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Twin Peaks: Where are they now?

With the return of Twin Peaks and the confirmed signing of dishy Kyle MacLachlan as Special Agent Dale Cooper, we started to wonder about the other characters. Where are they now?
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Then: Kyle MacLachlan

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Famed for his role as Special Agent Dale Cooper, Kyle was a nineties heartthrob.

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Now: Kyle MacLachlan

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The most successful cast member by far, he went on to appear in Sex and The City, Desperate Housewives and, most recently, Marvel: Agents of Shield.

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Then: Mädchen Amick and Dana Ashbrok

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Mädchen Amick and Dana Ashbrok played Shelley Johnson and Bobby Briggs, who were secretly having an affair before Laura Palmer’s death.

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Now: Dana Ashbrook

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Dana Ashbrook is rumoured to be reprising his role in the new series. He has had consistent television work since, but his biggest success was a two-year stint in Dawson's Creek back in the early noughties.

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Now: Mädchen Amick

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Mädchen Amick has had a lot of TV success appearing in shows including Gossip Girl, Damages, Californication and ER. She is also rumoured to be returning to the series.

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Then: Lara Flynn Boyle

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Lara Flynn Boyle played Laura Palmer’s best friend Donna Hayward, but spent the show discovering the many mysteries she never knew about her friend.

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Now: Lara Flynn Boyle

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Lara Flynn Boyle remained in the limelight, dating Jack Nicholson for much of the nineties. She has also appeared in various films, including Men in Black II.

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Then: Joan Chen

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Joan played femme fatale Josie Packard – she eventually dies but not before her numerous affairs are revealed.

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Now: Joan Chen

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Joan Chen has worked consitently, and recently landed her best new role in Netflix’s latest mega-production Marco Polo.

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Then: Michael Ontkean

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Michael Ontkean played the honest and trusting Sheriff Harry S. Truman, the man with the difficult task of solving Laura Palmer’s murder.

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Now: Michael Ontkean

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Michael Ontkean has been off the showbiz grid for a few years, apart from a small role in The Descendants. He is also rumoured to be coming back to Twin Peaks in 2016.

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Then: Peggy Lipton

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Peggy Lipton played the melancholy diner owner Norma Jennings.

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Now: Peggy Lipton

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Peggy Lipton has worked on and off since Twin Peaks but never found a similarly succesful role. She has just finished a pilot for Angie Tribeca.

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Then: Sherilyn Fenn

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Audrey Horne was the poor little rich girl who found out that her father had been having an affair with Laura Palmer. The show ended with a mystery surrounding her fate, as she was trapped in a bank vault that exploded.

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Now: Sherilyn Fenn

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Sherilyn Fenn has appeared in a number of television roles since the show, with small parts in Dawson’s Creek, The Gilmore Girls and Ray Donovan.

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