Sheryl Lee

German-born American actress
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Sheryl Lee is a German-American film, stage, and television actress. After studying acting in college, Lee relocated to Seattle, Washington to work in theater, where she was cast by David Lynch as Laura Palmer and Maddy Ferguson on the 1990 television series Twin Peaks and in the 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. After completing Twin Peaks, she returned to theater, appearing in the title role of Salome on Broadway opposite Al Pacino.

Lee was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, West Germany to an artist mother and architect father; the first of three children. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado, United States, where she was a graduate of Fairview High School (class of 1985). After graduating, Lee moved to Pasadena, California where she studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and later attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver, and the University of Colorado.

After several years of studying, Lee moved to Seattle, Washington where she acted in several stage plays and appeared in several commercials. She studied with theater director Mark Jenkins at the now-defunct Empty Space Theater in Seattle.

Date of Birth22nd April 1967
Age57 Years
Zodiac SignTaurus
CountryUnited States of America
Current CityAugsburg
Birth PlaceAugsburg
NationalityUnited States of America
CitizenshipUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish
ReferenceIMDB
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Occupationactor, stage actor, television actor, film actor

Actresses from United States of America born in 1967