Sharon Lawrence

Sharon Lawrence
Born	Sharon Elizabeth Lawrence June 29, 1961 (1961-06-29) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Tom Apostle (2002-present)

Sharon Elizabeth Lawrence (born June 29, 1961) is an American television actress. She is best known for the role of Sylvia Costas Sipowicz in the Television series NYPD Blue. The role garnered her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination three times for Outstanding Supporting actress in a Drama series.

Personal life

Lawrence was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, the daughter of Earlyn, an education administrator and Head Start supervisor, and Tom Lawrence, a television news reporter for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina. She grew up in Charlotte and moved to Raleigh in her Junior year of High School and graduated from Needham B. Broughton High School and then University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sharon Lawrence is the Chair of the Women In Film Foundation, a 35-year old organization advancing professional opportunities for women in the global entertainment marketplace. She supports Global Green and World Wildlife Fund to protect the environment and endangered species. She is an avid Scuba diver.

Sharon has played on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home and performed in benefits for Alzheimer's Association in Los Angeles called Night at Sardi's and the What A Pair show for the John Wayne Breast Cancer Center.

Marriage

In 2002, she married Dr. Tom Apostle. Their wedding was held at the Greek Orthodox church Saint Sophia, the same Los Angeles church in which her character, Sylvia Costas, in NYPD Blue married Detective Andy Sipowicz.^{[citation needed]}

Career

She co-starred with Betty White and Alfred Molina on the short-lived sitcom Ladies Man from 1999 to 2001. She was also a regular on the series Wolf Lake.

Lawrence played Maisy Gibbons, a housewife/prostitute in Desperate Housewives. She was also the star of the short-lived sitcom Fired Up (1997–98). She has guest starred in Caroline in the City, Boston Legal, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Monk, and played Amelia Earhart in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "The 37s." She had a supporting role on the short-lived CW teenage drama series Hidden Palms, as Tess Wiatt, and was seen in the Canadian cable television drama The Line in 2009.

In 2009, Lawrence was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal as Izzie Stevens' mother on Grey's Anatomy. She also recently guest-starred on Community in the episode titled "The Politics of Human Sexuality".

In April 2010, Sharon Lawrence joined Josh Schwartz's CBS sitcom pilot Hitched. The ensemble comedy revolves around newlyweds Rachel (Kristin Kreuk) and Brett (Jack Carpenter), who must deal with their family and friends. Lawrence, 48, will play the nosy but well-meaning mother of Rachel. In October 2010, she began a recurring role on One Tree Hill as Sylvia Baker, the mother of Julian Baker (Austin Nichols) who comes to Tree Hill from Los Angeles to plan the upcoming wedding of Julian and Brooke Davis (Sophia Bush).

Filmography

• Cheers (1993)
• Someone She Knows (1994)
• The Shaggy Dog (1994)
• The Face on the Milk Carton (1995)
• Degree of Guilt (1995)
• A Friend's Betrayal (1996)
• The Uninvited (1996)
• Five Desperate Hours (1997)
• The Only Thrill (1997)
• Fired Up (1997)
• Ladies' Man (1999)
• Blue Moon (1999)
• Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
• Gossip (2000)
• Wolf Lake (2001)
• Atomic Twister (2002)
• Word of Honor (2003)
• Little Black Book (2005)
• Desperate Housewives (2005)
• Augusta, Gone (2006)
• The Alibi (2006)
• Grey's Anatomy (2009)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (2009)
• Community (TV series) (2009)
• Drop Dead Diva (2010-Present) as Bobbie Dobkins
• One Tree Hill (2010–Present) as Sylvia Baker

External links

• Sharon Lawrence at the Internet Movie Database
• Sharon Lawrence at the Internet Broadway Database
• Sharon Lawrence at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)