I was disillusioned with acting after the pilot of Twin Peaks. I'd been doing low-budget films. I didn't want to walk through movies being a pretty ornament. At 25 I didn't know if I had it. I questioned if there was depth, if there was integrity to me. I was longing to go inside, to do deeper work. [21] Sherilyn Fenn (born Sheryl Ann Fenn; February 1, 1965) is an American actress. [1] She played Audrey Horne on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017) for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. a b "Sherilyn Fenn | Photography Steven Meisel | Dolce & Gabbana Ad Campaign | Fall/Winter 1991/1992". Strip Project (in Italian). August 27, 2015 . Retrieved February 2, 2021. a b Glenn O'Brien. "Fenn-Tastic! Meet Twin Peaks' Mysterious Siren Sherilyn Fenn." Playboy. December 1990. pp. 82–91, 213–214. I fought to keep the integrity of the story because the producer was bringing in a writer that was making it very soapy. They wanted many scenes of her when she was very overweight. I said, 'I'm not doing that. I'll do one. That's not this woman's life.' For me it was just: I didn't want to make an impression. I just tried to play the truth of the woman. [15] Mid 1990s and guest appearances (1996–1998) [ edit ]

After Twin Peaks, Fenn chose to focus on widening her range of roles and was determined to avoid typecasting. She stated, "They've offered me every variation on Audrey Horne, none of which were as good or as much fun." [16] She turned down the Audrey Horne spinoff series that was offered to her, and unlike most of the cast, chose not to return for the 1992 prequel movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, as she was then shooting Of Mice and Men. [17] Post- Twin Peaks roles (1992–1995) [ edit ] Fenn gained newfound enthusiasm with the lead role in Showtime's sitcom Rude Awakening as Billie Frank, an alcoholic ex-soap opera actress, who tries to go sober and become a writer, but continues to struggle with her self-destructive habits. The series ran from 1998 to 2001 and co-starred Lynn Redgrave, Jonathan Penner, and Mario Van Peebles. She said of it: In December 2010, Fenn appeared on Psych with other Twin Peaks actors on the season 5 episode " Dual Spires" as sultry librarian Maudette Hornsby. The episode paid homage to Twin Peaks with many references to the show. She reprised her role as Audrey Horne in 2017 for the third season of Twin Peaks. [51] In February 2016, she joined the cast of the American version of Shameless. David Lynch, quoted in "Babes in the Woods: Sharing Pie and Secrets with the Mystery Girls of Twin Peaks" by Bill Zehme. Rolling Stone. Issue 588. October 4, 1990. pp. 68–71, 170.Fenn dated pop singer Prince for a short time during 1985 and then Johnny Depp the same year; their relationship lasted several years. James Marshall, quoted in "The James Marshall Interview" by Craig Miller and John Thorne. Wrapped in Plastic. Issue 72. December 2004. Sherilyn Fenn, quoted in "Babes in the Woods: Sharing Pie and Secrets With the Mystery Girls of Twin Peaks" by Bill Zehme. Rolling Stone. Issue 588. October 4, 1990. pp. 68–71, 170.

I can relate to that. I’m twenty-five now. I don’t think I’ll want to retire in a year, but there are a lot of things I want to do in my life besides act. I want to see the world. I want a family. I want children. I’d like to write. This is insatiable town.” Nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV – Twin Peaks She appeared in the 2007 Dukes of Hazzard prequel, The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning as Lulu Hogg. "It's just a fun silly role," Fenn said. But having already worked with director Robert Berlinger on Rude Awakening, she wanted to do so again. [49] Haynes, Monica; Rouvalis, Cristina (July 21, 2006). "Child enrichment center may open here". Post-Gazette.com . Retrieved February 20, 2014.a b Fonseca, Nicholas (June 18, 2017). "Twin Peaks' Sherilyn Fenn: 'Women are disposable in this business' ". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved August 29, 2021. Valcourt, Keith (December 8, 2016). "Sherilyn Fenn: 'Return to Twin Peaks' ". The Washington Times . Retrieved January 8, 2017. Now it's been almost two years since I started. I went to see David. We were drinking coffee, and I said, 'Oh this is wrong. And this.' He said, 'Sherilyn Fenn, you're a mess. You need TM!' He hooked me up with a wonderful teacher. It's life-changing. I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when they said that was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it. I don't flirt and I don't play the people that I'm meeting with. In the next breath, this person said to me, 'When you're passionate about a role, there's nobody that can touch you, but you have to learn to do this also...' But I don't know how to sit there and pretend I love something when I don't! [31]

Daddle-shod, bobby-soxed, white bloused, cardigan-sweatered, pleated skirted, with a face that could launch a thousand limos, Audrey Horne is the definitive high school femme fatale. She’s a sort of combination of Dobie Gillis’ Thalia Menninger and Ava Gardner in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, maybe a little Moriticia Addams, too. In 2016, Fenn wrote and published a children's book titled No Man's Land, about a boy who has autism. [52] She was inspired to write the book after her second son, Christian, was diagnosed with autism. [52] Sherilyn got the starring role shortly after dyeing her beautiful long brown hair platinum blonde. “I was searching for things and I wasn’t looking within myself; I was looking on the outside, as we maybe do at twenty years old. Two days later, somebody called ma dumb blonde when I made a turn without signaling. It really stunned me. Then it sank in. Oh, yeah, I’m a blonde.” I don't get considered for a lot of those big fat movies. The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they're right or wrong for a role doesn't matter. It's how much money their last movie made," [37] she said. "Not that I necessarily want to do them anyway. Because there's very few that are big budget that have any substance or any depth or any integrity." [15] Sherilyn Fenn, quoted in "Elizabeth Taylor television film to be shown over her objections." Reading Eagle TV Times (US). May 21, 1995. p. 31.

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