Tousey, Sheila

(Sheila M. Tousey)

PERSONAL

Born in Keshena, WI. Education: University of New Mexico, undergraduate degree; New York University, M.F.A., acting.

Career:

Actress.

Awards, Honors:

Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding featured actress in a play, 1995, for Ifiginia and Other Daughters; First American in the Arts Award, outstanding performance by an actress in a supporting role—film, 2000, for Ravenous.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Marie, Woyzeck, Estelle R. Newman Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1992-93.

Inez, In the Summer House, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1993.

Marie-Adele, The Rez Sisters, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 1993-94.

Mistress Hibbins, The Scarlett Letter, Classic Stage Company Theatre (CSC), New York City, 1994.

Electra, Iphigenia and Other Daughters, CSC Theatre, 1995.

Dessa, Tongue of a Bird, Intima Theater, Seattle, WA, 1997.

Conchalla, The Late Henry Moss, Theatre on the Square, San Francisco, CA, 2000, Signature Theatre, New York City, 2001.

Also appeared in Saint Plays: Wholly Joan, The Freak, Broadway productions.

Film Appearances:

Maggie Eagle Bear, Thunderheart, 1992.

Awbonnie/ghost, Silent Tongue (also known as Le gardien des espirits), Trimark, 1993.

Louise Heavyman, Medicine River, 1993.

Agent Lemar, Slaughter of the Innocents, 1994.

Jennifer Desiderio, Lord of Illusions (also known as Clive Barker's "Lord of Illusions"), United Artists, 1995.

Nokomis, Song of Hiawatha, 1997.

Hurricane, Sparkler, Strand Releasing, 1997.

Martha, Ravenous (also known as Voraz), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Martha, Wildflowers, 1999.

Grace Nelson, Backroads (also known as Bearwalker), 2000.

Edna, The Other Side, 2000.

Nellie Begay, Two Grey Hills (short), 2001.

Mary, Christmas in the Clouds, Majestic Films, 2001.

Choncita, The So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss (also known as This So-Called Disaster; documentary), IFC Films, 2003.

Film Work:

Coproducer, Christmas in the Clouds, 2001.

Television Appearances; Series:

Judge Danielle Larsen, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC, 2003-2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Voice, The West, 1996.

Janine, DreamKeeper, ABC, 2003.

Older Thunderheart woman, Into the West, TNT, 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Agent Lamar, Slaughter of the Innocents, HBO, 1993.

Mollie, Grand Avenue, HBO, 1996.

(As Sheila M. Tousey) Irene, All the Winters That Have Been, CBS, 1997.

Nokomis, Song of Hiawatha, History Channel, 1999.

Martha, Wildflowers, Romance Classics, 2000.

Emma Leaphorn, Skinwalkers, PBS, 2002.

Emma Leaphorn, Coyote Waits, PBS, 2003.

Emma Leaphorn, A Thief of Time, PBS, 2004.

Johnny Tootall, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Annie, Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun, PBS, 1993.

Voice, The Way West, PBS, 1995.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Mrs. Vilardi, "Cruel and Unusual," Law & Order, NBC, 1995.

Native American nurse, "Biogenesis," The X-Files, Fox, 1999.

Narrator, "Coming to the Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians," American Masters, PBS, 2000.

Sherry Conrad, "Lamentation on the Reservation," The Jury, Fox, 2004.