- Born
- Birth nameSylvia Webster Jefferies
- Height5′ 3½″ (1.61 m)
- Sylvia Jefferies is a Charleston, SC native and had her first role, and first Jäegermeister shot, with director and star Dennis Hopper, in "Chasers"(1993). She later worked with him again as a stand-in for Elizabeth Shue in "Leo"(2002), where she met Sam Shepard and followed up making two more films with him, "The Notebook"(2004), and "Walker Payne"(2006). Known for her fearlessness, Sylvia is a character actor who is best known as Tracy in "Eastbound and Down"(HBO) with Danny McBride, as Jolene in "Nashville"(ABC) as Hayden Panettiere's mother, and as a propositioning addict in "Shaft"(2019). Joining the horror community in Rob Zombie's "Halloween 2"(2009) as Misty Dawn, a.k.a. the girl who rips Michael Myers' mask off, she has also been in John Gulager's "Piranha 3DD"(2012), and, her favorite role, Heather Starship Galen in "Three From Hell" (2019), the sequel to Rob Zombie's cult classic, "The Devil's Rejects". When she's not on set, Sylvia is an active knife thrower/collector and archer, volunteers her time with many charities, and, along with her son, is learning to fly.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Sylvia Jefferies
- SpouseCharles Staples(December 2020 - present)
- Children
- ParentsJames JefferiesPolly Jefferies
- RelativesWalter Webster(Grandparent)
- Arrived at her debutante ball on a Harley.
- Sylvia Jefferies's father, James Denis Jefferies, was Mayor of Greenwood, South Carolina; her great-uncle, Richard Manning Jefferies, was Governor of South Carolina. Her mother, Polly, who was one of fourteen children, was an emergency room nurse who began doing international medical mission trips when she was 70yrs old. Her maternal grandfather, Walter Webster, bred horses for harness racing.
- Had a pole installed in her house to learn how to pole dance for a role on One Tree Hill (2003).
- Has said her favorite actress is Katharine Hepburn.
- Starred in an "E.P.T." commercial, that was parodied by Saturday Night Live (1975) [May 2003].
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