Sheila Tousey

Sheila Tousey was born on Jun 04, 1960 in USA. Sheila Tousey's big-screen debut came with Thunderheart directed by Michael Apted in 1992. Sheila Tousey is known for Into the West directed by Robert Dornhelm, Joseph M. Marshall stars as Old Indian and Irene Bedard as Margaret Light Shines Wheeler. The most recent award Sheila Tousey achieved is First Americans in the Arts Awards. The upcoming new movie Sheila Tousey plays is Christmas in the Clouds which will be released on Dec 04, 2005.

Born in Keshena, Wisconsin, 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.