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
David
(1997)
Batseba
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
(1992)
Laura Palmer
Café Society
(2016)
Karen Stern
Vampires
(1998)
Katrina
Winter's Bone
(2010)
April
Wild at Heart
(1990)
The Good Witch
Mother Night
(1996)
Helga Noth / Resi Noth
White Bird in a Blizzard
(2014)
May
Bliss
(1997)
Maria
Twin Peaks
(1989)
Laura Palmer
Rebirth
(2016)
Air
Texas Killing Fields
(2011)
Lucie Sliger
Backbeat
(1994)
Astrid Kirchherr
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
(2014)
Laura Palmer
Jersey Girl
(1992)
Tara
Fall Time
(1995)
Patty / Carol
Full Filmography
Acting
Twin Peaks
(1989)
Laura Palmer
Wild at Heart
(1990)
The Good Witch
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
(1992)
Laura Palmer
Jersey Girl
(1992)
Tara
Backbeat
(1994)
Astrid Kirchherr
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
(1994)
Kate Lyons (archive footage)
Guinevere
(1994)
Guinevere
Don't Do It
(1994)
Michelle
Homage
(1995)
Lucy Samuel
Fall Time
(1995)
Patty / Carol
Follow The River
(1995)
Mary Ingles
Notes from Underground
(1995)
Liza
Mother Night
(1996)
Helga Noth / Resi Noth
The Blood Oranges
(1997)
Fiona
Bliss
(1997)
Maria
This World, Then the Fireworks
(1997)
Lois Archer
David
(1997)
Batseba
Dante's View
(1998)
Sam Kingsley
Kiss the Sky
(1998)
Andy
Vampires
(1998)
Katrina
Angel's Dance
(1999)
Angelica Chaste
An Introduction to David Lynch
(2001)
Self
Postcards From The Cast
(2001)
Self
Hitched
(2001)
Children on Their Birthdays
(2002)
Elinore Murphy
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
(2002)
Self
Paradise Texas
(2005)
Betsy Kinney
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
(2006)
Self
The Secrets of Comfort House
(2006)
Wendy Brown
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
(2007)
Winter's Bone
(2010)
April
Texas Killing Fields
(2011)
Lucie Sliger
Jackie & Ryan
(2014)
Miriam
White Bird in a Blizzard
(2014)
May
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
(2014)
Laura Palmer
Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories
(2014)
Herself
Between Two Worlds
(2014)
Self
The Makings of You
(2014)
Judy
Rebirth
(2016)
Air
Café Society
(2016)
Karen Stern
Dead Ink Archive
(2017)
Alley
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
(2017)
Self
Behind the Red Curtain
(2017)
Self
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
(2017)
Self
#SquadGoals
(2018)
Emily Hodges
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee
(2019)
Self
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
(2021)