Sharon Washington

Sharon Washington

Known for: Acting

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Biography

Sharon Washington is an American stage, TV, film, and voice actress. She received her MFA from the Yale School of Drama and her BA from Dartmouth College.


Sharon got her start doing soap operas such as the 1996 season of "One Life to Live" in addition to having a recurring role on the mini-series follow-up "Heaven & Earth: North & South, Book III".


She has had guest star appearances in TV series including Power Book III: Raising Kanan, and in the final season of Madam Secretary. She’s also had recurring roles in For Life, City On A Hill, The Code, Gotham, Law & Order: SVU, and Damages.


Other television credits include the Hulu series The Looming Tower, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, Golden Boy, White Collar, Royal Pains, NYC 22, Law & Order and Law & Order: CI. She has appeared in numerous television commercials both on-camera and voice-over and is an accomplished audiobook and documentary film narrator.


Sharon played Lena in the webseries Hustling for which she was awarded an Indie Series award for Best Supporting Actress (2015). Her film appearances include Joker, The Bourne Legacy, Michael Clayton, Wiener Dog, Rocksteady, Taking Chance, Freedomland, The School of Rock, Half Nelson, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Malcolm X, and Die Hard With A Vengeance. She also appeared in the short film Approaching A Breakthrough, directed by Noah Pritzker, which premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. 


She is the narrator of several documentary series for Animal Planet, Discovery, NOVA and TV One. Sharon played Lena in the webseries Hustling for which she was awarded an Indie Series award for Best Supporting Actress (2015). She has also narrated a diverse range of PBS, Nova, National Geographic and Discovery Channel programs. She voiced different characters in two installments of the successful Grand Theft Auto video game saga.


Sharon added playwright to her resumé, writing and performing her solo play Feeding The Dragon which received it’s world premiere at City Theatre in Pittsburgh followed by a production at Hartford Stage and from there to a successful run Off-Broadway at Primary Stages at the Cherry Lane Theater in the Spring of 2018 where she was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show and won an Audelco Award for Solo Performance.


On Broadway, she appeared as The Lady in the critically-acclaimed The Scottsboro Boys musical by Kander & Ebb directed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. A role she originated at The Vineyard Theatre and The Guthrie.


Other Off-Broadway credits include roles in Dot at the Vineyard Theatre, written by Colman Domingo and also directed by Susan Stroman; While I Yet Live by Billy Porter at Primary Stages; Luce by JC Lee at Lincoln Center Theater (LCT3); and Wild With Happy also by Colman Domingo at the Public Theater for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination and an Audelco Award.


She has worked many times on the New York Shakespeare Festival stage including playing Lady Anne to Denzel Washington's Richard III and Valeria to Christopher Walken's Coriolanus; as well as in the award-winning adaptation of Caucasian Chalk Circle directed by George C. Wolfe and Stuff Happens directed by Daniel Sullivan.

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Filmography

all 41

Movies 29

TV Shows 12

Voice 1

self 1

Social Worker
Joker: Folie Ă  Deux

Joker: Folie Ă  Deux (2024)

Movie
Sing Sing

Sing Sing (2023)

Movie
Queen Margaret
Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III (2023)

Movie
When My Sleeping Dragon Woke

When My Sleeping Dragon Woke (2022)

Movie
Woman
Birdwatching

Birdwatching (2021)

Movie
Joyce
Power Book III: Raising Kanan

Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021)

TV
1
Darlene
Down with the King

Down with the King (2021)

Movie
Actress
Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts

Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts (2021)

Movie
Social Worker
Joker

Joker (2019)

Movie
7.19
Estelle
The Kitchen

The Kitchen (2019)

Movie
6
Angela
Seaside

Seaside (2018)

Movie
4.67
Professor Spiegel
Approaching a Breakthrough

Approaching a Breakthrough (2017)

Movie
Olivia Powell
Bull

Bull (2016)

TV
5.64
Phillips
Wiener-Dog

Wiener-Dog (2016)

Movie
9
Narrator (voice)
For My Man

For My Man (2015)

TV
Professor #2
Mistress America

Mistress America (2015)

Movie
6
Self - Narrator
Vaccines: Calling the Shots

Vaccines: Calling the Shots (2014)

Movie
Molly Mathis
Gotham

Gotham (2014)

TV
6.3
Agent Reese
Torn

Torn (2013)

Movie
Prosecutor
The Blacklist

The Blacklist (2013)

TV
6.93
C-Team
The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy (2012)

Movie
5.77
Hustling

Hustling (2011)

TV
Levan's Mom
An Invisible Sign

An Invisible Sign (2010)

Movie
6
Winnie Cook
Rocksteady

Rocksteady (2010)

Movie
Doris Cooper
Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods (2010)

TV
6.64
Delancey's Lawyer
White Collar

White Collar (2009)

TV
6.63
Pam
Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton (2007)

Movie
5.46
Nurse
The Life Before Her Eyes

The Life Before Her Eyes (2007)

Movie
Suzanne
Half Nelson

Half Nelson (2006)

Movie
7
Alicia's Mother
School of Rock

School of Rock (2003)

Movie
7.11
Hillis Dean
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)

TV
7.5
Mother
3 A.M.

3 A.M. (2001)

Movie
Anna Chenier
Lisa Picard Is Famous

Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000)

Movie
Psyche
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000)

Movie
Judge V. Hayes / Dr. Crosthwaite / Jenny Anderson / Dr. Benedict
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

TV
6.19
Fran Henessey
The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

Movie
3
Officer Jane
Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)

Movie
5.88
Donna
Blind Spot

Blind Spot (1993)

Movie
Augusta
Malcolm X

Malcolm X (1992)

Movie
4.5
Janet Franklin / Mrs. Fox / Sally Thaxton / Dr. Dorothy Hunter
Law & Order

Law & Order (1990)

TV
5.78
Jane
North and South

North and South (1985)

TV
3.5

Ratings

Average 6.4
Based on 4.06 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1985
2001
2012
2010
2023
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birth Place
New York City, United States of America


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