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Sharon Lawrence

Sharon Lawrence

Highest Rated: 92% Deidra & Laney Rob a Train (2017)

Lowest Rated: 22% Little Black Book (2004)

Birthday: Jun 29, 1961

Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

A prolific television and stage actress, Sharon Lawrence proved she had the stuff of small-screen success with her very first television role as ambitious assistant district attorney Sylvia Costas on "NYPD Blue" (ABC, 1993-2005). Her consistently praised performance earned the actress three Emmy nominations, and between regular detours back to Broadway, Lawrence continued to be a presence in primetime with a memorable season as a stay-at-home-prostitute on the saucy hit "Desperate Housewives" (ABC, 2004-2012). Several attempts to build dramas and comedy series around the actress proved short-lived, but in her lively appearances on many series including "Monk" (USA, 2002-09), Lawrence could always be counted on to deliver a smart, sharp-tongued law professional or a comically self-indulgent resident of the upper-middle-class.

Highest rated movies

92% Deidra & Laney Rob a Train
88% Middle of Nowhere
71% Of Mind and Music 67% Grave Intentions
57% Lies & Alibis
50% The Perfect Family
48% Nearing Grace
28% Gossip

Photos

Sharon Lawrence at arrivals for MAIDEN Los Angeles Premiere, the Linwood Dunn Theater, Los Angeles, CA June 14, 2019. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Sharon Lawrence at arrivals for 2019 Women In Film Annual Gala, The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA June 12, 2019. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Sharon Lawrence at arrivals for 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals 1, The Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall, Los Angeles, CA January 27, 2019. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Sharon Lawrence at arrivals for The National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund 18th Annual Les Girls Cabaret Benefit, Avalon Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA October 7, 2018. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Sharon Lawrence in attendance for ME, MYSELF AND I Preview at the 11th Annual Paleyfest, The Paley Center for Media, Beverly Hills, CA September 12, 2017. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Sharon Lawrence at arrivals for Women In Film Pre-Oscar Cocktail Party, Nightingale Plaza, Los Angeles, CA February 24, 2017. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Sharon Lawrence at arrivals for 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Presented by SAG AFTRA - ARRIVALS 1, Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles, CA January 29, 2017. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Sharon Lawrence in attendance for 6th Annual Les Girls Cabaret, Avalon Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA October 16, 2016. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection Sharon Lawrence at arrivals for VARIETY and Women in Film Emmy Nominee Celebration Powered by Samsung Galaxy - Part 2, Gracias Madre in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA August 23, 2014. Photo By: Emiley Schweich/Everett Collection Sharon Lawrence at arrivals for Women In Film Los Angeles 2014 Crystal + Lucy Awards, The Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, CA June 11, 2014. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection Blunt Talk, Sharon Lawrence, 'All My Relationships End in Pain', Season 1, Ep. #3, 09/05/2015, ©STARZPR LITTLE BLACK BOOK, Sharon Lawrence, 2004, (c) Columbia Rizzoli & Isles, Sasha Alexander (L), Sharon Lawrence (R), 'No More Drama in My Life', Season 3, Ep. #15, 12/25/2012, ©TNT Body of Proof, Sharon Lawrence, 'Committed', Season 3, Ep. #10, 04/23/2013, ©ABC Body of Proof, Sharon Lawrence, 'Committed', Season 3, Ep. #10, 04/23/2013, ©ABC THE PERFECT FAMILY, Sharon Lawrence, 2011. ph: Oana Marian/©Variance Films The Glades, Sharon Lawrence (L), Taylor Handley (R), 'Moonlighting', Season 2, Ep. #4, 06/26/2011, ©AETV The Glades, Sharon Lawrence, 'Moonlighting', Season 2, Ep. #4, 06/26/2011, ©AETV The Glades, Carlos Gomez (L), Sharon Lawrence (C), Matt Passmore (R), 'Moonlighting', Season 2, Ep. #4, 06/26/2011, ©AETV The Glades, Sharon Lawrence (L), Matt Passmore (R), 'Season 2', 06/05/2011, ©AETV
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
67% No Score Yet Grave Intentions Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 50% The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls Phylis Mitchell (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 57% The Christmas House Phylis (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 56% Merry & Bright Joy Merriwether (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 43% Poinsettias for Christmas Katherine Palmer (Character) - 2018
92% 54% Deidra & Laney Rob a Train Veronica (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Penny & Paul Barb (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 35% Hearts of Christmas Alice (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet If I Could Tell You Sara Linda (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bridge Partner Olivia Korhonen (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Somebody's Mother Alice (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 64% Thinspiration Dr. Klein (Character) - 2014
71% 88% Of Mind and Music Angela Cruz (Character) $15.1K 2014
No Score Yet 80% Born to Race: Fast Track Mrs. Dalton (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 83% Grace Sonia (Character) - 2014
88% 65% Middle of Nowhere Fraine (Character) $166.9K 2012
50% 36% The Perfect Family Agnes Dunn (Character) $107.7K 2011
No Score Yet 83% Augusta, Gone Martha Tod Dudman (Character) - 2006
57% 53% Lies & Alibis Judith (Character) - 2006
48% 50% Nearing Grace Mrs. Ash (Character) - 2005
22% 37% Little Black Book Mom (Character) $20.4M 2004
No Score Yet 50% Word of Honor Marcy McClure Tyson (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 53% Atomic Twister Corrine Maguire (Character) - 2002
28% 47% Gossip Detective Kelly (Character) $5.1M 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blue Moon Cass Medieros (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 40% The Only Thrill Joleen Quillet (Character) $15.1K 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Five Desperate Hours Clair Ballard (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Uninvited Pattie Johnson (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 25% A Friend's Betrayal Nina Talbert (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Heidi Chronicles Jill (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 60% The Face on the Milk Carton Sada Sands (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Someone She Knows Sharon (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Shaggy Dog Beth Daniels (Character) - 1994

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 93% Walker Unknown (Guest Star) 2024
100% 78% Joe Pickett Missy (Character) 2021 2023
44% 77% Rebel Angela (Guest Star) 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Home & Family Guest 2020
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Roberta Lynch (Guest Star) 2019-2020
No Score Yet 83% Dynasty Liam's mother (Guest Star) 2019
63% 89% Me, Myself & I Eleanor (Character) 2017-2018
82% 82% Shameless Margo (Guest Star) 2016-2018
No Score Yet 64% Queen Sugar Lorna Prescott (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet 80% Blue Bloods Unknown (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet 88% Rizzoli and Isles Dr. Hope Martin (Guest Star) 2012-2014 2016
46% 85% Game of Silence Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
78% 60% Drop Dead Diva Bobbie Dobkins (Guest Star) 2009-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nuclear Family Unknown (Character) 2013
76% 60% Body of Proof Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet 91% American Dad! Scarlett Reynolds (Guest Voice) 2011
No Score Yet 68% One Tree Hill Unknown (Guest Star) 2010-2011
No Score Yet 89% The Mentalist Melba Walker Shannon (Guest Star) 2010
88% 88% Community Doreen (Guest Star) 2009
92% 91% Curb Your Enthusiasm Dr. Trundle (Guest Star) 2009
84% 73% Grey's Anatomy Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
63% No Score Yet Privileged Unknown (Guest Star) 2008-2009
No Score Yet 87% Ghost Whisperer Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
89% 89% Monk Linda Fusco (Guest Star) 2006-2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Capture of the Green River Killer Unknown (Character) 2008
37% No Score Yet Dirt Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
42% No Score Yet Hidden Palms Tess Wiatt (Character) 2007
72% 88% Desperate Housewives Maisy Gibbons (Guest Star) 2004-2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Judging Amy Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
78% 82% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Maggie Peterson (Guest Star) 2002
20% No Score Yet Wolf Lake Unknown (Character) 2001-2002
64% No Score Yet Philly Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
8% No Score Yet Ladies Man Donna Stiles (Character) 1999-2001
62% No Score Yet Bette Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Unknown (Character) 1999
83% 93% NYPD Blue ADA Sylvia Costas (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		1993-1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 1999
17% No Score Yet Fired Up Gwen Leonard (Character) 1997-1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Caroline in the City Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
76% 79% Star Trek: Voyager Amelia Earhart (Guest Star) 1995
87% 95% Cheers Rachel (Guest Star) 1993