
Sharon Leal
Biography
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.
Filmografi
Why Did I Get Married Again?2026 · Dianne
Addicted2014 · Zoe Reynard
Dreamgirls2006 · Michelle Morris
Amateur2018 · Nia
White Water2015 · Annie
Shot2017 · Phoebe
Why Did I Get Married Too?2010 · Dianne
Why Did I Get Married?2007 · Dianne
19822013 · Shenae Brown
Soul Men2008 · Cleo
Paper Friends2019 · London
First Love2022 · Jeannine Matienzo
Blindfire2020 · Nika Wilkins
This Christmas2007 · Kelli Whitfield
Linewatch2008 · Angela Dixon
Freedom2014 · Vanessa
Bella's Story2018 · Kim
Face the Music2000 · Tracie
Traces2021 · Claudia
Motives 2 : Retribution2007 · Nina
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day2012 · Kari Ames
No Regrets2016 · Sofia
The Last Letter2013 · Cathrine Wright
Gridiron Grind2023 · Dr. Candace Brooks
Tasha Smith
Eddie Murphy
John Krasinski
Noah Wyle
Jamie Foxx
Michael Jai White
Brian J. White
Richard T. Jones
John Lithgow
Taraji P. Henson
Anika Noni Rose
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