Sharon Gardner

Bringing wit to drama and depth to comedy, Sharon recently shot a recurring role in action comedy pilot "Co-Ed Protocol" (Emmy-winning Canvas Media Studios). She appeared as a sassy wife in "Modern Family", recurred as a selective fashion buyer in "The Bold And The Beautiful", and portrayed driven tech C.E.O. Nancy negotiating a private-equity deal in series "Cost Of Capital". Favorite roles include closeted social worker Mary in gritty pilot "Shrader House", former Senate-staffer Julia confronting gun culture in "Range Junkies", and pregnant Stacy, a 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 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" ( Five 2008 L.A. Weekly Award Nominations Including "Best Performance" & "Best Ensemble"), and all the female characters in Heiner Muller's "The Battle: ABC" (2006 L.A. Weekly Award "Best Ensemble"), both with City Garage. New York credits include Shakespeare's ladies Juliet, Lady M., and Regan, and Helen in Christopher Durang's dark comedy "Baby With The Bathwater", all with Chekhov Theatre Ensemble, Thyona in Charles Mee's "Big Love", and Isabelle Eberhardt in "New Anatomies", among many others. Sharon was a founding member of Chekhov Theatre Ensemble and a teaching artist in public schools with Stages of Learning in New York City for three years.