Sharon Washington

Sharon Washington

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.

  • Title: Sharon Washington
  • Popularity: 4.216
  • Known For: Acting
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  • Place of Birth: New York City, United States
  • Homepage: https://iamsharonwashington.com/
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Sharon Washington Movies

  • 1995
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    Die Hard: With a Vengeance

    Die Hard: With a Vengeance

    7.271 1995 HD

    New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with...

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  • 2000
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    Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

    Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

    6.7 2000 HD

    Fanny Kemble is a famous star of the English stage, but while touring the United States, she gives up her career to marry wealthy American Pierce...

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  • 2023
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    Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

    Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

    1 2023 HD

    Experience The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Shakespeare’s tragedy with one of his most indelible villains...

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  • 2010
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    Rocksteady

    Rocksteady

    6 2010 HD

    A coming of age drama set in the world of stock-car dirt-track racing, against a heavy reggae soundscape. 20-year old BC, the only black kid on a...

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  • 2013
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    Torn

    Torn

    5.8 2013 HD

    Two families bond when their teenage sons are killed in an explosion at a suburban mall only to discover one of their children is the prime suspect.

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  • 1996
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    The Long Kiss Goodnight

    The Long Kiss Goodnight

    6.6 1996 HD

    An amnesiac schoolteacher (Davis) sets out to recover her identity with the help of a private detective (Jackson) when they discover a dark...

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  • 2022
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    When My Sleeping Dragon Woke

    When My Sleeping Dragon Woke

    1 2022 HD

    A little girl lives in a custodian apartment inside a New York Public Library, where her father stokes its coal furnace 24/7. Decades later, actor...

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  • 2024
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    Joker: Folie à Deux

    Joker: Folie à Deux

    5.6 2024 HD

    While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.

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  • 2024
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    Sing Sing

    Sing Sing

    7.1 2024 HD

    Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this...

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  • 2010
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    An Invisible Sign

    An Invisible Sign

    5.2 2010 HD

    Mona Gray is a 20-year-old loner who, as a child, turned to math for salvation after her father became ill. As an adult, Mona now teaches the subject...

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  • 2003
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    School of Rock

    School of Rock

    7.083 2003 HD

    Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a...

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  • 2001
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    3 A.M.

    3 A.M.

    5.5 2001 HD

    The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance...

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  • 1992
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    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    7.5 1992 HD

    A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he...

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  • 1999
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    The Confession

    The Confession

    5.7 1999 HD

    After his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own hands and kills the doctor, nurse and clerk...

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  • 2016
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    Wiener-Dog

    Wiener-Dog

    5.611 2016 HD

    A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.

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  • 2017
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    Approaching a Breakthrough

    Approaching a Breakthrough

    6 2017 HD

    As Norman and his girlfriend storm into Central Park, bickering, Norman is cornered by a string of characters from his past, appearing from all sides...

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  • 2014
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    Vaccines: Calling the Shots

    Vaccines: Calling the Shots

    7 2014 HD

    Diseases that were largely eradicated in the United States a generation ago—whooping cough, measles, mumps—are returning, in part because...

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  • 2006
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    Half Nelson

    Half Nelson

    6.6 2006 HD

    Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the...

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  • 2012
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    The Bourne Legacy

    The Bourne Legacy

    6.224 2012 HD

    New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

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  • 2019
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    Joker

    Joker

    8.147 2019 HD

    During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous...

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  • 2019
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    The Kitchen

    The Kitchen

    6.141 2019 HD

    The mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take...

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  • 1993
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    Blind Spot

    Blind Spot

    6 1993 HD

    Tragedy befalls Congresswoman Nell Harrington and her family when her son-in-law dies in a car accident, and Harrington's pregnant daughter, Phoebe,...

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  • 2000
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    Lisa Picard Is Famous

    Lisa Picard Is Famous

    5.7 2000 HD

    A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to...

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  • 2018
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    Seaside

    Seaside

    4.5 2018 HD

    A dramatic thriller about Daphne, a young woman who moves to the Oregon Coast with her boyfriend, Roger, when he inherits his childhood beach house,...

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  • 2007
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    Michael Clayton

    Michael Clayton

    6.781 2007 HD

    A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty...

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  • 2007
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    The Life Before Her Eyes

    The Life Before Her Eyes

    6.1 2007 HD

    As the 15th anniversary of a fatal high school shooting approaches, former pupil Diana McFee is haunted by memories of the tragedy. After losing her...

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  • 2015
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    Mistress America

    Mistress America

    6.5 2015 HD

    Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who...

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  • 2021
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    Down with the King

    Down with the King

    6 2021 HD

    Sent to the Berkshires to focus on his next album, disillusioned rap star Money Merc abruptly announces his retirement on Twitter. After Merc's...

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  • 2021
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    Birdwatching

    Birdwatching

    7 2021 HD

    By a stream in the woods – a place between worlds – two women find each other ankle-deep in the water, letting go of what's past and...

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  • 1999
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    7.93 1999 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 2013
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    The Blacklist

    The Blacklist

    7.6 2013 HD

    Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and...

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  • 1985
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    North and South

    North and South

    7.4 1985 HD

    The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending...

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  • 2010
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    Blue Bloods

    Blue Bloods

    7.8 2010 HD

    A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and...

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  • 2014
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    Gotham

    Gotham

    7.6 2014 HD

    Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order....

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  • 2021
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    Power Book III: Raising Kanan

    Power Book III: Raising Kanan

    8.3 2021 HD

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

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  • 2009
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    White Collar

    White Collar

    8.263 2009 HD

    In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive...

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  • 2001
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    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    7.562 2001 HD

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

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  • 1999
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    7.93 1999 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

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

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

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

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  • 2015
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    For My Man

    For My Man

    7.7 2015 HD

    A true crime series featuring the salacious and shocking stories of women who have been arrested for a crime they did in the name of love. From a...

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  • 1999
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    7.93 1999 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

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

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  • 2016
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    Bull

    Bull

    7.049 2016 HD

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

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  • 1999
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    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    7.93 1999 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 1990
    imgS24 E8

    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

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

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  • 2011
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    Hustling

    Hustling

    6 2011 HD

    Since working as an adult film star and escort since his early twenties, Ryan Crosby, aka Rod Driver, has had a pretty easy life when you think about...

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  • 1952
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    Guiding Light

    Guiding Light

    5.4 1952 HD

    Guiding Light is an American television soap opera that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running television drama in...

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