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Sharon Lawrence grew up in North Carolina (Charlotte and Raleigh), graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in Journalism and spent her college summers doing musicals in summer stock. She became an Actors Equity Member in 1984 and a SAG-AFTRA member in 1987. She may be best known for her multiply Emmy Award-nominated and SAG Award-winning portrayal of ADA Sylvia Costas Sipowicz in NYPD Blue. She also played, among many roles, a stay-at-home prostitute in Desperate Housewives, a charming but murderous realtor on Monk, the twisted jailbird mother of a sociopath on Criminal Minds, a serial killer on Law and Order: SVU, and a mother coming to terms with her long-lost daughter on Rizzoli & Isles -- not to mention bantering with Alfred Molina on Ladies Man or beating up Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
More recent work includes Blunt Talk (opposite Sir Patrick Stewart) and an arc on NBC's Game Of Silence. Recent film includes Solace (opposite Sir Anthony Hopkins), Of Music and Mind (with Joaquim de Almeida and Aunjanue Ellis), and the award-winning The Bridge Partner (with Beth Grant).
An accomplished stage actress, Lawrence played twenty different female characters in the Noel Coward cabaret, Love, Noel at the Wallis. Lawrence starred in Sir Noel Coward's final play, A Song at Twilight, at the Pasadena Playhouse, and as Vivien Leigh in Orson's Shadow (winner LA Drama Critics Circle Award, nominated for Ovation Award). At the Mark Taper Forum, she created the role of Maureen in the premiere of Theresa Rebeck's Poor Behavior and was featured Carl Reiner's gala, Enter Laughing. Her Broadway credits include revivals of Cabaret, Fiddler On The Roof and Chicago (as Velma Kelly).
A former Chair of Women In Film Foundation, she is affiliated with the Board of Directors of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation as well as WeForShe.org, HealTheBay.org and UNC-Chapel Hill General Alumni Association.- Sharon Lawrence is a British actress, born in Kent. She has worked on many successful and award-winning films. She trained at Rose Bruford College and is now a regular practitioner at the College running lectures for the students.
Sharon was nominated for a 'Best Actress' award for her work in the short film 'Mano a Mono' and 'Female Actor of the Year' at the International Achievers Awards
Sharon is passionate about acting and continues to build her profile in the film industry. All her latest work can be seen on her website. - Sharon Lawrence is known for My Private Swiss Diary (2012).
- Casting Director
Sharon Lawrence is known for Clive Hole (2008).- Sharon Lawrence is known for An Affectionate Look at Fatherhood (1995).
- Producer
Sharon Lawrence is known for Buzz (2009).- Sharon Lawrence is known for Til My Voice Is Gone (2009) and You're So Vain (2010).
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sharon Lawrence is known for Metamorphosis (2018).- Sharon Lawrence is known for Canada's Best Kept Secret (2011).