

as Tina Hodges

L.A. Doctors

as Sarah Church

Davide

as Betsabea

David

1997

as Bathsheba

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993

as Catherine / Shivering Deer

7.6

Red Shoe Diaries

1992

as Kate Lyons

5.8

Love, Lies and Murder

1991

as Patti Bailey

4.5

Twin Peaks

1990

as Laura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson

8.3

Twin Peaks

1990

as Maddy Ferguson

8.3

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4