59 years old (Born on February 01, 1965)
actress; She is famous from Audrey Horne on "Twin Peaks".
Her favorite Elizabeth Taylor movies are A Place in the Sun (1951), Who's Afraid of v*rginia Woolf? (1966), and The Sandpiper (1965). Cousin of Kristen Glass and drummer Michael Glass (of Overscene). Is friends with Jennifer Chambers Lynch. Niece of 1970s pop singer Suzi Quatro and musicians Patti Quatro, Michael Quatro and Nancy Quatro. Practices Kundalini yoga.Sherilyn Fenn's Best Moments
Fun Facts About Sherilyn Fenn
Inspired writer Sherilyn Connelly who took from Fenn the first name she goes under.
Her son Myles, with ex-husband Toulouse Holliday, was born. [Late 1993]
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991]
Starred in an episode of "Tales from the Crypt" (1989) along with Isabella Rossellini, John Lithgow and "Humphrey Bogart". Director Robert Zemeckis used footage of Bogart he included in the episode. Sherilyn plays Bogart's lover. Fenn and Rossellini had already co- starred in David Lynch's Wild at Heart (1990) and both guest-starred in the third season of "Friends" (1994).
Friend of CosmiKids founder Judy Julin.
Played two different characters (with different hair colors) on "Gilmore Girls" (2000): Sasha, the girlfriend of Jess's estranged father in California, and Anna Nardini, the mother of Luke's teen-aged daughter, April.
Chosen by The Daily Mirror as one of the World's 100 Most Beautiful Women. [October 1996]
Chosen by Batman fans as a perfect Selina Kyle/Catwoman in a Batman dream cast.
Sherilyn is mentioned in the 1995 song "Razor Burn" by the punk band Lagwagon on their 3rd full length album entitled "Hoss".
Inspired Norwegian hard rock band 'Audrey Horne', named after Fenn's character in "Twin Peaks" (1990).
Her name is translated in Chinese as "Xuelin Fen", which means "Snow Jade".
Grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Expecting her second child. Father is boyfriend Dylan Stewart. [May 2007]
During the shooting of Darkness Falls (1999) 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.
There were plans to spin her "Twin Peaks" (1990) character Audrey Horne off into her own series, that didn't come off. Apparently, Fenn's character inspired David Lynch for Laura Harring's character in Mulholland Dr. (2001), as Fenn said in an interview in 1997, "David was talking about 'Mulholland Drive', he talked about like 'Audrey goes to Hollywood'. She's driving along Mulholland in this convertible car... But it didn't end up happening."
Joined the executive team of child enrichment program CosmiKids as executive director of the film and television division. [2007]
Daughter of keyboard player Arlene Quatro who played in the Suzi Quatro band, that Sherilyn's father managed.
Auditioned for the Robin Wright Penn role in The Princess Bride (1987).
Guest-starred opposite her then-fiancu00e9 Johnny Depp in an episode of "21 Jump Street" (1987).
Wears Chanel no.5
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 (1988).
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".
Her car accident scene in Wild at Heart (1990) 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 that's how the scene was born. Lynch said of the scene, "I just pictured her being able to do this. She's like a broken china doll". Lynch got the same inspiration for the car accident scene in Mulholland Dr. (2001). His direction to actress Laura Harring was to act like a broken porcelain doll.
Chosen by men magazine Maxim as one of 'Maxim's Most Wanted Women'. [October 1997]
Although actress Elizabeth Taylor fought the unauthorized biography Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995) (TV), she found that Fenn aptly portrayed her.
Was originally cast as Dr. Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn for the WB show "Birds of Prey" (2002) in its pilot episode, but was replaced for the rest of the season by Mia Sara. Fenn dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
Was originally considered for the role of the femme fatale Lola, eventually played by Sean Young, in Fatal Instinct (1993). Fenn opted for the role of Armand Assante's lovesick secretary Laura and suggested director Carl Reiner cast Young as Lola.
Her grandfather, Art Quatro, was a jazz band musician. His band was the 'Art Quatro Trio'.
Studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.
When asked why she did cast Fenn for two different roles on "Gilmore Girls" (2000), creator Amy Sherman said: "I love Sherilyn so much and I don't care. One thing about the show is I just want the best people. I've just been looking constantly for a time to work with Sherilyn, and I'm getting very old and I could just get hit by a truck at any minute. I just simply can't put it off that long, so I'd just rather get her in and have her part of my world."
Made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in October 1990, along with Mu00e4dchen Amick and Lara Flynn Boyle while promoting "Twin Peaks" (1990).
Of Mice and Men (1992) co-star John Malkovich is to her one of the best actors.
Was originally cast as the female lead in ABC's show "Three Moons Over Milford" (2005), 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.
Was considered for the title role in Roger Vadim's remake of his film Barbarella (1968) that ultimately didn't come off.
Was originally cast as the female lead in ABC's show "Prey" (1998), but was replaced by Debra Messing. Fenn starred in the unaired pilot episode.
Starred in her friend Adrian Pasdar's debut feature as director, film neo-noir Cement (1999), co-starring Chris Penn and Jeffrey Wright (also Pasdar's friends), written by "Farscape" (1999)'s Justin Monjo. Fenn and Pasdar had already co-starred in biblical TV movie Slave of Dreams (1995) (TV) and both guest- starred in the sixth season of "Judging Amy" (1999). Penn and Fenn had already co-starred in The Wild Life (1984).
Is part Italian and Hungarian on her mother's side (her mother's name Quatro is short for Quatrocchio), and part Irish and French on her father's side.
Daughter of Arlene Quatro.
Described by writer/director Emily Skopov as an "indie goddess".
Worked in 2003 on a film project called 'Gin and the Rumble Within' that didn't come off. The film would have been directed by actor George Katt, who guest-starred opposite Sherilyn Fenn in "Rude Awakening" (1998), and would have starred Fenn and Katt.
Her second son Christian, with boyfriend Dylan Stewart, was born. [August 2007]
Attended the 3rd Annual "Night With The Friends of El Faro" Benefit. [May 13, 2005]
Chosen by US magazine as one of the 10 Most Beautiful Women in the world. [1990]
Rumored to have dated Kiefer Sutherland
Chose her then-boyfriend photographer Barry Hollywood to photograph her in the December 1990 issue of Playboy magazine.
Chosen by FHM magazine as one of the 100 sexiest women in the world. [1995]
Measurements: 36C-25-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Chosen by Femme Fatales magazine as one of the 50 sexiest sci-fi actresses. [1996]
Was engaged to Johnny Depp, whom she met on the set of the 1985 short student film "Dummies". Their relationship lasted three years and a half.
Likes cold and rainy weather.
Her acting coach was Roy London who directed the movie Diary of a Hitman (1991), starring Fenn and Forest Whitaker.
Director David Lynch described her as "Five feet of heaven in a ponytail" and said "Sherilyn always made [him] think of a porcelain doll".
Chosen by Australian men magazine Zoo weekly as one of the "Top 50 Hottest Babes Ever". [March 2006]
Made the cover of Playboy magazine in December 1990.
Worked for 2 months as a Playboy bunny in LA when she was 19.
While filming NBC's Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995) (TV), Fenn fought daily to keep integrity in the script. Fenn's priority was to respectfully and accurately portray Elizabeth Taylor.
Wished to portray silent-screen star Clara Bow.
Shares with director David Lynch a great interest in actress Marilyn Monroe.
Made the cover of In Fashion magazine alongside Billy Idol. [Winter 1990-1991]
Sherilyn's name is scrawled across Johnny Depp's helmet in the movie Platoon (1986).
Posed for photographer Steven Meisel for the autumn-winter 1991-1992 Dolce & Gabbana campaign.
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.
Shares with friend/former boyfriend Prince a great interest in silent- screen star Clara Bow, whom Fenn wished to portray.
One of her favorite roles in a movie is Jessica Lange in Frances (1982).