Phoebe Augustine

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Phoebe Augustine
Born (1967-04-01) April 1, 1967 (age 56)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress

Phoebe Ellen Ceresia (born April 1, 1967) (known professionally as Phoebe Augustine) is an American actress best known for playing Ronette Pulaski in Twin Peaks . [1] [2]

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Career

She portrayed Laura Palmer's [2] friend Ronette Pulaski [3] [4] in several episodes of the original 1990 series Twin Peaks . [1] [5] The pilot episode featured a scene of her walking across train tracks. The image was used widely for promotional and marketing purposes, including on the VHS cover of the original Pilot, which was released as a movie in Europe, [6] and became iconic in pop culture. She reprised her role in the 1992 prequel movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me . [7] [8] [9] [10]

Other roles include the movie Plain Clothes (1987) and two notable short-lived sitcoms from the early 90s: The Elvira Show [11] [12] and Frannie's Turn . [13] [14] [15] Around the same time, she also appeared in the TV movie Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story . [16] She was a musician/singer in the band "Cling". [15] [17] [18]

After a break of many years, she returned to acting in 2017, working again with David Lynch on the Twin Peaks revival, Twin Peaks: The Return , playing "American Girl" in Part 3, a mysterious entity that may or may not be related to her previous role as Ronette. [19] [20] [21]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Plain Clothes Girl at Fair #1
1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Ronette Pulaski
2001 Mulholland Drive Woman in Club SilencioUncredited

(unknown if it's actually her or an actress who looks similar - it has never been confirmed either way) [22] [23]

2014 Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces Ronette Pulaski

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990–1991 Twin Peaks Ronette Pulaski5 episodes
1992 Frannie's Turn Olivia Escobar6 episodes
1993 Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story CathyTelevision film
The Elvira ShowPaige
2017 Twin Peaks American GirlEpisode: "Part 3"

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