Sheila Tousey

Acting

Sheila Tousey

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jun 04, 1960 (65 years old)

Sheila Tousey

Known For

Manahatta
1h 45m
Movie 2021

Manahatta

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

Julius Caesar
2h 20m
Movie 2021

Julius Caesar

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

Into the West
1h 30m
TV Show 2005

Into the West

The lives of two families, one white American, one native...

Johnny Tootall
Movie 2005

Johnny Tootall

Discharged from Bosnian war, Johnny carries the weight of this...

Dreamkeeper
2h 54m
Movie 2003

Dreamkeeper

In South Dakota, in an Indian reservation, an old storyteller...

Coyote Waits
1h 47m
Movie 2003

Coyote Waits

A Navajo shaman is the prime suspect in a murder...

Skinwalkers
1h 40m
Movie 2002

Skinwalkers

Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police...

Wildflowers
1h 33m
Movie 2000

Wildflowers

A melancholic 17-year-old raised on a small commune by her...

Backroads
1h 23m
Movie 2000

Backroads

A lawyer returns to her Cree reservation to defend her...

All the Winters that Have Been
1h 34m
Movie 1997

All the Winters that Have Been

Dane Corvin (Chamberlain) returns to Raven Island where 20 years...

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.