Whatever happened to Laura Palmer?
There are many iconic images that make you think of the 1990s; Michael Douglas in his designer suit fabrics screaming “Greed is good!” and the beginnings of Britpop are two, but that prom photo of Laura Palmer, the victim in Twin Peaks is probably the most memorable. Not only did it appear throughout the TV show itself, but it was reproduced in pretty much every media article discussing the show and was even parodied on numerous occasions. Actress Sheryl Lee (who also played Laura’s cousin Maddy Ferguson in the show) posed for the infamous photograph – but what happened to the actress who had one of the most recognisable faces of the decade?
Amazingly, the stunning Sheryl didn’t go on to have the stellar career I predicted for her! Aside from a major role in ’Backbeat’, the dramatisation of the early years of The Beatles, her filmography lists bad TV movies and guest appearances in drama shows like “Without a Trace” and “House”. One of her most famous recent roles actually never made it to the screen; Sheryl was originally cast as Mary Alice Young, the Desperate Housewife who kills herself at the start of the the series and narrates all the following episodes. Sheryl played the role in an unaired pilot, but was eventually replaced by Brenda Strong.
In recent years, Sheryl has returned to her indie roots, appearing in the widely acclaimed ’Winter’s Bone’, a thriller which earned rave reviews and even an Oscar nomination for its young star, Jennifer Lawrence. Although Sheryl is now very much the wrong side of 40 when it comes to movie roles, she still has the stunning looks that made her prom photo one of the images of the 1990s.
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