Cybill Lynne Shepherd is an American actress, singer and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show alongside Jeff Bridges. She also had roles as Kelly in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid, Betsy in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, and Nancy in Woody Allen's Alice.
On television, her first major role was as Colleen Champion in the one season of the night-time drama The Yellow Rose. Shepherd played Madelyn Hayes on the detective comedy-drama Moonlighting opposite Bruce Willis, for which she won two Golden Globes for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical TV Series out of three such nominations. She later starred as Cybill Sheridan on Cybill, for which she won her third Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical TV series. Her later television roles included Phyllis Kroll on The L Word, Madeleine Spencer on Psych, Cassie in the television film The Client List, and Linette Montgomery on The Client List.