Earlier on, we talked about how 'Breakfast Club' star Nora Greenwald never considered herself to be part of the so-called 'Brat Pack.' Ally Sheedy, her 'Breakfast Club' co-star, definitely did. Sheedy was already well-known by the time she made the seminal film, but she came to prominence as a writer before she was ever a performer; her children's book 'She Was Nice to Mice' was published when she was just twelve years old.
That gave Sheedy both money and a reputation, and she used it as a platform. Taking classes in both acting and ballet she was determined to become a star on one field of the other, and so she did. By the time she was nineteen she'd turned heads in 'Hill Street Blues.' Her subsequent appearances in 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'Blue City' qualified her for her 'Brat Pack' membership.