Sharon Leal
Biography
Sharon Leal is an American actress and a singer who began her career as Dahlia Crede on the CBS serial Guiding Light. She joined the Broadway company of Rent and played Mimi on the San Francisco leg of its first national tour. She sang on the 1999 original cast recording for Bright Lights, Big City. She also took part in the 2001 cast recording of Making Tracks. From 2000 to 2004 she starred on the Fox series Boston Public, and she later had a recurring role on NBC's LAX. In 2006 she co-starred in Dreamgirls (2006) as Michelle Morris, the singer who replaced Effie White in The Dreams. She appeared in Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (2007). She was also in This Christmas (2007), and she starred in Perry's sequel Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010). She played Vanessa Lodge on Hellcats and has appeared on Supergirl. In 2014 she released her album Leal.
53years old
Turns 54 on October 17in 8 days
- Born Tucson
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Sharon Ann Leal
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 20 years2006 to 2026
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First role
Sharon Leal got her start playing Dahlia Crede in the CBS daytime serial Guiding Light, the role that launched her career.
Beyond film
In 1999, Leal was part of the original cast recording for the Off-Broadway musical Bright Lights, Big City, appearing alongside Patrick Wilson and Jesse L. Martin.
Sharon Leal movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Tyler Perry directed three of these films. Tasha Smith appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Tasha Smith's page
Michael Jai White's page
Tyler Perry's page
Richard T. Jones's page
Jill Scott's page
Lamman Rucker's page
Online
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