Sharon Lawrence

Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina
Birthday: June 29, 1961

An attractive, energetic, hazel-eyed performer, Sharon Lawrence studied journalism in college, intending to follow in the footsteps of her anchorman father, but the former Raleigh, North Carolina Junior Miss opted for the bright lights instead (with her teachers' blessings). By her own admission not the best dancer or actress, she propelled herself by sheer determination, eventually acting opposite Anthony Quinn (a national tour of "Zorba'), Joel Grey (her Broadway debut in "Cabaret") and Topol (tour and subsequent Broadway run of "Fiddler on t…more

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Actor

Marshalls' Women In Comedy
Alexis
Blue Moon
Cass Medieros
The Uninvited
Patricia Johnson
Touched By a Dolphin

Producer

Executive Producer
Five Desperate Hours
Co-Producer

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Career Milestones

2004
Cast in the romantic comedy "Little Black Book" starring Brittany Murphy
2001
Joined cast of the fall CBS mystery "Wolf Lake"; episodes later aired on UPN in 2002
2000
Played Detective Kelly in second feature film, "Gossip"
2000
Returned to Broadway to play Velma in the hit revival of "Chicago"
1999
Returned to the New York stage as Cherry Jones' dead mother Evie in "Tongue of a Bird", having played the part earlier in the year at LA's Mark Taper Forum