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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
The X-Files
Into the West
Ravenous
Thunderheart
Lord of Illusions
Slaughter of the Innocents
All Movies (22)
- Manahatta2021 · as Bobbie / Mother / Ensemble
- Julius Caesar2021 · as Cicero / Plebeian / Ensemble
- Johnny Tootall2005 · as Agnes
- A Thief Of Time2004 · as Emma Leaphorn
- Dreamkeeper2003 · as Janine
- Coyote Waits2003 · as Emma Leaphorn
- This So-Called Disaster2003 · as Chonchella
- Skinwalkers2002 · as Emma Leaphorn
- Christmas in the Clouds2001 · as Mary
- Wildflowers2000 · as Martha
- Backroads2000 · as Grace Nelson
- Ravenous1999 · as Martha
- Sparkler1997 · as Hurricane
- All the Winters that Have Been1997 · as Irene (as Sheila M. Tousey)
- Song of Hiawatha1997 · as Nokomis
- Grand Avenue1996 · as Mollie
- Lord of Illusions1995 · as Jennifer Desiderio
- Silent Tongue1994 · as Awbonnie / Ghost
- Slaughter of the Innocents1993 · as Agent Lemar
- Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun1993 · as Annie
- Medicine River1993 · as Louise Heavyman
- Thunderheart1992 · as Maggie Eagle Bear
All TV Shows (4)
- Into the West2005 · as Older Thunder Heart Woman
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Judge Danielle Larsen
- The X-Files1993 · as Native American Nurse
- Law & Order1990 · as Mrs. Vilardi