Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy was born on 13 June 1962, in New York City USA, to mother Charlotte, a writer and press agent of Russian Jewish descent, and father John J. Sheedy, an ad executive of Irish Catholic descent. She is an actress and author, perhaps still best known for her roles in the 1985 movies “The Breakfast Club” and “St. Elmo’s Fire”, as a member of the Brat Pack group of actors.
So how rich is Ally Sheedy? Sources state that Sheedy’s net worth reaches $4 million, as of early 2016. She has accumulated her wealth during her career as an actress, as well as by releasing her books.
Ally Sheedy Net Worth $4 Million
Sheedy grew up in Manhattan; her parents divorced when she was nine years old. During her early childhood, Sheedy was a devoted dancer, performing with the American Ballet Theatre. However, she became more passionate about acting and became involved in small stage productions. When she was only 12, she wrote a children’s book “She Was Nice to Mice”, portraying a mouse who meets Queen Elizabeth I. The book became a bestseller and the young Sheedy started to build her net worth.
Sheedy attended Columbia Preparatory and Grammar School in New York. Upon matriculating, she enrolled in the University of Southern California to study performing arts. She soon started to pick up several minor roles in the early ’80s made-for-TV films and television series such as “The Best Little Girl in the World”, “Splendor in the Grass”, “Homeroom” and the NBC series “Hill Street Blues”. In 1983 Sheedy appeared in the feature film “Bad Boys”, taking the role of Sean Penn’s girlfriend J.C. The same year she went on to take another similar role in “War Games”.
In 1985 Sheedy’s career was boosted with her appearance as high-school student Allison in the popular comedy-drama film “The Breakfast Club” – the group of actors in the film later became known as the Brat Pack. The film was praised as one of the best high school films ever, and greatly contributed to Sheedy’s wealth. Not long afterwards, she was cast in another hit movie “St. Elmo’s Fire”, and this time provided with her first fully-adult role. The film is another one of Brat Pack genre, portraying a story about a group of friends who graduated from college and is now adjusting to their post-college duties. It also significantly added to Sheedy’s net worth. The young actress went on to appear in several other movies of the 80s, including “Short Circuit” and “Maid to Order”.
In 1991 Sheedy released her second book called “Yesterday I Saw the Sun: Poems”. In 1998 she starred in the movie “High Art”, taking the role of a heroin-addicted photographer, with the story follows the relationship between two women which eventually turns into a romance. The movie won several awards, and Sheedy’s performance earned high praise as well as improving her wealth once again.
Sheedy then made some off-Broadway appearances, such as in the 1999 production of “Hedvig and the Angry Inch”, taking the role of a transexual. The same year she took a lead role in the movie “Sugar Town”, playing film production designer Liz and also appeared in the movie “The Autumn Heart”.
In 2003 Sheedy made a guest appearance inn her co-star from “The Breakfast club” Anthony Michael Hall’s television show “The Dead Zone”. She also appeared in several TV series including “CSI”, “Kyle XY” and “Psych”.
Sheedy’s career includes around 65 films and several television series, which has proven that her reputation as a successful actress has been recognized and praised, and which has earned her a considerable fortune.
When speaking about her personal life, Sheedy married actor David Lansbury, the son of “Godspell” producer Edgar Lansbury, in 1992, and they have a son together, but divorced after 15 years of marriage.
Back in 1985 Sheedy was treated at the Hazelden Foundation for drug abuse. She later reported that her relationship with Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora had caused her to use drugs, which Sambora denied. She was later treated for her addiction to sleeping pills in 1990, which was apparently a result of her role as a drug-addict in “High Art”.
