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Sheila Tousey
Actor, Producer
Born June 4, 1960 (64 years)
Sheila May Tousey (born June 4, 1959) is a Native American actress.
Tousey is a Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Native American, raised on both the Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee reservations. A professional dancer and actress, Tousey began doing pow wows as a small child but did not perform on stage until she attended the University of New Mexico. She initially entered the university's law program, planning to specialize in federal contracts and Native American law, but later changed her major to English, and began taking theater arts courses. After graduation, Tousey enrolled in the graduate acting program at New York University's Tisch School of Arts.
Tousey is a Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Native American, raised on both the Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee reservations. A professional dancer and actress, Tousey began doing pow wows as a small child but did not perform on stage until she attended the University of New Mexico. She initially entered the university's law program, planning to specialize in federal contracts and Native American law, but later changed her major to English, and began taking theater arts courses. After graduation, Tousey enrolled in the graduate acting program at New York University's Tisch School of Arts.
Filmography
| 2005 | Into the West (TV Series) · as Older Thunder Heart Woman |
| 2004 | The Jury (2004) (TV Series) · as Sherry Conrad |
| 2003 | DreamKeeper · as Janine |
| 2003 | Coyote Waits · as Emma Leaphorn |
| 2003 | A Thief of Time · as Emma Leaphorn |
| 2003 | This So-Called Disaster · as Chonchella |
| 2002 | Skinwalkers · as Emma Leaphorn |
| 2001 | Christmas in the Clouds · as Mary |
| 2000 | Backroads · as Grace Nelson |
| 1999 | Wildflowers · as Martha |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Judge Danielle Larsen |
| 1999 | Ravenous · as Martha |
| 1997 | Sparkler · as Hurricane |
| 1997 | All the Winters That Have Been · as Irene (as Sheila M. Tousey) |
| 1997 | Song of Hiawatha · as Nokomis |
| 1996 | Grand Avenue · as Mollie |
| 1995 | Lord of Illusions · as Jennifer Desiderio |
| 1995 | The Way West · as Voice |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Native American Nurse |
| 1993 | Slaughter of the Innocents · as Agent Lemar |
| 1993 | Silent Tongue · as Awbonnie / Ghost |
| 1993 | Medicine River · as Louise Heavyman |
| 1992 | Thunderheart · as Maggie Eagle Bear |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Mrs. Vilardi |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Narrator |