Sharon Leal
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 17, 1972 (age 54)
- Birthplace
- Tucson, Arizona, USA
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.
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Filmography
Why Did I Get Married Again?
Movie · as Dianne
Memory of a Killer
TV · as Holly · 1 ep
Gridiron Grind
Movie · as Dr. Candace Brooks
First Love
Movie · as Jeannine Matienzo
Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
TV · as Sidney Hayworthe · 1 ep
A Holiday Chance
Movie · as Naomi
Traces
Movie · as Claudia
Blindfire
Movie · as Nika Wilkins
Paper Friends
Movie · as London
Amateur
Movie · as Nia
Bella's Story
Movie · as Kim
Instinct
TV · as Jasmine Gooden · 24 eps
Shot
Movie · as Phoebe
The Good Doctor
TV · as Breeze Browne · 4 eps
No Regrets
Movie · as Sofia
Recovery Road
TV · as Charlotte Graham · 10 eps
White Water
Movie · as Annie
Supergirl
TV · as M'gann M'orzz · 16 eps
Addicted
Movie · as Zoe Reynard
Freedom
Movie · as Vanessa
1982
Movie · as Shenae Brown
The Last Letter
Movie · as Cathrine Wright
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Movie · as Kari Ames
Perception
TV · as Liza Brahms · 1 ep
Grimm
TV · as Zuri Ellis · 4 eps
Person of Interest
TV · as Madeleine Enright · 1 ep
Suits
TV · as Lisa Parker · 2 eps
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Movie · as Dianne
Hellcats
TV · as Vanessa Lodge · 22 eps
Limelight
Movie · as Nina
The Good Wife
TV · as Nicole Rickter · 1 ep
Soul Men
Movie · as Cleo
Linewatch
Movie · as Angela Dixon
Motives 2 : Retribution
Movie · as Nina
Why Did I Get Married?
Movie · as Dianne
This Christmas
Movie · as Kelli Whitfield
Private Practice
TV · as Sonya Nichols · 5 eps
Dreamgirls
Movie · as Michelle Morris
LAX
TV · as Monique DeSouza · 3 eps
Las Vegas
TV · as Nina · 1 ep
CSI: Miami
TV · as Lauren Sloan · 1 ep
Face the Music
Movie · as Tracie
Boston Public
TV · as Marilyn Sudor · 81 eps
Legacy
TV · as Marita Peters · 18 eps