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| Birth Name(s) : Sheryl Ann Fenn |
Date of Birth: February 1, 1965 |
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Sheryl Ann (later "Sherilyn") was the youngest of 3 kids. She and her two older brothers were raised by their musician mom, Arlene, who moved the family around Michigan. She and her mom went to L.A. when Sherilyn was 17. Within a couple of years Sherilyn was working in TV and film, with multiple projects every year since 1984. Sherilyn, the petite (5'4") beauty, had a small but memorable part in the gender-bender flick "Just One of the Guys" (1985).
Her biggest claim to fame would come in 1990, when she got the prize role of Audrey in "Twin Peaks" after reading for all the female leads. Sherilyn made a memorable impression as the cherry stem-twisting siren. This was her breakout role; even now she says of her Twin Peaks experience: "It still makes me feel kind of proud and special to be part of something like that." Her most over-the-top movie role was as the armless, legless star of "Boxing Helena" (1993) (a role which Kim Basinger backed out of). Back on TV, Sherilyn plays the juicy part of Billie Frank, a former soap actress confronting alcohol and other demons in "Rude Awakening" on Showtime. A frequent visitor on the set is her son, Myles.
On the set, Sherilyn is noted for having a quirky sense of humor and a joie de vivre. Offscreen, Sherilyn is proud of the friendship she has maintained with her ex-hubby Toulouse Holliday, a musician and film technician. Sherilyn lives with her son, Myles, and two cats: Ophelia and Redmond. Sherilyn practices meditative kundalini yoga, and every room in her house has feng shui elements-- crystals in one corner, water in another. Sherilyn enjoys biking, swimming and cooking, and of course being a mom. |
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Sherilyn Fenn (born February 1, 1965) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe award-nominated American actress and filmmaker, best known for playing Audrey Horne on the cult TV series Twin Peaks, for her roles in Ruby, Of Mice and Men, Boxing Helena and Rude Awakening, and for portraying actress Elizabeth Taylor in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story.
"He's very creative and unafraid of taking chances," she said of the director. "I really respect him. He's wonderful."
She learned from her beloved teacher "to find the roles that you're passionate about, that speak to you on some level and which will help you grow on some level," which has then become her line of conduct. "A lot of the sentiment that acting should be about an art form rather than mass entertainment and celebrity is at the core of Fenn’s attitude to the business," wrote Jessica Sully in Australian magazine Movie. "I try to keep myself centered," Fenn said. "I don't go to parties and all that. I don't think being seen or being in the right place is going to make me a better actress. I care about my work and try to do what's right in my heart." As Mike Bygrave wrote in Sky Magazine: "One of the keys to understanding Fenn is that when she talks about the characters she plays she's really talking about herself." Fenn was eager to play varied parts that could eclipse her sex-symbol image. "People who think they know me would be surprised that my whole life doesn't revolve around sex," she said. After Twin Peaks, Fenn demanded a no-nudity clause in her contracts. She turned to the independent world, to manage to carve out a career on her own terms as a versatile actress. She worked often and she worked hard (seven films in two years), chosing varied and unusual roles:“The world has certain rules - Hollywood has certain rules - but it doesn't mean you have to play by them, and I don't, or I'd be a miserable person.”Sherilyn Fenn as Curley's wife in Of Mice and Men
Fenn played a crime boss in the 2002 film Swindle opposite undercover cop Tom Sizemore and co-starred in the action film Lesser of Three Evils alongside Ho Sung Pak and Peter Greene. She had a small role in the critically acclaimed The United States of Leland (2003) as a woman who represents happiness and joie de vivre to Ryan Gosling.Sherilyn Fenn as Billie Frank in Rude Awakening
In 2003, Fenn appeared on The WB's Gilmore Girls as Sasha, the girlfriend of Jess Mariano's estranged father (played by Rob Estes) in the season 3 episode Here Comes the Son, which was the pilot for a California-set spin-off titled Windward Circle, which would have starred Milo Ventimiglia, Estes and Fenn. The network dropped the project citing cost issues due to filming on location in Venice, California.
Sherilyn Fenn was engaged to actor Johnny Depp, whom she refers to as her first true love. Depp and Fenn met on the set of the 1985 short film Dummies. "It was just so gorgeous, and their eyes locked and that was it," said director Laurie Frank. "But the minute we finished shooting, she had this red Corvette. And they would get into the Corvette and the windows would steam up and we’d see this Corvette rocking away and then they wouldn’t come out again until it was time to do the next shot. They really fell madly in love." Dating for three and a half years, Sherilyn Fenn and Johny Depp subsequently got engaged. He later signed a contract to become a series regular on 21 Jump Street, which went into production in Vancouver. In pursuit of their different careers in Los Angeles and Vancouver, the two parted ways.
Sherilyn Fenn has worked twice with David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Wild at Heart), Adrian Pasdar (Slave of Dreams, Cement), Chris Penn (The Wild Life, Cement), Bruce Davison (Lovelife, Off Season), Amy Sherman-Palladino (the Gilmore Girls spin-off project Windward Circle, Gilmore Girls), Johnny Depp (Dummies, 21 Jump Street), Jeremy Piven (Just Write, Cupid), Isabella Rossellini (Wild at Heart, Tales from the Crypt), Virginia Madsen (Zombie High, Smith), Mark Harmon (Dillinger, NCIS), Robert Berlinger (Rude Awakening, The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning), Costas Mandylor (Just Write, Scent of Murder), and David Carradine (Crime Zone, Treasure Raiders). |
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