Ally Sheedy

Ally Sheedy

1962-06-13 New York City, New York, USA 80 Credits

Biography

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.

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BRATS

BRATS

2024

as Self

6.0
Acting

In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies. H...

Chantilly Bridge

Chantilly Bridge

2023

as Elizabeth

5.3
Acting

Chantilly Bridge reunites a group of lifelong, steadfast friends who are still – in their later years -- chasing their dreams, fighting injustices, an...

Little Sister

Little Sister

2016

as Joani Lunsford

6.1
Acting

After returning to her childhood home, young nun Colleen finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth and metal poste...

X-Men: Apocalypse

X-Men: Apocalypse

2016

as Scott's Teacher

6.5
Acting

After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

Fugly!

Fugly!

2014

as Stoddard

4.2
Acting

Fame proves elusive for comic Jesse Sanchez, who reflects on life from the bottom of a bathtub in this film based on John Leguizamo's one-man show. Th...

Client Seduction

Client Seduction

2014

as Melissa Eco

4.5
Acting

A high-profile defense attorney determined to change her image takes on a pro bono case, which soon threatens both her and her family.

Sins of Our Youth

Sins of Our Youth

2014

as Vicki

4.8
Acting

Sins of Our Youth is the story of four teenagers who accidentally murder a younger boy while shooting off assault weapons recreationally and the peril...

Chronicling A Crisis

Chronicling A Crisis

2012

as Herself

1.0
Acting

An intimately personal documentary by Amos Kollek that chronicles himself and his family from 2004 to the present.

Welcome to the Rileys

Welcome to the Rileys

2010

as Harriet

6.6
Acting

Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orl...

Don't You Forget About Me

Don't You Forget About Me

2010

as Self

5.3
Acting

Throughout the ’80s John Hughes defined the teen movie genre and spoke not only to that generation’s teens, but every generation that has followed. Th...

Life During Wartime

Life During Wartime

2010

as Helen Jordan

6.0
Acting

Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solond...

Citizen Jane

Citizen Jane

2009

as Jane

5.1
Acting

Jane Alexander's idyllic life in San Francisco is shattered when her beloved, elderly aunt is brutally murdered. But when her fiancé, Tom O'Donnell, b...

Perestroika

Perestroika

2009

as Helen

3.8
Acting

Top astrophysicist Sasha Greenberg has spent the past 17 years working in the United States. An invitation to speak at a Congress on Cosmology in his ...

Sincerely Yours

Sincerely Yours

2008

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the making and impact of "The Breakfast Club."

Harold

Harold

2008

as Maureen

5.5
Acting

A teenager with an early onset of male-pattern baldness befriends his high school's janitor.

Steam

Steam

2007

as Laurie

3.1
Acting

Three women — a young coed, a forty-something single mother, and one a senior-aged widow — meet in the sauna of the local gym, where they gradually ge...

The Junior Defenders

The Junior Defenders

2007

as Jill Fields

3.0
Acting

The Junior Defenders is a quirky comedy about the cast of a 1970s TV superhero show. With a fan base that rivals Star Trek's, The Junior Defenders is ...

Day Zero

Day Zero

2007

as Dr. Reynolds

5.0
Acting

The military draft is back. Three best friends are drafted and given 30 days to report for duty. In that time they're forced to confront everything th...

The Veteran

The Veteran

2006

as Sara Reid

4.2
Acting

Thirty years on from Vietnam, a government official is trying to track down soldiers who went missing in action, in the hope that it may lead her to h...

Noise

Noise

2004

as Charlotte Bancroft

7.0
Acting

Joyce Chandler (Trish Goff), a young divorced woman and recovering alcoholic, moves into a Manhattan apartment that seems a bit too secluded to be tru...

A Good Night to Die

A Good Night to Die

2003

as Marie

2.4
Acting

One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three ...

Shelter Island

Shelter Island

2003

as Louise 'Lou' Delamere

4.8
Acting

Lou, a former professional golfer, turned motivational speaker, seems to have it all: fame, money, and a beautiful live-in girlfriend, Alex. Her seemi...

The Interrogation of Michael Crowe

The Interrogation of Michael Crowe

2002

as Cheryl Crowe

6.9
Acting

When 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe is brutally murdered at her home in her small home town, the authorities foolishly jump to conclusions that her 14-ye...

Searching for Debra Winger

Searching for Debra Winger

2002

as Self

6.3
Acting

Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.

Happy Here and Now

Happy Here and Now

2002

as Lois

4.5
Acting

When her sister suddenly vanishes, a young girl sets out to find her, desperately searching the internet for clues. Joining her is an ex-CIA agent, wh...

Highball

Highball

2002

as Ally Sheedy

4.5
Acting

A newly married couple tries to enhance their social life by throwing fabulous parties and inviting all their friends in Brooklyn to their home.

Just a Dream

Just a Dream

2002

as Maureen Sturbuck

4.8
Acting

Film crew arrives in a small town in Nevada desert. Ends up changing the life of a 12-year-old kid and a friend of his, a movie lover.

The Warden

The Warden

2001

as Helen Hewitt

7.0
Acting
Sugar Town

Sugar Town

1999

as Liz

4.6
Acting

A look at the lives of several struggling L.A. musicians. Gwen, a singer-songwriter, is on a quest for the big-time. Working as an assistant to a fil...

I'll Take You There

I'll Take You There

1999

as Bernice

6.0
Acting

Still nursing wounds from a breakup, a woman is forced by her sister into a blind date that turns into a nightmare.

Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge

Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge

1999

as Detective Kelly Brooks

5.5
Acting

In 1989, a group of well-known high school athletes in Glen Ridge, New Jersey were accused of the gang rape of a teen girl. When the town rallies to p...

Advice From a Caterpillar

Advice From a Caterpillar

1999

as Jan

4.0
Acting

When it comes to romance, Missy's attitude has always been whatever. After all, her artistic career is flourishing, her spacious New York City loft is...

The Autumn Heart

The Autumn Heart

1999

as Deborah

5.5
Acting

When a school bus driving woman (Tyne Daly) has a heart attack, she makes one request of her three daughters (Ally Sheedy, Marla Sucharetza, Marceline...

Myth America

Myth America

1998

Acting

A story about Generation X-ers growing up in Manhattan.

The Fury Within

The Fury Within

1998

as Joanna Hanlon

3.2
Acting

A surburban California family is beset by the power of supernatural subconscious. A bone-chilling thriller with electrifying effects.

High Art

High Art

1998

as Lucy Berliner

6.2
Acting

When Syd, a young editor at an influential art magazine, becomes involved with her neighbor, a drug-addicted lesbian photographer, both seek to explo...

Buried Alive II

Buried Alive II

1997

as Laura Riskin

5.8
Acting

A woman inherits a fortune, causing her husband and his lover to plot her demise by poisoning her. The only trouble is it only places her in a deep co...

The Definite Maybe

The Definite Maybe

1997

as Joanne

2.0
Acting

When 25-year-old New Yorker Eric Traber gets fired from his job and kicked out of his apartment, he fears the worst. But his best friend, Ziggy, shows...

Amnesia

Amnesia

1997

as Martha Keller

4.8
Acting

Paul Keller is a minister who has found himself heavily involved in an illicit affair with his son's teacher. Unable to see an end to his deceptive an...

Family Rescue

Family Rescue

1997

as Angie Baker

5.3
Acting

The court has given custody of Emma Hayes' child to the baby's father, a man who raped Emma when she was only fifteen years old. It's up to the baby's...

Macon County Jail

Macon County Jail

1997

as Susan Reed

3.8
Acting

After she leaves her cheating husband, Susan Reed embarks on a cross-country road trip where she falls victim to a series of mishaps that land her beh...

Hijacked: Flight 285

Hijacked: Flight 285

1996

as Deni Patton

5.7
Acting

A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after takeoff, two of his aides, traveling as ordinar...

One Night Stand

One Night Stand

1995

as Mickey Sanderson

1.5
Acting

Michelle Sanderson is a woman who seems to have everything -- great looks, a promising career, a large circle of friends. But the one thing she yearns...

The Tin Soldier

The Tin Soldier

1995

as Billy's Mom

6.2
Acting

The story of a boy trying to find his place at a new school with the help of a toy knight that comes to life to teach him moral lessons.

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn

1994

as Susan Enright

4.8
Acting

Susan and Mark move to a seaside town to buy an old house and open an inn. They came to look at one house, but Susan is inexplicably drawn to another....

Parallel Lives

Parallel Lives

1994

as Louise

5.0
Acting

A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a lo...

Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica

Red Shoe Diaries 4: Auto Erotica

1994

as Karen (archive footage)

3.0
Acting

A sultry Italian maid unlocks a couple's secret chamber and unleashes a private fantasy. An architect is lured by a mysterious beauty into a torrid ga...

Ultimate Betrayal

Ultimate Betrayal

1994

as Mary Rodgers

7.0
Acting

Based on a true story about two sisters who sue their father for incest and child abuse. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that the father severely...

Man's Best Friend

Man's Best Friend

1993

as Lori Tanner

5.9
Acting

A dog turns from man's best friend into man's worst nightmare as he attacks everything that moves.

Tattle Tale

Tattle Tale

1993

as Laura Perot

Acting

A failed actor gets his 15 minutes of infamy when his ex-wife writes a vengeful tell-all book about their marriage. He decides to use his acting skill...

Chantilly Lace

Chantilly Lace

1993

as Elizabeth

10.0
Acting

A group of middle-aged women get together at a secluded house to learn about themselves.

The Pickle

The Pickle

1993

as Molly-Girl / Herself

4.8
Acting

Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry ju...

Lethal Exposure

Lethal Exposure

1993

as Chris Cassidy

Acting

Ambitious photojournalist Chris Cassidy, on assignment in Paris, becomes involved with an unconventional French detective after having witnessed the a...

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992

as Ticket Agent (New York)

6.8
Acting

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems f...

Only the Lonely

Only the Lonely

1991

as Theresa Luna

6.0
Acting

Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns the...

The Lost Capone

The Lost Capone

1990

as Kathleen Hart

4.0
Acting

While Al Capone works his way up from top-dog street gang thug captain in Chicago to U.S. crime king, his brother Jimmy Capone chooses the righteous w...

Fear

Fear

1990

as Cayce Bridges

5.9
Acting

A psychic helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent, who wants to share the...

Betsy's Wedding

Betsy's Wedding

1990

as Connie Hopper

5.7
Acting

Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but B...

Heart of Dixie

Heart of Dixie

1989

as Maggie DeLoach

5.5
Acting

In the 1950s, three young sorority women re-assess their values in light of the burgeoning civil rights movement.

Short Circuit 2

Short Circuit 2

1988

as Stephanie Speck (voice)

6.2
Acting

Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to ...

She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby

1988

as Ally Sheedy (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their paren...

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

1987

as Self

Acting

An all-star cast lead by Richard Dreyfus perform sketches celebrating the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, including new animation done by Disne...

Maid to Order

Maid to Order

1987

as Jessie Montgomery

5.6
Acting

Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he neve...

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7
Acting

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

We Are the Children

We Are the Children

1987

6.0
Acting

A doctor and a photo-journalist try to help famine victims in Africa.

Short Circuit

Short Circuit

1986

as Stephanie Speck

6.6
Acting

After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his design...

Blue City

Blue City

1986

as Annie Rayford

4.8
Acting

Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy wil...

Twice in a Lifetime

Twice in a Lifetime

1985

as Helen

5.6
Acting

A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in a...

St. Elmo's Fire

St. Elmo's Fire

1985

as Leslie Hunter

6.1
Acting

A group of friends graduates from the halls of Georgetown University into lives that revolve around sex and career aspirations. Kirby waits tables to ...

The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985

as Allison Reynolds

7.7
Acting

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel ...

Oxford Blues

Oxford Blues

1984

as Rona

5.5
Acting

A young American hustler in Las Vegas spots a rich English Lady. Smitten, he pursues her to England, where his only chance of getting together with he...

WarGames

WarGames

1983

as Jennifer

7.1
Acting

High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwitt...

Bad Boys

Bad Boys

1983

as J. C. Walenski

7.0
Acting

Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug deal...

Deadly Lessons

Deadly Lessons

1983

as Marita Armstrong

5.2
Acting

A psycho is stalking the students at an exclusive girls' school.

Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the Grass

1981

as Hazel

6.4
Acting

Two teenagers, in love in pre-Depression Kansas, cope with parental pressure and the strict sexual mores of the day.

The Day the Loving Stopped

The Day the Loving Stopped

1981

as Debbie Danner

Acting

Due to her parents' divorce, a young lady named Judy begins to doubt herself and love in general as her wedding day approaches.

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

1981

as Tracy Barnes

3.5
Acting

Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after schoo...

The Best Little Girl in the World

The Best Little Girl in the World

1981

as 1st Girl

5.1
Acting

Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self...

I Think I'm Having A Baby

I Think I'm Having A Baby

1981

as Cathy

4.0
Acting

Laurie is 15 and she thinks she's pregnant. Her boyfriend doesn't care. Her mother doesn't know. Why did it happen? And whom can she turn to?

Pool

Pool

1978

Acting

Pool is a melange of documentary and fiction, about its actors’ lives: a 14-year old girl, a Chilean exile, a French actress and an unfulfilled shoest...