Sharon Leal
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- 17 de octubre de 1972 · Tucson, Arizona, USA
Biografía
Sharon Ann Leal (born October 17, 1972, in Tucson, Arizona) is an American actress and singer of Filipino and African-American descent. A military brat, she moved with her family to the Philippines until age six before settling in Fresno, California, where she attended Roosevelt High School of the Arts. She won a vocal scholarship at the 1993 Santa Cruz Jazz Festival, which led her to study with Seth Riggs (Michael Jackson's voice coach). She made her television debut on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light (1996–1999) as Dahlia Crede, and later joined the Broadway company of Rent, going on to play Mimi in the first national tour. Her breakthrough television role was Marilyn Sudor on Fox's Boston Public (2000–2004, 81 episodes). In film, she is best known for playing Michelle Morris in Dreamgirls (2006, alongside Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson, and Jamie Foxx), as well as This Christmas (2007), Why Did I Get Married? (2007), Soul Men (2008), and Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010). On television she has also starred in Hellcats (2010, as Vanessa Lodge), Supergirl (2016–2021, as M'gann M'orzz/Miss Martian), Instinct (2018, as Jasmine Gooden), The Good Doctor (2018–2019), Recovery Road (2016), and Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022, as Sidney Haworthe). She was married to filmmaker Bev Land from 2001 to 2007 and has a son, Kai.
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Filmografía
- ¿Por qué me casé, entonces? · Dianne
- Memoria de un Asesino · Holly
- Gridiron Grind · Dr. Candace Brooks
- Pequeñas mentirosas: Pecado original · Sidney Hayworthe
- Primer amor · Jeannine Matienzo
- A Holiday Chance · Naomi
- Traces · Claudia
- Tiro letal · Nika Wilkins
- Paper Friends · London
- Bella's Story · Kim
- Amateur · Nia
- Instinct · Jasmine Gooden
- The Good Doctor · Breeze Browne
- Shot · Phoebe
- No Regrets · Sofia
- Recovery Road · Charlotte Graham
- Supergirl · M'gann M'orzz
- White Water · Annie
- Perversa adicción · Zoe Reynard
- Libertad · Vanessa
- 1982 · Shenae Brown
- The Last Letter · Cathrine Wright
- Perception · Liza Brahms
- Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day · Kari Ames
- Grimm · Zuri Ellis
- Vigilados, Person of Interest · Madeleine Enright
- Suits: la clave del éxito · Lisa Parker
- Hellcats · Vanessa Lodge
- ¿Por qué me casé también? · Dianne
- The Good Wife · Nicole Rickter
- Limelight · Nina
- Soul Men · Cleo
- Frontera límite · Angela Dixon
- Vaya navidades · Kelli Whitfield
- ¿Por qué me casé? · Dianne
- Sin cita previa · Sonya Nichols
- Motives 2 : Retribution · Nina
- Dreamgirls · Michelle Morris
- LAX · Monique DeSouza
- Las Vegas · Nina
- CSI: Miami · Lauren Sloan
- Boston Public · Marilyn Sudor
- Face the Music · Tracie
- Legacy · Marita Peters