Sheila Tousey
Born: 1960-06-04 in Keshena, Wisconsin,USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
- Manahatta as Bobbie / Mother / Ensemble
- Julius Caesar as Cicero / Plebeian / Ensemble
2005
- Into the West as Older Thunder Heart Woman
- Johnny Tootall as Agnes
2004
- A Thief Of Time as Emma Leaphorn
2003
- Dreamkeeper as Janine
- Coyote Waits as Emma Leaphorn
- This So-Called Disaster as Chonchella
2002
- Skinwalkers as Emma Leaphorn
2001
- Christmas in the Clouds as Mary
2000
- Wildflowers as Martha
- Backroads as Grace Nelson
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Danielle Larsen
- Ravenous as Martha
1997
- Sparkler as Hurricane
- All the Winters that Have Been as Irene (as Sheila M. Tousey)
- Song of Hiawatha as Nokomis
1996
- Grand Avenue as Mollie
1995
- Lord of Illusions as Jennifer Desiderio
1993
- The X-Files as Native American Nurse
- Medicine River as Louise Heavyman
- Silent Tongue as Awbonnie / Ghost
- Slaughter of the Innocents as Agent Lemar
- Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Annie
1992
- Thunderheart as Maggie Eagle Bear
1990
- Law & Order as Mrs. Vilardi