Sherilyn Fenn
Biography
Sherilyn Fenn is an American actress who was born in Detroit and moved to Los Angeles, where she enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. She began in films including Just One of the Guys (1985), then appeared in B-movies such as Thrashin' (1986) and The Wraith (1986), and took her first starring role in Two Moon Junction (1988). Her breakthrough came as Audrey Horne in Twin Peaks, a part that earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. She went on to film roles in Wild at Heart (1990), Of Mice and Men (1992), Boxing Helena (1993) and The United States of Leland (2003), and later led the sitcom Rude Awakening from 1998 to 2001. She returned to Audrey Horne for Twin Peaks in 2017 and appeared in Shameless and Shining Vale.
61years old
Turns 62 on February 1in 112 days
- Born Detroit
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Sheryl Ann Fenn (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 29
- Career span
- 38 years1985 to 2023
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A role that slipped away
Fenn declined the spinoff series built around Audrey Horne, and she was the rare cast member who skipped the 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, since she was filming Of Mice and Men at the time.
A role that slipped away
Fenn was cast as Harley Quinn in The WB's Birds of Prey, but Mia Sara took over the role before the series started. Fenn appeared in the original pilot, then left because of scheduling conflicts, since the creators decided Harley Quinn needed a larger part.
A role that slipped away
In 2006, Fenn landed the female lead on ABC's comedy Three Moons Over Milford, yet Elizabeth McGovern ended up taking over the part.
Early training
Fenn enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute after dropping out of school following her junior year to pursue acting.
Sherilyn Fenn movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
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
Christopher McDonald's page
James Remar's page
Isabella Rossellini's page
Box office
What Sherilyn Fenn's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$67.4 million
12 of the 29 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 29 films: 12 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 8 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 8Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$15M21.6% of the total
- 2$14M21.2% of the total
- 3$12M17.1% of the total
- 4$7.8M11.6% of the total
- 5$5.5M8.2% of the total
- 6$5.5M8.2% of the total
- 7$3.5M5.2% of the total
- 8$1.8M2.7% of the total
$2.8 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total
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