Background
Sharp was born in Rochester, New New York
Sharp was born in Rochester, New New York
Boston Conservatory.
She is best-known role is as Monica in the Universitas Pembangunan Nasional/The CW comedy series, Girlfriends, and as Gigi in the Turner Broadcasting System sitcom, Are We There Yet?. After graduating from The Boston Conservatory, Sharp set her sights on the stage. She performed in the Broadway National Tour of Carousel, debuted Office-Broadway in Michael Bradford"s Living in the Wind and played eight different roles in the interactive comedy Eat the Runt.
Other theatre performances include Abyssinia, Aida, Thunder Knockin, Jitney, The Producers, Big Street, Suburb and Joe Turner"s Come and Gone.
On television, she guest starred on Welcome to New York, Third Watch, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, before moving to Los Los Angeles The series ended in 2008.
From 2005 to 2006, she also had the recurring role on Everybody Hates Chris as Sheila Ridenhour. After Girlfriends, Sharp had guest starring roles on The Game, Cold Case, Melissa & Joey, Elementary and The Exes.
From 2010 to 2012, she was regular cast member on the Turner Broadcasting System sitcom, Are We There Yet?.
In 2015, Sharp was cast as Dale Cochran, the wife of Johnnie Cochran (played by Courtney B Vance), in the Forex anthology drama series, American Crime Story. In 2016, she was cast in a series regular role opposite Damon Wayans Senior in the Fox pilot Lethal Weapon playing Trish Murtaugh (played by Darlene Love in the Lethal Weapon film series). Actuality, Golden Brooks, her Girlfriends originally was cast in role, but was replaced by Sharp during filming of pilot episode.