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Fenn gained newfound enthusiasm with the lead role in Showtime's sitcom Rude Awakening as Billie Frank, an alcoholic ex-soap opera actress, who tries to go sober and become a writer, but continues to struggle with her self-destructive habits. The series ran from 1998 to 2001 and co-starred Lynn Redgrave, Jonathan Penner, and Mario Van Peebles. She said of it:

David Lynch, quoted in "Babes in the Woods: Sharing Pie and Secrets with the Mystery Girls of Twin Peaks" by Bill Zehme. Rolling Stone. Issue 588. October 4, 1990. pp. 68–71, 170. a b "Landlords: Actress Owes Thousands In Unpaid Rent, Trashed House". KNBC. September 19, 2007. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. a b Sherilyn Fenn, quoted in "Everybody's Mad about Sherilyn Fenn" by Jessica Sully, Movie (Australia). January 1993. pp. 18–20.

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Two Familiar Faces Return To 'Twin Peaks' From Beyond The Grave". Bloody-Disgusting.com. January 13, 2015 . Retrieved February 28, 2015. The same year, she was cast as the female lead in ABC's show Prey (originally entitled Hungry for Survival) and starred in the unaired original pilot episode. However, after the filming was done and post-production work almost wrapped up, the studio heads abruptly changed course, replacing Fenn with Debra Messing and reshooting the entire pilot. Prey went on for one season before getting cancelled. In 1991, Hollywood acting coach Roy London chose her to star in his directorial debut Diary of a Hitman, in which she plays a young mother determined to protect her child from hitman Forest Whitaker. According to Fenn, the turning point in her career was when she met London in 1990. She credits him with instilling confidence and newfound enthusiasm.

Fenn's interest in directing and children led her to step behind the camera to direct in 2006 a documentary film about the child enrichment program CosmiKids and Judy Julin, the program's founder. She subsequently joined its executive team as executive director of the film and television division. Lester Perky, quoted in "Legendary Portrayal" by David Walstad. The Philadelphia Inquirer TV Week (US). May 21, 1995. pp. 4–5. Haynes, Monica; Rouvalis, Cristina (July 21, 2006). "Child enrichment center may open here". Post-Gazette.com . Retrieved February 20, 2014. The world has certain rules – Hollywood has certain rules – but it doesn't mean you have to play by them, and I don't, or I'd be a miserable person. [25]

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I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when they said that was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it. I don't flirt and I don't play the people that I'm meeting with. In the next breath, this person said to me, 'When you're passionate about a role, there's nobody that can touch you, but you have to learn to do this also...' But I don't know how to sit there and pretend I love something when I don't! [31] Lionsgate Publicity: February 2009". Lionsgateinfo.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011 . Retrieved April 25, 2010. a b "Sherilyn Fenn | Photography Steven Meisel | Dolce & Gabbana Ad Campaign | Fall/Winter 1991/1992". Strip Project (in Italian). August 27, 2015 . Retrieved February 2, 2021. Sherilyn Fenn: Fenn de Siecle". Movieline. January 7, 1993. Archived from the original on December 28, 2010 . Retrieved October 8, 2010.

I liked the hard-core truth of Rude Awakening. But when I first read it, I was scared of it. Part of me was, like, it's so unattractive! But I liked that it didn't glamorize alcohol. And what's admirable about Billie is that she's a straight shooter. She doesn't have a lot of pretense. It's like, 'Take me as I am. You like me, fine! You don't, I don't give a damn!' There's something quite empowering about somebody who doesn't care what other people think. Billie is learning about herself. She's recognized that she has a problem with drugs and alcohol, and she's trying to straighten it out. [31] Sherilyn Fenn, quoted in "Babes in the Woods: Sharing Pie and Secrets With the Mystery Girls of Twin Peaks" by Bill Zehme. Rolling Stone. Issue 588. October 4, 1990. pp. 68–71, 170. Fenn has described many of these early films as sexploitation films "where directors tried to convince [her] to appear naked after the contract was signed." [6] In a February 1993 interview she explained: The nudity in Two Moon Junction was really scary, but that’s one of the reasons I did it. I didn’t want to make choices that would always put me in a place that was comfortable and secure. I had never done nudity. I’m not the kind of person who runs down the beach in a G string, so I thought, God, how would I respond in these situations? I thought interesting would happen and I would grow. Interesting things did happen. I cried at the end of all my love scenes.”

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In 2005, Fenn made a appearance on The 4400, playing Jean DeLynn Baker, a 4400 who has the ability to grow toxin-emitting spores on her hands. She also guest-starred on the final episode of Judging Amy.

In 1996, the Daily Mirror chose her as one of the "World's 100 Most Beautiful Women", and Femme Fatales chose her as one of the "50 sexiest sci-fi actresses". [61] But once candid, able and collected Sherilyn Fenn saw the premiere episode, she realized that she was part of something important, that she was doing the first work that she really liked in her whole life. And it wasn’t hard. Sherilyn says, “Sometimes after an episode, David will call and say, ‘Sixty million.’”

Power could have something to do with her character’s motivating desire for FBI special agent Cooper, who has recently arrived in Twin Peaks to investigate the interstate demise of her high school classmate Laura Palmer. To please the handsome agent, she has forsaken her life of sassy leisure for the dangerous and complex task of aiding him in his investigations.