Born June 29, 1961 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sharon Lawrence is an American television actress engaged in numerous television shows and movies to date. She recently appeared as Reno Sweeny in Anything Goes, a Williamstown Theater Festival production. Also a great stage actress, she appeared in theaters like Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbour, Santa Monica’s Edgemar’s Center for the Arts, and Geffen Playhouse. Lawrence appeared in Beverly Hills 90210, Star Trek: Voyager, Fired Up, Superman, NYPD Blue, Philly, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Judging Amy,
Boston Legal , and
Desperate Housewives . Her moves include Lies and Alibis and Little Black Book. She had also garnered a Screen Actor’s Guild Award and Emmy nominations. Her latest appearance is in
Hidden Palms , the new CW show airing at 9 p.m. Lawrence’s non-acting involvements include that of the Board of the Women in Film Foundation, Global Green USA, the Creative Coalition and the Alzheimer’s Association.
Tess Wiatt is played by Sharon Lawrence in the new television series
Hidden Palms . Wiatt is a Southern woman and a former beauty queen, and also a mother. Her son is Cliff Wiatt, a high school junior whose best friend had died unexplainably. He becomes a friend of Johnny, the main character in the series, when Johnny’s family moves into the Wiatt’s neighborhood in Palm Springs.
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