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
Vampires
(1998)
Katrina
David
(1997)
Batseba
Café Society
(2016)
Karen Stern
Wild at Heart
(1990)
The Good Witch
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
(1992)
Laura Palmer
Winter's Bone
(2010)
April
White Bird in a Blizzard
(2014)
May
Twin Peaks
(1989)
Laura Palmer
Texas Killing Fields
(2011)
Lucie Sliger
Bliss
(1997)
Maria
Jackie & Ryan
(2014)
Miriam
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
(2014)
Laura Palmer
Jersey Girl
(1992)
Tara
Backbeat
(1994)
Astrid Kirchherr
Mother Night
(1996)
Helga Noth / Resi Noth
This World, Then the Fireworks
(1997)
Lois Archer
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
Guinevere
(1994)
Guinevere
Don't Do It
(1994)
Michelle
Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica
(1994)
Kate Lyons (archive footage)
Fall Time
(1995)
Patty / Carol
Notes from Underground
(1995)
Liza
Homage
(1995)
Lucy Samuel
Follow The River
(1995)
Mary Ingles
Mother Night
(1996)
Helga Noth / Resi Noth
David
(1997)
Batseba
This World, Then the Fireworks
(1997)
Lois Archer
The Blood Oranges
(1997)
Fiona
Bliss
(1997)
Maria
Vampires
(1998)
Katrina
Kiss the Sky
(1998)
Andy
Dante's View
(1998)
Sam Kingsley
Angel's Dance
(1999)
Angelica Chaste
Hitched
(2001)
An Introduction to David Lynch
(2001)
Self
Postcards From The Cast
(2001)
Self
Children on Their Birthdays
(2002)
Elinore Murphy
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
(2002)
Self
Laura Palmer
(2002)
Laura Palmer
Paradise Texas
(2005)
Betsy Kinney
The Secrets of Comfort House
(2006)
Wendy Brown
Working with a Master: John Carpenter
(2006)
Self
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
(2007)
Winter's Bone
(2010)
April
Texas Killing Fields
(2011)
Lucie Sliger
White Bird in a Blizzard
(2014)
May
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
(2014)
Laura Palmer
Jackie & Ryan
(2014)
Miriam
Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories
(2014)
Herself
The Makings of You
(2014)
Judy
Between Two Worlds
(2014)
Self
Café Society
(2016)
Karen Stern
Rebirth
(2016)
Air
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)
threads of despair
(2024)
Laura Palmer