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