Ally Sheedy

Highest Rated: 94% Little Sister (2016)

Lowest Rated: 13% Steam (2007)

Birthday: Jun 13, 1962

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Brown-eyed, chestnut-haired actress Ally Sheedy has been involved with acting for most of her life. The daughter of a literary agent mother, she began making commercials and appearing on-stage at the age of 15. She was something of a precocious author, as well: When only 12-years-old, she published a children's book, She Was Nice to Mice. (Sheedy has also been published in such periodicals as The New York Times). After high school, the New York-born actress headed west to the University of California where, in addition to her studies, she appeared in TV movies. She began her feature-film career at 21 playing adolescent girls in films such as Bad Boys and WarGames (both 1983), and joined the so-called Brat Pack in 1985 after appearing in John Hughes' The Breakfast Club and Joel Schumacher's St. Elmo's Fire. Despite the huge success of both films, many of her subsequent efforts were relative disappointments, and, by the early '90s, she had slipped into all but complete obscurity. However, her career was revived in 1998 thanks to a starring role as a drug-addicted lesbian photographer in the widely acclaimed High Art. Sheedy won raves for her raw, touching performance, and, in short time, again found herself working steadily. In 1999, she appeared in Allison Anders' Sugar Town and The Autumn Heart, the latter premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to her film work, Sheedy continued to work in the theater, taking over John Cameron Mitchell's title role in the popular New York production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a story about a German entertainer who is neither a man nor a woman but a fascinating composite of both. As the 21st century began, Sheedy continued to work steadily in varied projects like Happy Here and Now, Noise, Harold, and Life During Wartime -- Todd Solondz's sort-of sequel to his black comedy Happiness.

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Filmography

Movies

		Credit
94%	Little Sister	Joani Lunsford	—	2016
47%	X-Men: Apocalypse	Scott's Teacher	$135.8M	2016
No Score Yet	Sins of Our Youth	Vicki	—	2016
No Score Yet	Not With My Daughter (Client Seduction)	Melissa Eco	—	2015
No Score Yet	Fugly!	Stoddard	—	2014
54%	Welcome to the Rileys	Harriet	$0.2M	2010
68%	Life During Wartime	Helen	$0.3M	2010
No Score Yet	Ten Stories Tall	Actor	—	2010
No Score Yet	Groupies (The Weston Group)	Actor	—	2009
No Score Yet	Citizen Jane	Jane Alexander	—	2009
No Score Yet	Don't You Forget About Me	Actor	—	2009
31%	Harold	Maureen Clemens	—	2008
13%	Steam	Laurie	—	2007
No Score Yet	The Junior Defenders	Jill Fields	—	2007
No Score Yet	Indie Sex: Censored	Actor	—	2007
24%	Day Zero	Dr. Reynolds	—	2007
No Score Yet	The Veteran	Sara Reid	—	2007
No Score Yet	Shooting Livien	Brea	—	2005
No Score Yet	Noise	Charlotte Bancroft	—	2004
No Score Yet	Shelter Island	Louise	—	2003
No Score Yet	A Good Night to Die	Marie	—	2003
No Score Yet	The Interrogation of Michael Crowe	Cheryl Crowe	—	2002
80%	Searching for Debra Winger	Actor	—	2002
48%	Happy Here and Now	Lois	—	2002
No Score Yet	Just a Dream	Maureen Sturbuck	—	2002
No Score Yet	Highball	Herself	—	2000
67%	Sugar Town	Liz	—	1999
No Score Yet	Our Guys: Outrage in Glen Ridge	Det. Kelly Brooks	—	1999
No Score Yet	The Autumn Heart	Deb	—	1999
No Score Yet	Advice From a Caterpillar	Jan	—	1999
43%	I'll Take You There	Bernice	—	1999
73%	High Art	Lucy Berliner	—	1998
No Score Yet	Macon County Jail	Susan Reed	—	1998
No Score Yet	The Fury Within	Jo Hanlon	—	1998
No Score Yet	Buried Alive II	Laura Riskin	—	1997
No Score Yet	Family Rescue	Angie Baker	—	1997
No Score Yet	No Money Down	Actor	—	1997
No Score Yet	Highball	Actor	—	1997
No Score Yet	Hijacked: Flight 285	Deni Patton	—	1996
No Score Yet	Amnesia	Martha Keller	—	1996
No Score Yet	One Night Stand (Before the Night)	Mickey	—	1995
No Score Yet	The Tin Soldier	Billy's Mom	—	1995
No Score Yet	Ultimate Betrayal	Mary	—	1994
No Score Yet	Parallel Lives	Louise	—	1994
No Score Yet	The Haunting of Seacliff Inn	Susan Enright	—	1994
No Score Yet	Chantilly Lace	Elizabeth	—	1993
20%	The Pickle	Molly-Girl	—	1993
33%	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	Ticket Agent	—	1992
No Score Yet	Tattle Tale	Laura Perot	—	1992
No Score Yet	Lethal Exposure	Chris Cassidy	—	1992
21%	Man's Best Friend	Lori Tanner	—	1991
64%	Only the Lonely	Theresa	—	1991
No Score Yet	The Lost Capone	Kathleen	—	1990
No Score Yet	Fear	Cayce Bridges	—	1990
50%	Betsy's Wedding	Connie Hopper	—	1990
No Score Yet	Heart of Dixie	Maggie DeLoach	—	1989
No Score Yet	We Are the Children	Actor	—	1987
42%	Maid to Order	Jessie Montgomery	—	1987
58%	Short Circuit	Stephanie Speck	—	1986
No Score Yet	Blue City	Annie Rayford	—	1986
83%	Twice in a Lifetime	Helen	—	1985
89%	The Breakfast Club	Allison Reynolds	—	1985
44%	St. Elmo's Fire	Leslie Hunter	—	1985
No Score Yet	Oxford Blues	Rona	—	1984
93%	WarGames (War Games)	Jennifer	—	1983
89%	Bad Boys	J.C. Walenski	—	1982
No Score Yet	The Day the Loving Stopped	Debbie Danner	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Best Little Girl in the World	Actor	—	1981

TV

		Credit
91%	SMILF 2017		2019
No Score Yet	Motive 2013-2016		2016
No Score Yet	Full Circle 2013-2016	Celeste	2013
89%	Psych 2006-2014	Mr. Yang Yang	2013 2010 2009
No Score Yet	Chelsea Lately 2007-2014	Guest	2009 2008
56%	Kyle XY 2006-2009	Sarah	2008
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Shannon Turner	2007
No Score Yet	The Dead Zone 2002-2007	Kate Moore	2003
No Score Yet	Once and Again 1999-2002	Miriam Miller	2002
89%	Oz 1997-2003	Lisa Logan	2001
No Score Yet	The Outer Limits 1995-2002		1996
No Score Yet	Red Shoe Diaries 1992-1996	Karen	1993
No Score Yet	Hill Street Blues 1981-1987	Kristen	1985 1983

QUOTES FROM Ally Sheedy CHARACTERS

Allison Reynolds says: When you grow up... your heart dies.

John Bender says: Who cares?

Allison Reynolds says: I care.

Stephanie Speck says: Life is not a malfunction.

Allison Reynolds says: [after Andrew says he would drive to school naked for one million dollars] I'd do that. I'll do anything sexual, and I don't need a million dollars to do it either. I'm a nymphomaniac

Allison Reynolds says: I'd do that. I'll do anything sexual, and I don't need a million dollars to do it either. I'm a nymphomaniac

Allison Reynolds says: Well, if you say you haven't, you're a prude. If you say you have you're a slut. It's a trap. You want to but you can't, and when you do you wish you didn't, right?

Allison Reynolds says: Well, if you say you haven't, you're a prude. If you say you have you're a slut. It's a trap. You want to but you can't and when you do you wish you didn't, right?

Allison Reynolds says: I don't have to runaway and live in the street. I can runaway and I can go to the ocean, I can go to the country, I can go to the mountains. I could go to Israel, Africa, Afghanistan

Allison Reynolds says: Your middle name is Ralph, as in puke, your birth date's March 12th, you're 5'9 and a half, you weigh 130 pounds and your social security number is 049380913.

Allison Reynolds says: I'd do that. I'll do anything sexual, and I don't need a million dollars to do it either. I'm a nymphomaniac.

Allison Reynolds says: I never did it either. I'm not a nymphomaniac. I'm a compulsive liar.

Falken says: Did you ever play tic-tac-toe?

Jennifer says: Yeah, of course.

Falken says: But you don't anymore.

Jennifer says: No.

Falken says: Why?

Jennifer says: Because it's a boring game. It's always a tie.

Falken says: Exactly. There's no way to win. The game itself is pointless! But back at the war room, they believe you can win a nuclear war. That there can be "acceptable losses."

Falken says: Exactly. There's no way to win. The game itself is pointless! But back at the war room, they believe you can win a nuclear war. That there can be 'acceptable losses.'

Brian Johnson says: Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. What we did *was* wrong. But we think you're crazy to make an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...

Andrew Clark says: ...and an athlete...

Allison Reynolds says: ...and a basket case...

Claire Standish says: ...a princess...

John Bender says: ...and a criminal...

Brian Johnson says: Does that answer your question?... Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.

Leslie says: Men... Can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em.

Allison Reynolds says: I stole your wallet.

Brian Johnson says: Well, give it back.

Allison Reynolds says: you wanna know what i did to get in here... nothing! i had nothing better to do

Allison Reynolds says: You wanna know what I did to get in here... nothing! I had nothing better to do.

John Bender says: (to principal) does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?

John Bender says: [to principal] Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?

No. 5 says: Stephanie, change color. Attractive. Nice software. Hmmmm.

Stephanie Speck says: Boy, you sure don't talk like a robot.

Kevin McCallister says: (talking to the ticket agent) Excuse me, but this is an emergency.

Kevin McCallister says: [talking to the ticket agent] Excuse me, but this is an emergency.

Ticket Agent says: Yes?, sir.

Kevin McCallister says: What city it this out there?.

Ticket Agent says: That's New York, sir.

Kevin McCallister says: Yikes!. I did it again.

Ticket Agent says: Something's wrong, sir.

Kevin McCallister says: (whispers to the ticket agent) I'll be fine....

Kevin McCallister says: [whispers to the ticket agent] I'll be fine...

Brian Johnson says: We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole saturday for whatever we did wrong, but we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us. In the simplest terms, the most convenient definitions but what we found out that each one of us is a brain...

Brian Johnson says: Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was that we did wrong. What we did was wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write this essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? You see us as you want to see us... in the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain..

Andrew Clark says: ...and an athlete...

Andrew Clark says: ...and an athlete.

Allison Reynolds says: ...and a basketcase...

Allison Reynolds says: ...and a basket case.

Claire Standish says: ...a princess...

Claire Standish says: ...a princess.

John Bender says: ...and a criminal.

Brian Johnson says: Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.

Allison Reynolds says: "When you grow up, your heart dies"

Allison Reynolds says: When you grow up, your heart dies.