Sherilyn Fenn

Was engaged to Johnny Depp , whom she met on the set of the 1985 short student film "Dummies". Their relationship lasted three and a half years.

Niece of 1970s pop singer Suzi Quatro and musicians Patti Quatro , Michael Quatro , and Nancy Quatro.

Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.

Studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.

Sherilyns name is scrawled across Johnny Depp s helmet in the movie Platoon .

(December 15, 1993) Her son Myles Holliday with ex-husband Toulouse Holliday , was born in their home in Los Angeles.

Worked for 2 months as a Playboy bunny in LA when she was 19.

Was originally cast as Dr. Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn for the WB show "Birds of Prey" in its pilot episode, but was replaced for the rest of the season by Mia Sara. Fenn dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

Daughter of Arlene Quatro and Leo Fenn Sr.

Chosen by FHM magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Women in the World" (ranked #10).

Chose her then-boyfriend photographer Barry Hollywood to photograph her in the December 1990 issue of Playboy magazine.

Director David Lynch described Sherilyn as "Five feet of heaven in a ponytail" and said she makes him think of a porcelain doll.

(October 1990) Made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, along with Mdchen Amick and Lara Flynn Boyle while promoting "Twin Peaks" .

Starred in Adrian Pasdar s debut feature as director Cement alongside Chris Penn. Fenn and Pasdar had previously co-starred in Slave of Dreams and Penn and Fenn had previously co-starred in The Wild Life .

Practices Kundalini yoga.

Wished to portray silent-screen star Clara Bow.

Is part Italian and Hungarian on her mothers side (her mothers name Quatro is short for Quatrocchio), and part Irish and French on her fathers side.

Her grandfather, Art Quatro, was a jazz band musician. His band was the Art Quatro Trio.

Guest-starred opposite her then-fianc Johnny Depp in the "21 Jump Street" episode, "21 Jump Street" {Blindsided (#1.8)} .

Her favorite Elizabeth Taylor movies are A Place in the Sun , Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , and The Sandpiper .

Daughter of keyboard player Arlene Quatro who played in the Suzi Quatro band, that Sherilyns father managed.

Made the cover of Playboy magazine in December 1990.

Although actress Elizabeth Taylor fought the unauthorized biography Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story , she found that Fenn aptly portrayed her.

Her car accident scene in Wild at Heart came from director David Lynch s impression of Fenn as a porcelain doll, and from the idea of seeing a porcelain doll breaking. He kept telling her about that, and thats how the scene was born. Lynch said of the scene, "I just pictured her being able to do this. Shes like a broken china doll". Lynch got the same inspiration for the car accident scene in Mulholland Dr. . His direction to actress Laura Harring was to act like a broken porcelain doll.

There were plans to spin her "Twin Peaks" character Audrey Horne off into her own series, that didnt come off. Apparently, Fenns character inspired David Lynch for Laura Harring s character in Mulholland Dr. , as Fenn said in an interview in 1997, "David was talking about Mulholland Drive, he talked about like Audrey goes to Hollywood. Shes driving along Mulholland in this convertible car... But it didnt end up happening."

While filming NBCs Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story , Fenn fought daily to keep integrity in the script. Fenns priority was to respectfully and accurately portray Elizabeth Taylor.

Wears Chanel no.5

Likes cold and rainy weather.

Shares with friend/former boyfriend Prince a great interest in silent- screen star Clara Bow , whom Fenn wished to portray.

Her acting coach was Roy London who directed the movie Diary of a Hitman , starring Fenn and Forest Whitaker.

During the shooting of Darkness Falls in the UK, contemplated moving to London, being tired of Hollywood. Co-star Ray Winstone encouraged her to come to England. So did British director Mike Figgis , who said it would be very positive for her to do that, as England is quite different from Hollywood. He told her she has a great body of work and she could work all the time in Europe.

Inspired Norwegian hard rock band Audrey Horne, named after Fenns character in "Twin Peaks" .

One of her favorite roles in a movie is Jessica Lange in Frances .

Starred in an episode of "Tales from the Crypt" along with Isabella Rossellini , John Lithgow and "Humphrey Bogart ". Director Robert Zemeckis used footage of Bogart he included in the episode. Sherilyn plays Bogarts lover. Fenn and Rossellini had already co- starred in David Lynch s Wild at Heart and both guest-starred in the third season of "Friends" .

Of Mice and Men co-star John Malkovich is to her one of the best actors.

Chosen by Batman fans as a perfect Selina Kyle/Catwoman in a Batman dream cast.

Chosen by US magazine as one of the 10 Most Beautiful Women in the world.

Chosen by Femme Fatales magazine as one of the 50 sexiest sci-fi actresses.

Played two different characters (with different hair colors) on "Gilmore Girls" : Sasha, the girlfriend of Jesss estranged father in California, and Anna Nardini, the mother of Lukes teen-aged daughter, April.

In 1992 photographer George Hurrell Sr. took a series of photographs of Sherilyn Fenn, Sharon Stone , Julian Sands , Raquel Welch , Eric Roberts and Sean Penn. In these portraits he recreated his style of the 1930s, with the actors posing in costumes, hairstyle and makeup of the period.

When asked why she did cast Fenn for two different roles on "Gilmore Girls" , creator Amy Sherman-Palladino said: "I love Sherilyn so much and I dont care. One thing about the show is I just want the best people. Ive just been looking constantly for a time to work with Sherilyn, and Im getting very old and I could just get hit by a truck at any minute. I just simply cant put it off that long, so Id just rather get her in and have her part of my world."

Became close friends with Jennifer Lynch while working together in Boxing Helena .

Grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

Her father Leo Fenn was the personal manager of Alice Cooper for 13 years. He also managed "The Billion Dollar Babies" and Suzi Quatro s "The Pleasure Seekers".

Involved along with George Katt in the 2003 film project "Gin and the Rumble Within". The film was to be directed by George Katt, who guest-starred opposite Sherilyn Fenn in "Rude Awakening" , and would have starred Fenn and Katt.

Posed for photographer Steven Meisel for the autumn-winter 1991-1992 Dolce & Gabbana campaign.

Was originally cast as the female lead in ABCs show "Prey" , but was replaced by Debra Messing. Fenn starred in the unaired pilot episode.

Singer and composer Screamin Jay Hawkins wrote and recorded in 1993 a song entitled "Sherilyn Fenn", featured on his album "Stone Crazy". The song is an ode to Fenn, who worked with Hawkins in Two Moon Junction .

Was originally cast as the female lead in ABCs show "Three Moons Over Milford" , but was replaced by Elizabeth McGovern. Fenn starred in the unaired pilot episode that also featured Jill Shackner as Lydia Davis and a guest appearance by Majandra Delfino.

Rumored to be considered for the title role in Roger Vadim s remake of his own film Barbarella .

Sherilyn is mentioned in the 1995 song "Razor Burn" by the punk band Lagwagon on their 3rd full length album entitled "Hoss".

(March 2006) Chosen by Australian men magazine Zoo weekly as one of the "Top 50 Hottest Babes Ever".

(October 1996) Chosen by The Daily Mirror as one of the Worlds 100 Most Beautiful Women.

Auditioned for the Robin Wright role in The Princess Bride .

Described by writer/director Emily Skopov as an "indie goddess".

Inspired writer Sherilyn Connelly who took from Fenn the first name she goes under.

Joined the executive team of child enrichment program CosmiKids as executive director of the film and television division.

Was originally considered for the role of the femme fatale Lola, eventually played by Sean Young , in Fatal Instinct . Fenn opted for the role of Armand Assantes lovesick secretary Laura and suggested director Carl Reiner cast Young as Lola.

(October 1997) Chosen by men magazine Maxim as one of Maxims Most Wanted Women.

(August 6, 2007) Her second son Christian James was born. Father is boyfriend Dylan Stewart , a professional freelance Macintosh consultant and son of writer/director Douglas Day Stewart.

(May 13, 2005) Attended the 3rd Annual "Night With The Friends of El Faro" Benefit.

(Winter 1990-1991) Made the cover of In Fashion magazine alongside Billy Idol.

Her name is translated in Chinese as "Xuelin Fen", which means "Snow Jade".

Cousin of Kristen Glass , Carey Torrice and drummer Michael Glass (of Overscene).

Directed an unfinished documentary film about child enrichment program CosmiKids and its founder Judy Julin.

(March 2008) Chosen by Wizard magazine as one of the "25 Sexiest Women of TV" (ranked #22).

Chosen by FHM magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Women in the World" (ranked #62).

Chosen by FHM-Australia as one of the "100 Sexiest Women".

Ranked #32 in AOLs "50 Sexiest Women on TV of All Time" list.

Starred in a season three episode of "Gilmore Girls" , which was the backdoor pilot for a California-set spin-off titled "Windward Circle", that was to have starred Milo Ventimiglia , Rob Estes and Fenn. The network dropped the project citing cost issues due to filming on location in Venice, California. "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino wanted to work with Sherilyn Fenn again and wrote the character of Anna Nardini with Fenn in mind, in order to bring her back in the series. The character of Anna was originally to have a strong enough presence to be a potential threat to the character of Lorelai. However, after Sherman-Palladino left the show, the producers changed the direction originally intended for the character, as they decided to make her a villain in a custody battle.

Involved, along with Kate Winslet , Rufus Sewell , Miranda Richardson and Paul McGann in the 1998 film project "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline". The film was to be executive produced by Emma Thompson , and written and directed by Fay Efrosini Lellios. The shooting was set to start in June 1998 in New Hampshire. The film was canceled due to financial withdrawal.

Her "Twin Peaks" character Audrey Horne was chosen by UGO.com as one of the "50 Best TV Character of All Time" (ranked #24).

Two of her co-stars, Adrian Pasdar (in Slave of Dreams ) and Bruce Davison (in Lovelife ), later cast her in their feature film directorial debuts, Cement and Off Season .

After starring alongside Jeremy Piven (in Just Write ), Mark Harmon (in Dillinger ), and Virginia Madsen (in Zombie High ), she guest-starred on their TV series "Cupid" , "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" , and "Smith" .

Took the part of Lulu Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning in order to work with director Robert Berlinger again. He had previously directed her on "Rude Awakening" .

(December 1999) In an episode of VH1s "The List" hosted by Johnny Rzeznik , she chose Tommy , Purple Rain and Spice World as her top three best rock n roll films.

At the beginning of the shooting of the second season of "Twin Peaks" , came down with a bad case of pneumonia, making headlines that the shooting of the series might be affected or that she might have to leave the show. As writer/producer Harley Peyton said in an interview: "It looked like it could give us some really serious problems. It turned out all right. She was tremendous and recovered rather quickly and came back sooner than she had to. We had different directors shooting each day and two directors shooting in a single day and, in fact, got all of her scenes done".

Originally set to guest star in the "Frasier" episode, "Frasier" {The First Temptation of Daphne (#9.3)} , but was unavailable when the episode was rescheduled.

According to Fenn, her acting coach Roy London played a pivotal role in her development as an actress.

(April 1992) Appeared as one of the celebrity models in a charity fashion show staged by Thierry Mugler to benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles.

(March 27, 1993) Attended the 8th Annual Independent Spirit Awards.

Director David Lynch said of her: "Shes a mysterious girl and I think that actresses like her who have a mystery - where theres something hiding beneath the surface - are the really interesting ones".

(January 2009) Created a blog called "Postcards from the Ledge".

Co-starred in The Wild Life along with then-boyfriend Chris Penn.

Began filming "Tales from the Crypt" {You, Murderer (#6.15)} the day after her wedding.

Dita Von Teese said Fenns Playboy pictorial was the original inspiration for dying her hair from blonde to black.

Posed for photographer Douglas Kirkland for the July 1990 issue of New York magazine, where she graced the cover with an American flag draping her nude body.

(August 2010) Attended the 2010 Twin Peaks Festival.

(October 2010) Attended the 2010 Fall Hollywood Show in Burbank, California, which held a "Twin Peaks" reunion.

(August 2011) Attended the 2011 Twin Peaks Festival.

Illustrator Sean Phillips used her as a reference to draw the character of Felicity for his 2011 crime comic book "Criminal: The Last of the Innocent".

Some of her favorite films are La mme , On Golden Pond , and Agnes of God .

Younger sister of Leo Fenn.

She is featured in make-up artist Paul Starr s 2005 book "Paul Starr on Beauty: Conversations With Thirty Celebrated Women". Starr has worked with Sherilyn and notably made the arch of her eyebrows more extreme as he found that was a good trademark.

Good friends with Sheryl Lee.

Comic book artist Jeff Johnson used a photo from her December 1990 Playboy pictorial as a reference to draw the character of Amora the Enchantress for the October 1991 cover of Marvels "Wonder Man".

(July 2006) In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, working as a filmmaker on a documentary about child enrichment program CosmiKids.

(October 2005) In Vancouver, Canada, filming Presumed Dead .

(January 1991) In Pennsylvania, filming Diary of a Hitman .

(September 2005) In Moscow, Russia, filming Treasure Raiders .

(June 2004) In Los Angeles, California, filming Novel Romance .

(February 1992) In New York, filming Three of Hearts .

(June 1992) Filming Boxing Helena .

In Vancouver, Canada, filming "Psych" {Dual Spires (#5.12)}

(May 1994) In Ouarzazate, Morocco, filming Slave of Dreams .

(September 1991) In California, filming Of Mice and Men .

(September 1996) In Los Angeles, California, filming Just Write .

(November 1992) In California, filming Fatal Instinct .

(June 1991) Filming Ruby in Dallas, Texas, Puerto Rico and Los Angeles, California.

(January 1995) In California, filming Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story .

In Los Angeles, California, filming The Scenesters.

(July 1996) In California, filming Lovelife .

(August 2010) In North Bend, Washington, attending the 18th annual Twin Peaks Festival.

(September 1997) In the Isle of Man, filming Darkness Falls .

(May 2007) In Los Angeles, California, expecting her second child with boyfriend Dylan Stewart.

(May 2001) In British Columbia, Canada, filming Off Season .

She was originally considered by Amy Sherman-Palladino for the role of Lorelai Gilmore in "Gilmore Girls" , but she was busy working on "Rude Awakening" at the time and the role went to Lauren Graham. Sherman-Palladino then brought Fenn back twice in the series: as Sasha in the backdoor pilot episode for a planned spin-off series, and for the recurring part of Anna Nardini.

(April 16, 2013) Together with Jennifer Lynch , held a master class at the 2013 International Film Festival of Panama.

[in "Orange Coast", 1/99] My acting has always been about doing things,that I can grow from, that say something, or should be heard.

The only thing she has in life is her little records. So that was a,wonderful experience for me, making something like that.

All are one and yet here we appear to be separate and therefore truth,has many faces. And they are all relevant.

The difference between working with a man and a woman. . . is immense.

Society, Hollywood, some men. . . they want to wrap women up in a neat,little package.

Boxing Helena was. . . not perfect, but I think for the story that we were,trying to tell, it turned out pretty good. What it signified was really,powerful to me: how society puts us in boxes one way or another.