Sheila Tousey

Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

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