Sheryl Lee(I)

Director David Lynch was so impressed by Lee in Twin Peaks (1990)' pilot episode (especially the picnic scene where Laura dances and laughs with Donna) that he wrote the role of Maddy Ferguson for her, in order to bring her back in the series.

[on playing Laura Palmer] I have had many people, victims of incest, approach me since the film [Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me] was released, so glad that it had been made because it helped them to release a lot. And so for me, it doesn't matter what the critics say - if one person walks away having released something, then it's worth seeing.

• (Empire, December 1992)