Sharon Gardner

Growing up in Arlington, VA, Sharon wanted to do nearly everything and be nearly everyone. With a twin sister and a younger brother, Sharon loved climbing trees, riding her bicycle, singing in the choir, and playing records on her little turntable. Moved by stories big and small and with a vivid dream life, Sharon's open heart and imagination led her to the stage, where she could embody and explore characters and their worlds. Bringing wit to drama and depth to comedy, Sharon guest-starred as a warm and authoritative physical therapist opposite Rocky Carroll on "NCIS", Ep. 1603, appeared as a sassy wife in "Modern Family", recurred as a selective fashion buyer in "The Bold And The Beautiful", and played a driven tech C.E.O. negotiating a private-equity deal in series "Cost Of Capital". She portrayed a closeted social worker and divorced mom in gritty pilot "Shrader House", a former Senate staffer confronting gun culture in "Range Junkies", and a pregnant, recovering addict and burgeoning artist in unreleased thriller series "Crackerjack". Sharon's L.A. stage work includes grieving mother Becca in Malibu Stage Company's acclaimed production of "Rabbit Hole" with Oscar-nominee Katharine Ross ("The Graduate") and the title role Medea in the workshop of Holly Derr's interpretation of the Euripides classic in "American Medea", with Mary Jo Deschanel ("The Right Stuff"). She vividly portrayed Marquise de Mertueil in Heiner Muller's "Quartet", inspired by "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" …