Sheila Tousey

Born: 1960-06-04

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.


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Ravenous

as Martha
Released: 1999-03-16

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western...

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Thunderheart

as Maggie Eagle Bear
Released: 1992-04-03

An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation,...

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Lord of Illusions

as Jennifer Desiderio
Released: 1995-08-25

During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a...

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All the Winters that Have Been

as Irene (as Sheila M. Tousey)
Released: 1997-09-21

Dane Corvin (Chamberlain) returns to Raven Island where 20 years before he and Helen Raven...

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Slaughter of the Innocents

as Agent Lemar
Released: 1993-09-17

A seasoned FBI Agent's child-genius son assists him on catching a child-killer, a schizophrenic...

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Dreamkeeper

as Janine
Released: 2003-12-28

In South Dakota, in an Indian reservation, an old storyteller Indian asks his grandson Shane,...

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Silent Tongue

as Awbonnie / Ghost
Released: 1993-01-28

Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Roe awaits death under a tree with her body...

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Skinwalkers

as Emma Leaphorn
Released: 2002-11-02

Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the...

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This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"

as Chonchella
Released: 2003-01-01

Director Michael Almereyda's documentary on the weeks just prior to Sam Shepard's stage...

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Grand Avenue

as Mollie
Released: 1996-06-30

When Mollie's boyfriend Jack dies on the reservation, she is asked to leave the reservation by...

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Christmas in the Clouds

as Mary
Released: 2001-01-21

A classic comedy of mistaken identity and romance set during the holiday season at a ski resort...

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Song of Hiawatha

as Nokomis
Released: 1997-05-31

This adaptation of the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the tale of a mighty Ojibwe...

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Sparkler

as Hurricane
Released: 1997-10-01

Melba is a Californian trailer-park girl who is told to look for three kings by a phone psychic,...

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Medicine River

as Louise Heavyman
Released: 1993-01-01

When photographer Will returns home for his mother's funeral he gets more than he bargained for...

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Manahatta

as Bobbie / Mother / Ensemble
Released: 2021-03-29

In this timely world-premiere drama by celebrated playwright, activist and attorney Mary Kathryn...

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Backroads

as Grace Nelson
Released: 2000-01-19

A lawyer returns to her Cree reservation to defend her sister against murder charges.

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Julius Caesar

as Cicero / Plebeian / Ensemble
Released: 2021-03-01

This muscular 2017 production features the signature physical storytelling of director Shana...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Judge Danielle Larsen
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order

as Mrs. Vilardi
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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The X-Files

as Native American Nurse
First aired: 1993-09-10

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files:...

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Into the West

as Older Thunder Heart Woman
First aired: 2005-06-10

The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the...

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