- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 4, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Keshena, Wisconsin,USA
Sheila Tousey
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
movieManahatta
2021 · Bobbie / Mother / Ensemble
movieJulius Caesar
2021 · Cicero / Plebeian / Ensemble
tvInto the West
2005 · Older Thunder Heart Woman
Johnny Tootall
movieJohnny Tootall
2005 · Agnes
movieA Thief Of Time
2004 · Emma Leaphorn
movieDreamkeeper
2003 · Janine
movieCoyote Waits
2003 · Emma Leaphorn
movieThis So-Called Disaster
2003 · Chonchella
movieSkinwalkers
2002 · Emma Leaphorn
movieChristmas in the Clouds
2001 · Mary
movieWildflowers
2000 · Martha
movieBackroads
2000 · Grace Nelson
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Judge Danielle Larsen
movieRavenous
1999 · Martha
movieSparkler
1997 · Hurricane
movieAll the Winters that Have Been
1997 · Irene (as Sheila M. Tousey)
movieSong of Hiawatha
1997 · Nokomis
movieGrand Avenue
1996 · Mollie
movieLord of Illusions
1995 · Jennifer Desiderio
movieSilent Tongue
1994 · Awbonnie / Ghost
movieSlaughter of the Innocents
1993 · Agent Lemar
tvThe X-Files
1993 · Native American Nurse
movieLiving and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993 · Annie
movieMedicine River
1993 · Louise Heavyman
movieThunderheart
1992 · Maggie Eagle Bear
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Mrs. Vilardi