A TV star from an iconic 1990s crime drama was unrecognizable when she was spotted in Los Angeles this week at the age of 59.
She rose to fame with a dark, brooding TV show that became one of the most influential programs of the decade – one that still enjoys a devoted cult following.
Co-created by an acclaimed Hollywood filmmaker, the series is now seen as an early harbinger of the impending golden age of prestige television.
Since then, this actress has guest-starred on beloved TV series like Friends, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Gilmore Girls and Dawson’s Creek.
This week she was spotted in a casual outfit of a white tank top and stylish printed jeans as she stepped out to check her mail.
But can you guess who she is?
A TV star from an iconic 1990s crime drama was unrecognizable when she was spotted in Los Angeles this week at the age of 59
The actress is Sherilyn Fenn, who was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role as the lovelorn 18-year-old Audrey Horne in the 1990s series Twin Peaks.
Co-created by Hollywood author David Lynch, Twin Peaks starred Kyle MacLachlan as Dale Cooper, a dashing FBI detective who investigates the murder of a teenage girl.
Sherilyn played the murder victim’s classmate, Audrey, who falls in love with Dale and aids his investigation by informing her own father, a suspect.
Twin Peaks originally only lasted two seasons in 1990 and 1991, leaving viewers both enticed and frustrated by its failure to tie up a series of loose ends.
It earned a devoted fanbase and spawned a prequel film called Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me in 1992 before being rebooted for one season in 2017 – although Sherilyn was not in the cast in either of those two projects.
Born in Detroit, Sherilyn moved to Los Angeles with her family as a teenager and dropped out of high school to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, named after the legendary teacher who founded the Actors’ Studio.
She worked briefly as a Playboy Bunny when she was 19 and began her Hollywood career in 1980s B-movies such as the skater film Thrashin’ with Josh Brolin and the fantasy action film The Wraith with Charlie Sheen.
Sherilyn had a brief romance with Prince in 1985, but later that year she met her true first love, Johnny Depp, on the set of the student film Dummies.
The actress is Sherilyn Fenn, who was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role as the lovelorn 18-year-old Audrey Horne in the 1990s series Twin Peaks (pictured)
This week she was spotted in a casual outfit of a white tank top and stylish printed jeans as she stepped out to check her mail
In her personal life, she is the mother of two sons: Myles, 30, from her musician ex-husband Toulouse Holliday, and Christian, 17, from her ex-boyfriend Dylan Stewart.
Johnny and Sherilyn embarked on a more than three-year romance and even became engaged before they eventually broke up and he moved on with Jennifer Gray.
During their time together, Sherilyn got a career boost with a guest role on his classic ’80s high school TV comedy 21 Jump Street.
In recent years, she has described Johnny as her “first love” and the “love of my life,” and she publicly supported him when he and his ex-wife Amber Heard accused each other of domestic violence in a bitter legal battle that he ultimately won .
When Amber made her accusations against Johnny in 2016, Sherilyn tweeted a photo of herself with him and wrote, “I know JCD isn’t up to writing the stuff.”
Her best-remembered role came in 1990 when she appeared in Twin Peaks as Audrey Horne, and that same year she posed nude in Playboy, catapulting her to an exalted status as a Hollywood star and national pin-up.
Twin Peaks, co-created by Hollywood author David Lynch, starred Kyle MacLachlan (right) as FBI detective Dale Cooper, with whom Audrey has a crush
Sherilyn (right) had a brief romance with Prince in 1985, but later that year she met her true first love, Johnny Depp (left) on the set of the student film Dummies
Johnny and Sherilyn (pictured) embarked on a more than three-year romance and even got engaged before they eventually broke up and he moved on with Jennifer Gray
The year Twin Peaks began, she starred in the David Lynch film Wild At Heart starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern, and during that decade she also appeared in the 1992 film of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men, directed by lead actor Gary Sinise.
From 1998 to 2001, she played the lead role of a faded soap opera star in the sitcom Rude Awakening, with a cast that included Lynn Redgrave and Mario Van Peebles.
She guest-starred on a series of iconic TV series, including Friends, in which she played a woman with an artificial leg who dates Joey (Matt LeBlanc) and then Chandler (Matthew Perry).
Sherilyn has also appeared in Gilmore Girls, Dawson’s Creek, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Psych and the US version of Shameless.
Since 2022, she has starred in the horror comedy series Shining Vale alongside Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino.
In her personal life, she is the mother of two sons: Myles, 30, from her musician ex-husband Toulouse Holliday, and Christian, 17, from her ex-boyfriend Dylan Stewart.