Heidi Cheryl Shepard (born 5 February 1966 in New York City) is an American actress based in Germany.

She gained fame through her role in German television series Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast ("Behind Bars - the Women's Prison") between 1997 and 2000.

Shepard's family moved to Switzerland when she was four years old, where she grew up in Basel, Bern and Zürich.

From 2003 to 2015, she played plastic surgeon and urologist Dr Elena Eichhorn in In aller Freundschaft.

[5] Between May 2016 and April 2017, she played a leading role in the 13th season of telenovela Rote Rosen ("Red Roses").