Grace Zabriskie
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
"Amazing Grace" Zabriskie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She wrote
her own original poetry, then performed at coffee shops and various
artist hangouts in Atlanta. She was also a wonderful silk-screen
printmaker. She moved to Hollywood and made her acting debut in
Norma Rae (1979).She went on to appear in over 80 movies. She gave an acclaimed
performance as Mrs. Ames inEast of Eden (1981),the adaptation ofJohn Steinbeck's novel.
Grace appeared in the highly acclaimed and Oscar-nominatedAn Officer and a Gentleman (1982)and
The Big Easy (1986),set in her beloved New Orleans. She worked with producer and
directorDavid Lynch,and was a series regular in the cult favoriteTwin Peaks (1990)
as Sarah Palmer, the part with which she is most often identified. She
also appeared in Lynch'sWild at Heart (1990)the same year. She has played a wide
variety of roles, and gave a terrific performance in the
Oscar-nominatedFried Green Tomatoes (1991)and showed great character depth as the lonely
and despondent widow inThe Passion of Darkly Noon (1995).
Grace's more recent roles were in the zanySparkler (1997)and in the big-name featureNo Good Deed (2002),based on a short story byDashiell Hammett.A woman of many talents, she is currently creating her own original paintings, unique sculptures and woodwork art that can be viewed in Los Angeles galleries.
Her visual arts, which include creating lamps or "sculptures with light" as she calls them, are available from the L.A.-based ArtHaus.
Grace's more recent roles were in the zanySparkler (1997)and in the big-name featureNo Good Deed (2002),based on a short story byDashiell Hammett.A woman of many talents, she is currently creating her own original paintings, unique sculptures and woodwork art that can be viewed in Los Angeles galleries.
Her visual arts, which include creating lamps or "sculptures with light" as she calls them, are available from the L.A.-based ArtHaus.
