Sheila Tousey

Actress | Producer

Date of Birth 4 June 1960, Keshena, Wisconsin, USA

Birth Name Sheila May Tousey

Height 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Bio (1)

Born in Keshena, Wisconsin, Tousey is a Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Indian, raised on both the Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Reservations. A professional dancer and actress, Tousey began Indian dancing 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 Indian 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 the Arts.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Ciaran O'Shea

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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.

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Filmography

Title Year

Into the West

Actor

2005

Johnny Tootall

Actor

2005

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Birthright

Actor

2004

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Obscene

Actor

2004

A Thief of Time

Actor

2003

Coyote Waits

Actor

2003

Dreamkeeper

Actor

2003

This So-Called Disaster

Participant

2003

Skinwalkers

Actor

2002

Christmas in the Clouds

Actor, Co-producer

2001

Backroads

Actor

2000

Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians

Voice

2000

All the Winters That Have Been

Actor

1997

Grand Avenue, Part 1

Actor

1996

Law & Order: Cruel and Unusual

Actor

1995

Lord of Illusions

Actor

1995

Silent Tongue

Actor

1994

Slaughter of the Innocents

Actor

1993

Thunderheart

Actor

1992

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