SHARON LAWRENCE has been prominently featured on stage and screen over the last 40 years. Currently on JOE PICKETT series on Paramount+ her television work includes her multiple EMMY nominated and SAG AWARD winning run as Sylvia on NYPD Blue, as well as stints on shows such as, SHAMELESS, DYNASTY, THE RANCH DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, RIZZOLI & ISLES, MONK, WALKERand GREY’S ANATOMY earning her 4th EMMY nomination. Film work includes MIDDLE OF NOWHERE from Ava DuVernay and THE LOST HUSBAND, both on Netflix. For the past several years, Sharon has received national critical and public acclaim for her solo performance as Washington Post famed publisher Katharine Graham in The Shot, first seen at Center Stage in Santa Barbara most recently at PlayMakers Rep and winning the United Solo Festival Off Bway. Broadway- Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof and as Velma in Chicago ; Off Bway in Pen Pals, Tongue of a Bird, Love with Cherry Jones, Loss, and What I Wore . Multiple roles at the major LA theaters- The Mark Taper Forum, (Poor Behavior The Mystery Of Love And Sex) The Wallis, (Trumpet of the Swan and Love, Noel)The Geffen (Paint Your Wagon, Under The Blue Sky) The Matrix ( The Seagull, The Homecoming- LA Drama Critics Nomination fPasadena Playhouse (Song at Twilight , Orson’s Shadow, with 2 nominations for Ovation Awards and win from LA Drama Critics Circle, Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara (THE CITY OF CONVERSATION, PARENTS IN CHAINS) IAMA Theater Company (A KID LIKE JAKE, TRAUMA PLAY) Sharon was nominated for her 5th EMMY TheGazeseries.com series which also streamed on CTGLA’s DigitalStage and her 6th nod for Peacocks PUNKY BREWSTER Sharon's non-profit service includes former Chair of the Women in Film Foundation, current BoD of Heal The Bay and as a Vice President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Board of IAMA Theatre Company . IG @sharonelawrence