Ellie Sheedy is an American writer and film and television actress. She is known for her roles in such projects as The Breakfast Club, Till Night, I'll Take You There, Harold, and others.
Ellie Sheedy: Biography
Ellie was born in 1962 in New York. She is the daughter of writer Charlotte Baum and Manhattan publicity manager John Sheedy. She attended Columbia Grammar Preparatory School and graduated in 1980. Since childhood, the girl loved to dance, and from the age of six she was engaged in this professionally. And at the age of twelve, she already wrote a book called She Was Nice to Mice, which later became a bestseller.
Unfortunately, not all Ally Sheedy's relationships ended the way she would have liked. For a while, she had a brief relationship with Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, which ended in a mental breakdown for her. Only in 1992, the actress played a long-awaited wedding. Her husband was actor David Lansbury, and two years later they had a daughter, Beckett. True, in 2008 her parentsannounced a divorce.
Career start
Ellie Sheedy's filmography began in 1981. Before that, she participated in only a few theatrical productions, but now she began to appear on television. Albeit with episodic roles. And when, two years later, she played one of the main characters in Rick Rosenthal's crime drama Bad Boys, her career began to gain momentum.
The role of Jennifer Mac, classmate of the protagonist, the actress got in John Badham's sci-fi thriller "War Games" (1983). As Rona, a member of the rowing team, she appeared in the sports drama Oxford Blues by Robert Boris (1984). In the role of a closed student, Alison Reynolds joined the cast of John Hughes' drama The Breakfast Club (1985). And the role of Stephanie Speck, the girlfriend of robot No. 5, was performed in the fantastic comedy Short Circuit, filmed by John Badham in 1986.
Fear is man's best friend
A year later, Amy Holden Jones presented "Maid to Order" - a fantasy film with Ellie Sheedy, where the actress played Jessie Montgomery, a spoiled girl from a we althy family who has recently been forced to work as a servant in the house of a strange family.
Then starred as Maggie de Loach in Martin Davidson's drama Heart of Dixie (1989). She played the role of Casey Bridges, a telepath in the service of the police, able to mentally establish contact with criminals, in the television thriller Rockney S. O`Bannon "Fear" (1989). And Teresa Luna, a funeral home beautician, played in a romantic comedyChris Columbus "Only the Lonely Understand" (1991).
Two years later, the actress appeared in John Lafia's thriller Man's Best Friend. She starred in W alter Clenhard's television horror film Hotel Delusion: Sea Cliff. Together with Jon Voight, she took part in the filming of the fantasy drama The Tin Soldier (1995). In the same year, she played one of the main roles in Talia Shyer's drama Until the Night (1995). And played the title character in the 1997 horror film Buried Alive 2 by Tim Mathis.
Blood Island Prison
The role of Susan Reed, the main character, Ally Sheedy performed in Victoria Muspratt's thriller Macon County Jail (1997). A year later, in the image of Joan Hanlon, an ideal wife and mother of two children, she appeared in Noel Nozzek's television drama Bringer of Death. The role of Deborah, a supporting character, was achieved in Stephen Mahler's dramatic film "Autumn Heart" (1999). An unstable and quick-tempered girl named Bernes played in Adrienne Shelley's comedy melodrama I'll Take You There. And she received a small role in the drama of Don Scardino "Council of the Caterpillar" (1999).
In 2002, Ally Sheedy starred in Danny Glover's dramatic film Just a Dream. She received a supporting role in the film Happy Here and Now by Michael Almereid. She then starred in Don McBritty's television drama The Interrogation of Michael Crow, which tells the story of a mysterious murder in the Crow family's home. And played Louise Delamer, rich and famousa woman whose life turns into a nightmare while relaxing on her own island in Jeff Schaaf's thriller Blood Island (2003).
The sins of youth of the X-Men
The supporting role of the actress went to the musical drama "Shoot Livien", filmed in 2005 by Rebecca Cook. Together with Elijah Wood and Jon Bernthal, she starred in Brian Gunnar Cole's drama Zero Day (2007). She played Jill Fields, a leading character, in the comedy film Young Defenders by Keith Spegel (2007). And the role of Maureen Reynolds, the mother of a thirteen-year-old boy suffering from early baldness, was performed in T. Sean Shannon's comedy Harold (2008).
The main role of Ellie Sheedy went to Armand Mastroianni's crime detective "Citizen Jane" (2009). The role of Harriet, a minor character, she performed in Jake Scott's drama Welcome to the Rileys (2009). Appeared with a small role in Harry Antin's thriller The Sins of Our Youth (2014).
Joan Lansford, mother of young nun Colleen, starred in Zach Clark's black comedy The Younger Family (2016). And her last job was shooting in Bryan Singer's superhero action movie "X-Men: Apocalypse" (2016), where she appeared as a mentor to Scott Summers.
