Sherilyn Fenn Net Worth

Sherilyn Fenn's Quotes

• [in "Orange Coast", 1/99, on the subtext that attracted her to the role of Helena in Boxing Helena (1993)] Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men . . . they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.
• [in "Orange Coast", 1/99] I've never wanted to do the same thing twice. If a script doesn't surprise me in some way, I simply can't commit to the project.
• [in "Orange Coast", 1/99] I'm honest. I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.
• [interviewed by M.J. Simpson, 10/1/97, on portraying Elizabeth Taylor in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995)] I fought to keep the integrity of the story because the producer was bringing in a writer that was making it very soapy. They wanted many scenes of her when she was very overweight. I said, "I'm not doing that. I'll do one. That's not this woman's life". For me it was just, I didn't want to make an impression. I just tried to play the truth of the woman. Not the legend, not the stories that we hear about her. Because even when she was a child, you were seeing a version of her that was manipulated by the studios, so you didn't really see her. I thought the closest she ever came to revealing herself was Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), and she lost herself in that role. It was cathartic for her to do that in a lot of ways, to let herself be that wild.
• [in "Orange Coast", 1/99] When I was a kid I saw Kansas City Bomber (1972), and I remembered thinking how beautiful and how strong Raquel Welch's character was. So I went home and dressed up my Barbie like her character. I borrowed one of my brother's little toy plastic football helmets and I made Barbie a "Kansas City Bomber" outfit.

Interesting Facts about Sherilyn Fenn

1. Was engaged to Johnny Depp, whom she met on the set of the 1985 short student film "Dummies". Their relationship lasted three and a half years.
2. Niece of 1970s pop singer Suzi Quatro and musicians Patti Quatro, Michael Quatro, and Nancy Quatro.
3. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991]
4. Studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.
5. Sherilyn's name is scrawled across Johnny Depp's helmet in the movie Platoon (1986).
6. (December 15, 1993) Her son Myles Holliday with ex-husband Toulouse Holliday, was born in their home in Los Angeles.
7. Worked for 2 months as a Playboy bunny in LA when she was 19.
8. Was originally cast as Dr. Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn for the WB show Birds of Prey (2002) in its pilot episode, but was replaced for the rest of the season by Mia Sara. Fenn dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
9. Daughter of Arlene Quatro and Leo Fenn Sr.
10. Chosen by FHM magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Women in the World" (ranked #10). [1995]
11. Chose her then-boyfriend photographer Barry Hollywood to photograph her in the December 1990 issue of Playboy magazine.
12. Director David Lynch described Sherilyn as "Five feet of heaven in a ponytail" and said she makes him think of a porcelain doll.
13. Made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, along with Mädchen Amick and Lara Flynn Boyle while promoting Twin Peaks (1990). [October 1990]
14. Starred in Adrian Pasdar's debut feature as director Cement (2000) alongside Chris Penn. Fenn and Pasdar had previously co-starred in Slave of Dreams (1995) and Penn and Fenn had previously co-starred in The Wild Life (1984).
15. Wished to portray silent-screen star Clara Bow.
16. Her father's ancestry was Irish, Bohemian Czech, German, English, and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish. Her mother is of half Italian and half Hungarian descent. Her mother's name Quatro is short for Quatrocchio.
17. Her grandfather, Art Quatro, was a jazz band musician. His band was the 'Art Quatro Trio'.
18. Guest-starred opposite her then-fiancé Johnny Depp in the 21 Jump Street (1987) episode, 21 Jump Street: Blindsided (1987).
19. Her favorite Elizabeth Taylor movies are A Place in the Sun (1951), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), and The Sandpiper (1965).
20. Daughter of keyboard player Arlene Quatro who played in the Suzi Quatro band, that Sherilyn's father managed.