Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1962-06-13
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Don't You Forget about Me
- She was nice to mice
- Yesterday I saw the sun
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Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy (born June 13, 1962) is an American actress. Following her film debut in 1983's Bad Boys, she became known as one of the Brat Pack group of actors and starred in WarGames (1983), The Breakfast Club (1985) and Short Circuit (1986). For her performance in Lisa Cholodenko's High Art (1998), Sheedy won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.
Known for
- By the Roots — Barb Heisler2026
- BRATS — Self2024
- Wild Cards — Rose Pruett2024
- Chantilly Bridge — Elizabeth2023
- Single Drunk Female — Carol Fink2022
- SMILF — Fiona2017
- Little Sister — Joani Lunsford2016
- X-Men: Apocalypse — Scott's Teacher2016
- Fugly! — Stoddard2014
- Client Seduction — Melissa Eco2014
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 671
- Total plays
- 2,695
Alexandra Elizabeth "Ally" Sheedy (born June 13, 1962) is an American film and stage actress, as well as the author of two books. Following her film debut in 1983’s Bad Boys, she became known as one of the Brat Pack group of actors in the films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire. She is also known for her roles in Psych, WarGames, Short Circuit and High Art, for which she received critical acclaim. Sheedy was born in New York City and has two siblings, brother Patrick and sister Meghan. <a
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,663x
- The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer
· 2020 · cited 3,203x
- An Integrated TCGA Pan-Cancer Clinical Data Resource to Drive High-Quality Survival Outcome Analytics
· 2018 · cited 3,043x
- Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes
· 2020 · cited 2,754x
- Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas
· 2018 · cited 2,733x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1962-06-13 ) June 13, 1962 (age 63) , New York City , New York , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Spouse
- David Lansbury ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2009 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 13 June 1962
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Bank Street College of Education
- Employer
- City University of New York
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
Article
Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy (born June 13, 1962) is an American actress, author and teacher. Born in New York City, Sheedy began her career as a teenager acting in commercials and guest roles on television. She made her theatrical film debut in Bad Boys (1983). Due to her appearances in a string of teen-oriented films such as Oxford Blues (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985) and St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Sheedy and many of her co-stars were nicknamed the "Brat Pack".
She subsequently appeared in the films Twice in a Lifetime (1985), Blue City, Short Circuit (both 1986), Betsy's Wedding (1990) and Only the Lonely (1991). She received three Saturn Award nominations for Best Actress for the science fiction films WarGames (1983), Fear (1990) and Man's Best Friend (1993). Following a career downturn in the late 1980s, Sheedy won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for playing a drug-addicted lesbian photographer in the romantic drama film High Art (1998). From 2022 to 2023 she had a main role in the comedy television series Single Drunk Female.
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