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Sherilyn Fenn

Sherilyn Fenn

Actress

February 1, 1965

Also Known For : Film Actress, TV Actress

Birth Place : Detroit, Michigan, United states of America

Zodiac Sign : Aquarius

Chinese Zodiac : Dragon

Birth Element : Wood


Sherilyn Fenn Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

Childhood And Early Life

Sherilyn Fenn was born on the 1 February 1965 in Detroit, Michigan into a musical family. Her parents were divorced when she was young and for a time she lived a transitory lifestyle with her mother.

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Education

After moving to Los Angeles, she dropped out of high school and enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.

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RiseTo Fame

Sherilyn Fenn's film career began in the mid-1980s when she appeared in The Wild Life (1984), Thrashin (1986) and Zombie High (1987).  She had a breakthrough role when she played Audrey Horne in the television series Twin Peaks (1990).

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Career

In 1992 she was in Of Mice and Men alongside John Malkovich, and she also appeared in Boxing Helena (1993). She also starred in Ruby, Rude Awakening and Two Moon Junction. She went on to appear in numerous television including Ray Donovan (2014) Sherilyn Fenn also played Elizabeth Taylor in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story and was in The Gilmore Girls (2003-2007).

Recent work has included Criminal Minds (2016), Confess (2017), Twin Peaks (2017) and S.W.A.T. (2017).

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Awards And Achievements

She won a Golden Globe Award nomination and an Emmy Award nomination for her work in Twin Peaks.

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Personal Life

Fenn dated Johnny Depp as well as Prince before marrying Toulouse Holliday (1994-1997). The couple had one child together, a son Myles. After her divorce from Holiday, she had a son with Dylan Stuart.


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