Sherilyn Fenn
Sherilyn Fenn
Sherilyn Fennis an American actress. She came to attention for her performance as Audrey Horne on the 1990 cult TV series Twin Peaks for which she was nominated a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. She is also known for her roles in Of Mice and Men, Ruby, Boxing Helena, Rude Awakening, and Two Moon Junction and for portraying actress Elizabeth Taylor in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth1 February 1965
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
I think there's an anxiety in life where we automatically tend to look to the next thing or we're complaining about the past. Worrying is not going to make it happen or not happen
That was cool, getting to work with Ryan Gosling. I knew he was going to be a huge star after I saw him in that Showtime thing that he did when he was really young [The Believer]. I think the most fun thing about that was I'd never seen somebody that had so many questions about the specifics of everything: where you ate, how much you ate, how much you drank. He's very special.
I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.
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.
I got Twin Peaks, and the part was basically written for me, which was a really big shock. I think everything really changed with the right teacher coming together, but before that I worked with Sondra Seacat; she's amazing and very spiritual, but I hadn't worked with her on specific roles. I just was in classes with her.
I remember my agent at the time called me and was like, "I've got it! I've found it! I've found your role!" I worked my ass off to get that role, because I think me and three or four other girls tested for it. But it was a great time.
It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.
Boxing Helena was something that I think was pretty cool, but people judged it without even having seen it. It's not perfect, but I think for the story that we were trying to tell, it turned out pretty good. What it signified was really powerful to me: how society puts us in boxes one way or another.
People who think they know me would be surprised that my whole life doesn't revolve around sex,
Twin Peaks was special because it was so groundbreaking. In the early '90s it really changed television a lot. A bunch of weird shows, like Northern Exposure, came on after that.
When I read the script, I was like, Hello, woman in a box. I had to explore that to the end.
I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.
I want to learn to laugh and smile more. My acting has always been about doing things that I can grow from, that say something, or should be heard.
After I had my son, I found life much funnier and brighter