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Agency	Contact	Type	Location
Bauman Redanty & Shaul, Talent Agency	323-857-6666	Agency-TV & TH Verbal	Hollywood

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Film

Michael Clayton	Pam	Tony Gilroy
Freedomland	Rose	Joe Roth
Half Nelson	Suzanne	Ryan Fleck
School of Rock	Alicia's Mom	Richard Linklater
3AM	Mom	Lee Davis
Lisa Picard is Famous	The Boss	Keith Gordon
Waking the Dead	Kelly Courtney	Griffin Dunne
The Long Kiss Goodnight	Fran Hennessey	Renny Harlin
Die Hard With A Vengeance	Officer Jane	John McTiernan
Malcolm X	Augusta	Spike Lee

Television

Damages	Monique Bryant	Jean DeSegonzac
Royal Pains	Nancy	Jace Alexander
Taking Chance	The Handler	Ross Katz
Law & Order:Criminal Intent	Dean Martha Whitehead	David Manson
Law & Order:SVU	Jenny Anderton	Jean DeSegonzac
Law & Order	Dr. Dorothy Hunter	David Platt
3LBS	Lily Thompson	Ken Girotti
Law & Order	Mary Fox	Arthur Forney
Cosby	Beth Edwards	John Whitesell
One Life to Live	Re-curring
North & South III	Jane Sherman	Larry Peerce

Stage

The Scottsboro Boys	The Lady	Susan Stroman
The Overwhelming	Elise Kayitesi	Max Stafford-Clark
Stuff Happens	Condoleezza Rice	Daniel Sullivan
King Lear	Goneril	Kent Thompson
The Merry Wives of Windsor	Mistress Page	David Ivers
Intimate Apparel	Esther	Tim Bond
String of Pearls	Woman Four	Eric Simonson
House and Garden	Fran Briggs	John Tillinger
The Radical Mystique	Janice Catlett	Arthur Laurents
Caucasian Chalk Circle	The Governor's Wife	George C. Wolfe
The Piano Lesson	Grace	Lloyd Richards

Credits

My Website	http://www.sharonwashington.com

Actor Bio

Sharon Washington has appeared in numerous Off-Broadway productions and has had the privilege of working with some of the country's most prestigious theater artists including appearances in the world premiere of Kander & Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys directed by Susan Stroman and Alan Ayckbourn's House and Garden directed by John Tillinger, The Radical Mystique written and directed by Arthur Laurents and Seeking the Genesis and Joined at the Head at the Manhattan Theatre Club. At the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater she played Lady Anne to Denzel Washington's Richard III, Valeria to Christopher Walken's Coriolanus and Cymbeline with Joan Cusak. She was also in an award- winning adaptation of Caucasian Chalk Circle directed by George C. Wolfe and the critically-acclaimed production of Stuff Happens directed by Daniel Sullivan. She was nominated for an Audelco award for her performance in Fear Itself directed by Joe Morton.   Regionally she has appeared in King Lear and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Denver Center), Intimate Apparel (Guthrie Theater), String of Pearls (City Theatre), Jar The Floor (Seattle Rep), Diggin' Eleven (Hartford Stage), The Story and Ceremonies In Dark Old Men (Long Wharf Theatre), Man and Superman (Center Stage), Miss Evers' Boys (Philadelphia Theatre Company), Twelfth Night (Arena Stage) and The Piano Lesson and The Winter's Tale (Yale Rep). She has also spent several wonderful summers working on new plays at the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference.   Film and television appearances include: Damages,Taking Chance, 3 LBS, Michael Clayton, Freedomland, The School of Rock, Half Nelson, 3AM, Waking the Dead, Lisa Picard Is Famous, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Confession, Malcolm X, Die Hard With A Vengeance, Enslavement: The Fanny Kemble Story, the miniseries North and South III, Law & Order, Law & Order:SVU, and Cosby.   A New York City native, she is a graduate of The Dalton School, Dartmouth College and The Yale School of Drama.

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