Phoebe Ellen Ceresia (born April 1, 1967) (known professionally as Phoebe Augustine) is an American

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best known for playing Ronette Pulaski in ''

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''.

Career

She portrayed

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's friend Ronette Pulaski in several episodes of the original 1990 series ''

''. 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

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, which was released as a movie in Europe, and became iconic in pop culture. She reprised her role in the 1992

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movie '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me''. Other roles include the movie '' Plain Clothes'' (1987) and two notable short-lived sitcoms from the early 90s: '' The Elvira Show'' and '' Frannie's Turn''. Around the same time, she also appeared in the TV movie '' Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story''. She was a musician/singer in the band "Cling". After a break of many years, she returned to acting in 2017, working again with

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on the ''

'' 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.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Augustine, Phoebe Living people American film actresses American television actresses 1967 births 21st-century American women