Sheila Tousey
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Judge Danielle Larsen
1999
Series
Law & Order
Mrs. Vilardi
1990
Series
The X-Files
Native American Nurse
1993
Series
Into the West
Older Thunder Heart Woman
2005
Film
Ravenous
Martha
1999
Film
Thunderheart
Maggie Eagle Bear
1992
Film
Lord of Illusions
Jennifer Desiderio
1995
Film
Julius Caesar
Cicero / Plebeian / Ensemble
2021
Film
Silent Tongue
Awbonnie / Ghost
1994
Film
Skinwalkers
Emma Leaphorn
2002
Film
Dreamkeeper
Janine
2003
Film
All the Winters that Have Been
Irene (as Sheila M. Tousey)
1997
Film
Song of Hiawatha
Nokomis
1997
Film
Slaughter of the Innocents
Agent Lemar
1993
Film
Coyote Waits
Emma Leaphorn
2003
Film
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Annie
1993
Film
Backroads
Grace Nelson
2000
Film
A Thief Of Time
Emma Leaphorn
2004
Film
Sparkler
Hurricane
1997
Film
Manahatta
Bobbie / Mother / Ensemble
2021
Film
This So-Called Disaster
Chonchella
2003
Film
Christmas in the Clouds
Mary
2001
Film
Grand Avenue
Mollie
1996
Film
Medicine River
Louise Heavyman
1993
Film
Wildflowers
Martha
2000
Johnny Tootall
Agnes
2005