Ally Sheedy

Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy
1962 -
American born New York City

Height 5' 5" (1.65 m) . While at New York's Bank Street School, 12-year-old Ally Sheedy wrote about a mythical encounter between Queen Elizabeth I and an inquisitive mouse. The result, "She Was Nice to Mice", was published by McGraw-Hill and became an instant best seller. Although it proved a springboard to an acting career, Sheedy's strongest memories of childhood remain those of "dancing and doing plays". From six until fourteen, she danced with the American Ballet Theatre, and during summers at Fire Island she'd "get a bunch of kids together and stage shows on back lawns and porches". When she discovered that to stay with dancing meant staying with starvation diets, she shifted her focus to acting for good. Meanwhile, her book brought her requests from several publications. The Village Voice asked her to review movies and the New York Times wanted her to review children's books. The assignment she accepted was from Ms. Magazine, which requested an article about her mother and herself. It was an appearance on ""The Mike Douglas Show" (1961) to promote her book, however, that brought Sheedy work as a performer. Signed by an agent who caught the show, she was sent out on television commercials immediately. Only 15 at the time, she also performed off Broadway and on a series of after-school specials. The day she turned 18, Sheedy packed her bags and headed for Los Angeles, where she enrolled in the drama department at USC, and soon landed roles in the television drama The Best Little Girl in the World (1981) (TV), The Day the Loving Stopped (1981) (TV), Splendor in the Grass (1981) (TV) and Homeroom (1981) (TV), and played a recurring character on "Hill Street Blues" (1981). The strength of her performances led directly to her film debut as Sean Penn's naive but knowing girlfriend, "J.C.", in Bad Boys (1983). That same year (1983), she starred as Matthew Broderick's zany partner in WarGames (1983). After starring as Rob Lowe's would-be romantic interest in Oxford Blues (1984), the withdrawn adolescent of The Breakfast Club (1985) and Gene Hackman's adoring daughter in Twice in a Lifetime (1985), Sheedy played her first fully adult role in St. Elmo's Fire (1985), the 1985 hit about college friends. Spouse David Lansbury (10 October 1992 - present) 1 child.

Steamroom (2007) , Day Zero (2006), The Veteran (2007) , Shooting Livien (2005) , Noise (2004) , Shelter Island (2003) , A Good Night to Die (2003) , "The Dead Zone" (2003) , Life on the Line (2003) , The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (2002) , Happy Here and Now (2002) , "Once and Again" (2002) , Just a Dream (2002) , "Strange Frequency" (2001) , The Warden (2001) , "Oz" (2001) , I'll Take You There (1999) , Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge (1999) , The Autumn Heart (1999) , Sugar Town (1999) , Advice from a Caterpillar (1999) , The Fury Within (1998) , High Art (1998) , Myth America (1998) , Buried Alive II (1997) , Country Justice (1997) , Macon County Jail (1997) , The Definite Maybe (1997) , Groupies (1997) , Hijacked: Flight 285 (1996) , "The Outer Limits" (1996) , Amnesia (1996), One Night Stand (1995) , The Tin Soldier (1995) , The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994) , Parallel Lives (1994), Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica (1994) , Ultimate Betrayal (1994) , Man's Best Friend (1993) , Chantilly Lace (1993) , "The Hidden Room" (1993) , The Pickle (1993) , Lethal Exposure (1993) , Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) , Tattle Tale (1992) , "Red Shoe Diaries" (1992) , Only the Lonely (1991) , The Lost Capone (1990), Fear (1990) , Betsy's Wedding (1990) , Heart of Dixie (1989) , Short Circuit 2 (1988) , Maid to Order (1987) , We Are the Children (1987), Short Circuit (1986) , Blue City (1986) , Twice in a Lifetime (1985) , St. Elmo's Fire (1985) , The Breakfast Club (1985) , Oxford Blues (1984) , WarGames (1983) , Bad Boys (1983) , Deadly Lessons (1983) , "Hill Street Blues" (1983) , "St. Elsewhere" (1982) , "Chicago Story" (1982) , Splendor in the Grass (1981) , The Day the Loving Stopped (1981) , Homeroom (1981) , The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981) , The Best Little Girl in the World (1981) , I Think I'm Having a Baby (1981)