Cast
Lynch's partnership with actress Laura Dern spans three feature films, and was later included on a list of "40 Great Actor & Director Partnerships" by the film magazine Empire. Lynch personally lobbied for Dern to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Inland Empire, sitting by a corner of Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, with a cow to raise awareness of her performance. However, the campaign was unsuccessful, with Dern not receiving a nomination for the award.
Lynch has also worked with actor Kyle MacLachlan on several projects; MacLachlan has been described as an on-screen incarnation of Lynch's own persona. The pair's working relationship has also been compared to that between director François Truffaut and actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. MacLachlan has commented that he felt "unstoppable" working with Lynch on Twin Peaks due to the strength of their prior collaborations, and considers the director a personal friend. MacLachlan earned several award nominations through these collaborative efforts, including two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series nominations, and a successful Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Drama.
Actress Sheryl Lee was first cast as the deceased character Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks. However, Lynch soon asked her to play the second role of Madeline Ferguson throughout the series; Lee would reprise her role as Palmer in the series' feature-film sequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and made a brief appearance in Wild at Heart, which was filmed concurrently with Twin Peaks. Wild at Heart featured several other Twin Peaks alumni, including Grace Zabriskie and Jack Nance.
| Individual | AM | EH | EM | DU | BV | CF | TP | WH | IS | OA | FW | HR | LH | SS | MD | RB | IE | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Michael J. !Michael J. Anderson | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Bay, Frances !Frances Bay | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Coffey, Scott !Scott Coffey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Coulson, Catherine E. !Catherine E. Coulson | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Dern, Laura !Laura Dern | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Ferrer, Miguel !Miguel Ferrer | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Harring, Laura !Laura Harring | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Jones, Freddie !Freddie Jones | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||
| Lee, Sheryl !Sheryl Lee | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| MacLachlan, Kyle !Kyle MacLachlan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| McGill, Everett !Everett McGill | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Nance, Jack !Jack Nance | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Stanton, Harry Dean !Harry Dean Stanton | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Watts, Naomi !Naomi Watts | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Witt, Alicia !Alicia Witt | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Zabriskie, Grace !Grace Zabriskie | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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