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Sherilyn Fenn, quoted in "Elizabeth Taylor television film to be shown over her objections." Reading Eagle TV Times (US). May 21, 1995. p. 31. Sherilyn Fenn, quoted in "Fenn de Siècle" by Joshua Mooney. Movieline. July 1993. pp. 36–40, 80–82. In 2005, Fenn made a appearance on The 4400, playing Jean DeLynn Baker, a 4400 who has the ability to grow toxin-emitting spores on her hands. She also guest-starred on the final episode of Judging Amy. In 2020, Fenn attended the inaugural Fayetteville Comic Show along with numerous actors from Twin Peaks (James Marshall, Ray Wise, etc.) [62] In 1994, Fenn married guitarist-songwriter Toulouse Holliday, [53] whom she met on the set of Three of Hearts.

a b "Landlords: Actress Owes Thousands In Unpaid Rent, Trashed House". KNBC. September 19, 2007. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. 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.”Lucid, sculptural, unpresumptuous Sherilyn Fenn made her movie debut at 17. In Yugoslavia. Playing a shy rich girl, a sort of Yugoslavian coed Lord of the Flies. “I remember blowing my first scene. I said, ‘Cut!’ I didn’t know the director was supposed to say that.” In 1999, she reteamed with Chris Penn and Adrian Pasdar for Pasdar's art-house directorial debut, the neo-noir Cement, a contemporary retelling of Othello in which she played a tempting but imprudent wife of jealous corrupt cop Penn. "I play a character who's selfish and sloppy with her sexual energy. I saw the film and I was really happy with it. It's got a lot of soul." [28] The film, which won Best Picture awards on the festival circuit, was written by Farscape 's screenwriter, Justin Monjo and also starred Jeffrey Wright and Henry Czerny. She also reteamed with actor/director Bruce Davison for his 2001 family comedy, Showtime's Off Season alongside Rory Culkin, Hume Cronyn, and Adam Arkin. Her mother’s sisters, one of whom was Suzi Quatro, had an all-girl band. At one point, they lost their keyboard player and Sherilyn’s mom joined up. Sherilyn’s father managed the band. Mom served a two-year hitch until Suzi moved to England. 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] a b c d Walstad, David (May 21, 1995). "Legendary Portrayal". The Philadelphia Inquirer TV Week. US. pp.4–5.

David Walstad. "Legendary Portrayal." The Philadelphia Inquirer TV Week (US). May 21, 1995. pp. 4–5. 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.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. Fenn posed for photographer Steven Meisel for the autumn–winter 1991–1992 Dolce & Gabbana campaign. [20]

Fenn's interest in directing and children led her to step behind the camera to direct in 2006 a documentary film about the child enrichment program CosmiKids and Judy Julin, the program's founder. She subsequently joined its executive team as executive director of the film and television division. Singer and composer Screamin' Jay Hawkins wrote and recorded the 1993 song entitled "Sherilyn Fenn", featured on his album Stone Crazy. The song is an ode to Fenn, who worked with Hawkins in Two Moon Junction. She learned from her beloved teacher "to find the roles that you're passionate about, that speak to you on some level and which will help you grow on some level," [22] which has then become her line of conduct. "A lot of the sentiment that acting should be about an art form rather than mass entertainment and celebrity is at the core of Fenn's attitude to the business," wrote Jessica Sully in Australian magazine Movie. [23] "I try to keep myself centered," Fenn said. "I don't go to parties and all that. I don't think being seen or being in the right place is going to make me a better actress. I care about my work and try to do what's right in my heart." [24] As Mike Bygrave wrote in Sky Magazine: "One of the keys to understanding Fenn is that when she talks about the characters she plays she's really talking about herself." [25] Fenn was eager to play varied parts that could eclipse her sex-symbol image. "People who think they know me would be surprised that my whole life doesn't revolve around sex," she said. [21] After Twin Peaks, Fenn demanded a no-nudity clause in her contracts. She turned to independent films, choosing varied and unusual roles: CBB Exclusive: Sherilyn Fenn welcomes second son". People. August 15, 2007 . Retrieved October 26, 2019.Fenn landed her first starring role, as an engaged heiress to an old Southern family who falls for carnival worker Richard Tyson, in Zalman King's erotic drama film Two Moon Junction, after which she wanted to hide for a year: [7] "I was so embarrassed about how it turned out that I went into a cocoon for a year afterwards." [8] Two Moon Junction was meant to be Fenn's big break, but the film turned into another sexploitation film. 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 ] The same year, she was cast as the female lead in ABC's show Prey (originally entitled Hungry for Survival) and starred in the unaired original pilot episode. However, after the filming was done and post-production work almost wrapped up, the studio heads abruptly changed course, replacing Fenn with Debra Messing and reshooting the entire pilot. Prey went on for one season before getting cancelled. Maybe she will, if she gets her diploma. Does she find her director a strange bird, a “Jimmy Stewart from Mars,” as Mel Brooks has described him? Not at all. He’s a hard-working, caring director. A pal.

Fenn played a crime boss in the 2002 film Swindle alongside Tom Sizemore. She had a small role in the film The United States of Leland alongside Ryan Gosling, in which she played a mother who captivates a troubled teenage boy. Power could have something to do with her character’s motivating desire for FBI special agent Cooper, who has recently arrived in Twin Peaks to investigate the interstate demise of her high school classmate Laura Palmer. To please the handsome agent, she has forsaken her life of sassy leisure for the dangerous and complex task of aiding him in his investigations. Bartholomew, Dustin (February 6, 2020). "Artists, actors, and cosplayers coming to first ever Fayetteville Comic Show". Fayetteville Flyer . Retrieved February 21, 2020. But once candid, able and collected Sherilyn Fenn saw the premiere episode, she realized that she was part of something important, that she was doing the first work that she really liked in her whole life. And it wasn’t hard. Sherilyn says, “Sometimes after an episode, David will call and say, ‘Sixty million.’” 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.Deluxe, deliberate, delovely Audrey Horne moves like cool jazz. When she appears on the screen, there’s that Audrey theme again, lounge bop with a swivel in its hips. She’s a daddy’s girl, but only when she wants something, and anyway, all her daddy really has is power. So sinuous, sweet and sour, Audrey Horne is an interesting role model for today’s upwardly mobile power teens. She wafts through Twin Peaks saying things like, “In real life, there is no algebra.” One of young, crystalline, modulated Sherilyn’s ambitions is to be cast in the title role in The Clara Bow Story a project that’s ongoing in Hollywood. She was turned on to the silent-screen star by her friend Prince. After finishing the Russia-set action film Treasure Raiders with David Carradine, Fenn starred in the Canadian psychological thriller Presumed Dead, alongside Duncan Regehr, as a detective working on a missing-person case who has to outwit a crime novelist.