Sheila Tousey

Biography

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.

Known For

Martha

Ravenous

Hurricane

Sparkler

Jennifer Desiderio

Lord of Illusions

Annie

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

Janine

Dreamkeeper

Awbonnie / Ghost

Silent Tongue

Nokomis

Song of Hiawatha

Emma Leaphorn

Skinwalkers

Agnes

Johnny Tootall

Mary

Christmas in the Clouds

Mollie

Grand Avenue

Maggie Eagle Bear

Thunderheart

Grace Nelson

Backroads

Agent Lemar

Slaughter of the Innocents

Irene (as Sheila M. Tousey)

All the Winters that Have Been

Cicero / Plebeian / Ensemble

Julius Caesar

Bobbie / Mother / Ensemble

Manahatta

Chonchella

This So-Called Disaster

Louise Heavyman

Medicine River

Emma Leaphorn

Coyote Waits

Martha

Wildflowers