Phoebe Augustine

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Phoebe Ellen Ceresia (born April 1, 1967), known professionally as Phoebe Augustine, is an American actress known for playing Ronette Pulaski in Twin Peaks.{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Noel |date=2017-05-09 |title='Twin Peaks' Season 2, Episodes 2-7: There Will Be Bob (Published 2017) |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/watching/twin-peaks-season-2-episodes-2-7-recap.html |access-date=2021-02-11 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=1992-08-29 |title=Review/Film; One Long Last Gasp For Laura Palmer (Published 1992) |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/29/movies/review-film-one-long-last-gasp-for-laura-palmer.html |access-date=2021-02-11 |issn=0362-4331}}

Career

She portrayed Laura Palmer's friend Ronette Pulaski{{Cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/whos-who-in-the-twin-peaks-universe/ |title=Who's who in the 'Twin Peaks' universe | The Seattle Times|date=18 May 2017 }}{{cite journal |last1=Shimabukuro |first1=Karra |title=The Mystery of the Woods: 'Twin Peaks' and the Folkloric Forest |journal=Cinema Journal |date=2016 |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=121–125 |doi=10.1353/cj.2016.0023 |jstor=44072099 |s2cid=148230041 }} in several episodes of the original 1990 series Twin Peaks.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yxpDUAFrwfwC&q=%22Phoebe+Augustine%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT415 |title=Terror Television: American Series, 1970-1999 |first=John Kenneth |last=Muir |date=February 25, 2013 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476604169 |via=Google Books}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Twin Peaks |url=http://www.videocollector.co.uk/twin-peaks/15519 |access-date=2021-03-02 |website=www.videocollector.co.uk}} She reprised her role in the 1992 prequel movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.{{Cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-bd/ |title=Review: David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me on Criterion Blu-ray |first=Chuck |last=Bowen|website=Slant Magazine |date=25 October 2017 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.etonline.com/tv/218456_twin_peaks_the_return_delves_into_fire_walk_with_me_and_it_insane |title='Twin Peaks' Revival Delves Deeper Into 'Fire Walk With Me' -- and It's Absolutely Insane (Hi Naomi Watts!) |website=Entertainment Tonight|date=28 May 2017 }}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dTCkwmvEyIC&q=%22Phoebe+Augustine%22+-wikipedia&pg=PR25 |title=David Lynch: Interviews |first=David |last=Lynch |date=January 10, 2009 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |location=Jackson, Mississippi|isbn=9781604732368 |via=Google Books}}{{cite journal |id={{ProQuest|1834046109}} |last1=McDonnell |first1=Jenny |title=Twin Peaks |journal=The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies |location=Dublin |issue=3 |date=8 November 2007 |pages=132–134 }}

Other roles include the movie Plain Clothes (1987) and two notable short-lived sitcoms from the early 90s: The Elvira Show{{Cite web |last=Vasquez |first=Felix Jr. |date=2018-07-25 |title=[TV Terrors] "The Elvira Show" Was Cancelled By CBS Before It Even Aired |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3512211/tv-terrors-elvira-show-cancelled-cbs-even-aired/ |access-date=2021-02-11 |website=Bloody Disgusting! |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=A Look at "The Elvira Show" Pilot {{!}} |date=11 October 2017 |url=http://cinema-crazed.com/blog/2017/10/11/a-look-at-the-elvira-show-pilot/ |access-date=2021-02-11 |language=en-US}} and Frannie's Turn.{{Cite web |last=Rosenbluth |first=Jean |date=1992-09-11 |title=Frannie's Turn |url=https://variety.com/1992/film/reviews/frannie-s-turn-1200430642/ |access-date=2021-02-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Frannie's Turn (1992) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7c09f199 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603105429/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7c09f199 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 3, 2018 |access-date=2021-02-11 |website=BFI |language=en}} Around the same time, she also appeared in the TV movie Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story.{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Tony |date=1993-05-03 |title=NBC Monday Night at the Movies Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story |url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/nbc-monday-night-at-the-movies-black-widow-murders-the-blanche-taylor-moore-story-1200432335/ |access-date=2021-02-11 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} She was a musician/singer in the band "Cling".{{Cite web |date=2017-05-15 |title=Peaks and troughs: ranking the careers of the returning Twin Peaks cast |url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/15/ranking-returning-twin-peaks-cast-david-duchovny |access-date=2021-01-09 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19920905&id=YS8eAAAAIBAJ&pg=6796,5637368 |title=Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search |website=news.google.com}}{{Cite web |title=Phoebe Augustine |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/phoebe-augustine/credits/3000209765/ |access-date=2021-02-11 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/twin-peaks-revival-reveals-entire-cast/ |title='Twin Peaks' Revival Reveals Entire 217-Person Cast |date=April 25, 2016}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/05/twin-peaks-episode-3-4-returning-characters-1201833839/ |title='Twin Peaks' Guide to Returning Characters and What Clues They Offer Parts 3 & 4 (An Ongoing List) |first1=Hanh |last1=Nguyen |date=May 30, 2017}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/watching/twin-peaks-season-2-episodes-2-7-recap.html |title='Twin Peaks' Season 2, Episodes 2-7: There Will Be Bob (Published 2017) |first=Noel |last=Murray |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 9, 2017 }}