Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 04, 1960
Place of Birth
Keshena, Wisconsin,USA
Credits
26 titles
Sheila Tousey
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Manahatta
Bobbie / Mother / Ensemble
Julius Caesar
Cicero / Plebeian / Ensemble
Into the West
Older Thunder Heart Woman
Johnny Tootall
Agnes
A Thief Of Time
Emma Leaphorn
Dreamkeeper
Janine
Coyote Waits
Emma Leaphorn
This So-Called Disaster
Chonchella
Skinwalkers
Emma Leaphorn
Christmas in the Clouds
Mary
Wildflowers
Martha
Backroads
Grace Nelson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Judge Danielle Larsen
Ravenous
Martha
Sparkler
Hurricane
All the Winters that Have Been
Irene (as Sheila M. Tousey)
Song of Hiawatha
Nokomis
Grand Avenue
Mollie
Lord of Illusions
Jennifer Desiderio
Silent Tongue
Awbonnie / Ghost
Slaughter of the Innocents
Agent Lemar
The X-Files
Native American Nurse
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Annie
Medicine River
Louise Heavyman
Thunderheart
Maggie Eagle Bear
Law & Order
Mrs. Vilardi