| Occupation Actress Role Actress | Name Sheila Tousey Years active 1992–present Books Skinwalkers | |
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| Full Name Sheila May Tousey Born June 4, 1960 (age 55) (1960-06-04) Keshena, Wisconsin, U.S. Nominations Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Movies and TV shows Thunderheart, Silent Tongue, Into the West, Christmas in the Clouds, Slaughter of the Innocents Similar People Ted Thin Elk, Graham Greene, Chris Eyre, John Trudell, Shirley Cheechoo | ||
Education Tisch School of the Arts | ||
Sheila tousey beautiful native actress
Sheila May Tousey (born June 4, 1960) is a Native American actress.
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- Sheila tousey beautiful native actress
- Salvage by Diane Glancy Sheila Tousey interview
- Biography
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Salvage by Diane Glancy Sheila Tousey interview
Biography
Born in Keshena, Wisconsin in 1960, Tousey is a stage and film actress of Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee descent. She was raised on both Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee reservations. Tousey began dancing as a small child.
She did not perform on stage until she attended Albuquerque's 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. At the time, she started taking theater arts courses. After graduating, Tousey enrolled in the graduate acting program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She directed her first play, An Evening at the Warbonnet, at the University of New Mexico in 1994.
Tousey has become a professional dancer and actress. Her first movie role was in Thunderheart (1992), and she appeared in Medicine River that same year. Her succeeding roles have been in a variety of characters, including appearances on Law & Order. Beginning in 2002, she has appeared in four movies adapted from Tony Hillerman mystery novels, which feature American Indians of the Southwest.