Sheila Tousey
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(22 total)
Ravenous
as Martha
Lord of Illusions
as Jennifer Desiderio
Thunderheart
as Maggie Eagle Bear
Slaughter of the Innocents
as Agent Lemar
Dreamkeeper
as Janine
Silent Tongue
as Awbonnie / Ghost
Skinwalkers
as Emma Leaphorn
Coyote Waits
as Emma Leaphorn
This So-Called Disaster
as Chonchella
Wildflowers
as Martha
A Thief Of Time
as Emma Leaphorn
Sparkler
as Hurricane
Song of Hiawatha
as Nokomis
Grand Avenue
as Mollie
All the Winters that Have Been
as Irene (as Sheila M. Tousey)
Julius Caesar
as Cicero / Plebeian / Ensemble
Medicine River
as Louise Heavyman
Backroads
as Grace Nelson
Manahatta
as Bobbie / Mother / Ensemble
TV Shows
(4 total)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judge Danielle Larsen
The X-Files
as Native American Nurse
Law & Order
as Mrs. Vilardi
Into the West
as Older Thunder Heart Woman