Sheila Kelley
Biography
Sheila Kelley is an American actress born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. She studied ballet and acting at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts. After a stint in public relations, she found a talent agent, acted in plays, and helped start the Off-Off-Broadway group The Elephant Company. Her first credited television part came in 1987, and she made her film debut in Some Girls (1988). From 1990 to 1993 she played Gwen Taylor on the legal drama L.A. Law. She is known for portraying Charlotte Bennett Hayes on Sisters and Debbie Wexler on The Good Doctor. Much of her career has been spent in guest spots on American television series, though she took a recurring role as Zoe in Lost's final season in 2010 and played Carol Rhodes on Gossip Girl from 2011 to 2012. She appeared as a stripper in the 2000 film Dancing at the Blue Iguana.
64years old
Turns 65 on October 9in 5 days
- Born Greensburg
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 38 years1976 to 2014
First and latest
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A change of course
After a job in public relations, Kelley got a talent agent and started acting in plays. With friends, she also started an Off-Off-Broadway troupe, The Elephant Company.
Sheila Kelley movies on Netflix
Last Weekendas Vivian
The Guestas Laura Peterson
Bloodworthas Louise Halfacre
Mozart and the Whaleas Janice
Matchstick Menas Kathy
Nurse Bettyas Joyce
One Fine Dayas Kristen
Singlesas Debbie Hunt
Pure Luckas Valerie Highsmith
Soapdishas Fran
Where the Heart Isas Sheryl
Breaking Inas Carrie aka Fontaine
Mortal Passionsas Adele
Some Girlsas Irenka
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajamias Trish
Wish You Were Hereas Joan Figgis
Nuts in Mayas Honky
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Michael Hoffman directed three of these films. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.





Films together
Maury Chaykin2 films together, 1989 to 1990
Maury Chaykin's page Where the Heart Is1990IMDb rating 5.9Kelley as SherylChaykin as Harry
Breaking In1989IMDb rating 6.1Kelley as Carrie aka FontaineChaykin as Vincent Tucci
Frances Conroy2 films together, 1988 to 2010
Frances Conroy's page Bloodworth2010IMDb rating 6.1Kelley as Louise HalfacreConroy as Julia Bloodworth
Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami1988IMDb rating 6.5Kelley as TrishConroy as Lyn Kessler
Crispin Glover2 films together, 1990 to 2000
Crispin Glover's page Nurse Betty2000IMDb rating 6.3Kelley as JoyceGlover as Roy Ostery
Where the Heart Is1990IMDb rating 5.9Kelley as SherylGlover as Lionel
Fran Kranz2 films together, 2003 to 2014
Fran Kranz's page Last Weekend2014IMDb rating 5.5Kelley as VivianKranz as Sean Oakes
Matchstick Men2003IMDb rating 7.2Kelley as KathyKranz as Slacker Boyfriend
Michael HoffmanDirector, 3 films, 1988 to 1996
All films by Michael Hoffman One Fine Day1996IMDb rating 6.5Kelley as Kristen
Soapdish1991IMDb rating 6.6Kelley as Fran
Some Girls1988IMDb rating 5.7Kelley as Irenka
Box office
What Sheila Kelley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$276 million
11 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 11 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$98M35.4% of the total
- 2$66M23.8% of the total
- 3$36M13.2% of the total
- 4$29M10.6% of the total
- 5$25M9.0% of the total
- 6$18M6.7% of the total
- 7$2.7M1.0% of the total
- 8$401K0.1% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.









