That same year, she was cast as a lead actress in Sugar Town, an independent film, which featured an ensemble cast of actors and musicians. She was the first female to play the part of the genderqueer Hedwig, but her run ended early amid "mixed" reviews, according to E! News. In 1999, Sheedy took over the lead role in the off-Broadway production of the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Her performance in High Art was recognized with awards from the Independent Spirit Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and National Society of Film Critics. Sheedy starred alongside Radha Mitchell in the 1998 independent film High Art, about a romance between two women and the power of art. Elmo's Fire, Short Circuit, and Maid to Order. The 1980s were her most active period, with roles in popular films such as WarGames, The Breakfast Club, St. After appearing in several made-for-television films in 1981, as well as three episodes of the television series Hill Street Blues, she made her feature film debut in Bad Boys (1983), starring Sean Penn, where she played Penn's humiliated girlfriend.
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Sheedy started acting in local stage productions as a teenager.
On June 19, 1975, she appeared on the game show To Tell the Truth in her role as a young writer. At age 12 she wrote a book, She Was Nice to Mice the book was published by McGraw-Hill and became a best-seller. However, she gave up dance in favor of acting full-time. She started dancing with the American Ballet Theatre at age six and was planning to make it a full-time career. Sheedy attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in New York City, graduating in 1980.
Her maternal grandmother was from Odessa, Ukraine.
Her mother is Jewish and her father is of Irish Catholic background. Sheedy, Jr., is a Manhattan advertising executive. Her mother, Charlotte (née Baum), is a writer and press agent who was involved in women's and civil rights movements, and her father, John J. Sheedy was born in New York City and has two siblings, brother Patrick and sister Meghan.
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