Sharon Washington

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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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as Social Worker
Released: 2019-10-01

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and...

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Joker: Folie à Deux

as Social Worker
Released: 2024-10-02

A sequel to the 2019 film Joker.

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as Officer Jane
Released: 1995-05-19

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of...

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School of Rock

as Alicia's Mother
Released: 2003-10-03

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way...

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as C-Team
Released: 2012-08-08

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the...

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Malcolm X

as Augusta
Released: 1992-11-18

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation....

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The Kitchen

as Estelle
Released: 2019-08-08

The mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left...

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The Long Kiss Goodnight

as Fran Henessey
Released: 1996-10-11

Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She...

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Michael Clayton

as Pam
Released: 2007-09-28

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while...

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Mistress America

as Professor #2
Released: 2015-08-14

Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be...

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Half Nelson

as Suzanne
Released: 2006-08-11

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher...

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as Nurse
Released: 2007-09-08

As the 15th anniversary of a fatal high school shooting approaches, former pupil Diana McFee is...

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Wiener-Dog

as Phillips
Released: 2016-06-24

A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are...

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An Invisible Sign

as Levan's Mom
Released: 2010-10-06

Mona Gray is a 20-year-old loner who, as a child, turned to math for salvation after her father...

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Blind Spot

as Donna
Released: 1993-05-02

Tragedy befalls Congresswoman Nell Harrington and her family when her son-in-law dies in a car...

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Sing Sing

as uncredited
Released: 2024-07-19

Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a...

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3 A.M.

as Mother
Released: 2001-07-01

The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world...

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Down with the King

as Darlene
Released: 2021-07-07

Sent to the Berkshires to focus on his next album, disillusioned rap star Money Merc abruptly...

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Lisa Picard Is Famous

as Anna Chenier
Released: 2000-05-14

A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is...

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Seaside

as Angela
Released: 2018-09-15

A dramatic thriller about Daphne, a young woman who moves to the Oregon Coast with her...

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Birdwatching

as Woman
Released: 2021-09-23

By a stream in the woods – a place between worlds – two women find each other ankle-deep in the...

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Torn

as Agent Reese
Released: 2013-10-18

Two families bond when their teenage sons are killed in an explosion at a suburban mall only to...

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Rocksteady

as Winnie Cook
Released: 2010-10-01

A coming of age drama set in the world of stock-car dirt-track racing, against a heavy reggae...

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Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

as Queen Margaret
Released: 2023-05-19

Experience The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Shakespeare’s tragedy...

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Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

as Psyche
Released: 2000-04-23

Fanny Kemble is a famous star of the English stage, but while touring the United States, she...

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Approaching a Breakthrough

as Professor Spiegel
Released: 2017-03-01

As Norman and his girlfriend storm into Central Park, bickering, Norman is cornered by a string...

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Vaccines: Calling the Shots

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2014-10-29

Diseases that were largely eradicated in the United States a generation ago—whooping cough,...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Judge V. Hayes
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Benedict
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Jenny Anderson
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Crosthwaite
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order

as Mrs. Fox
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Sally Thaxton
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Dr. Dorothy Hunter
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Janet Franklin
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Hillis Dean
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Blue Bloods

as Doris Cooper
First aired: 2010-09-24

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement....

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Gotham

as Molly Mathis
First aired: 2014-09-22

Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man...

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Bull

as Olivia Powell
First aired: 2016-09-20

Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial...

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White Collar

as Delancey's Lawyer
First aired: 2009-10-23

In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help...

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The Blacklist

as Prosecutor
First aired: 2013-09-23

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI...

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Power Book III: Raising Kanan

as Joyce
First aired: 2021-07-18

Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, this prequel to "Power" revolves around the coming of age...

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For My Man

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2015-09-07

A true crime series featuring the salacious and shocking stories of women who have been arrested...

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North and South

as Jane
First aired: 1985-11-03

The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of...

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Hustling

as uncredited
First aired: 2011-11-19

Since working as an adult film star and escort since his early twenties, Ryan Crosby, aka Rod...

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