Shelly Johnson (Twin Peaks)
| Shelly Johnson | |
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| Twin Peaks character | |
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| First appearance | "Pilot" |
| Created by |
Mark Frost David Lynch |
| Portrayed by | Mädchen Amick |
| Information | |
| Full name | Shelly Johnson |
| Occupation | Waitress |
| Family | Becky Burnett (daughter) Steven Burnett (son-in-law) |
| Significant other(s) |
Leo Johnson (first husband) Bobby Briggs (second husband) |
| Nationality | American |
| Duration | 1990–1991, 1992, 2014, 2017– |
Shelly Johnson is a fictional character in the Twin Peaks franchise. She was created by the series creators Mark Frost and David Lynch and portrayed by Mädchen Amick. She is a main character in the original series, and has a supporting role in the prequel films Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) and Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014). Shelly returns in the 2017 revival series. In the original series, Shelly dropped out of high school to marry the trucker Leo Johnson, who began to abuse her after their marriage. Shelly works as a waitress at the Double R Diner and has an affair with Bobby Briggs. In Twin Peaks: The Return, it is revealed that Shelly married Bobby and still works at the Double R Diner. Her main storyline focuses on her trying to save her and Bobby's troubled daughter, Becky Burnett, from her own marriage to an abusive drug addict.
Shelly is a waitress who dropped out of high school to marry the trucker Leo Johnson, who she had fallen for after he gave her attention. Once they got married, she realized Leo just "wanted a maid he didn't have to pay for," in the words of Shelly. Leo is a sadistic wife beater and he has connections to Laura Palmer's murder. Shelly has been having an affair with Bobby Briggs, Laura's boyfriend. Leo finds out, and attempts to kill Shelly by tying her up inside the Packard Saw Mill and setting it on fire. However Catherine Martell, another intended victim of the fire, frees Shelly and helps her escape.
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