Sharon Gless

Born on 31st May 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA, Sharon Gless is an American actress active from 1970. Gless is one of the few actresses with fame and is recognized worldwide for many iconic roles in television. Through years of iconic roles, she has gained an audience who adore and love her performances. Her characters were brought to life by her impeccable timing and spot-on natural performance that has also helped her get multiple Emmy and Golden Globe wins. Some of her works include Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990–92), where she played Debbie Novotny within the Beginning cable television series 'Queer as Folk' (2000–2005), and Madeline Westen in Burn Notice Burn Notice is an American series by Matt Nix. The >> Read More... (2007–2013).

Also, one of her important works includes Maggie Philbin on Switch (1975–78) and Sgt. Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey (1982–88), which was a police drama. In 1991, after 13 years of Cagney & Lacey, Gless, at 48, got married to Barney Rosenzweig, the creator of Cagney & Lacey. Gless being a 10-time Emmy Award nominee, and seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee has made her treads in the world of American television. Gless also won a Golden Globe in the year 1986 and Emmys the year in 1986 and 1987 for Cagney & Lacey, she, soared and made waves when she won her second Golden Globe in 1991 for The Trials of Rosie O'Neill. Gless was also honored with a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame in the year 1995.

Lately, Gless also has worked on two independent features, Once Fallen, with Ed Harris One of the most refined and legendary actors in Ho >> Read More... and Amy Madigan, and Hannah Free, the lead character of Hannah. In 2016, Gless again hit the spotlights after the buzz and hype on social media because of her appearance in four episodes of The Exorcist on Fox television. Gless has also taken on stage, working with many productions, starting with the Rhine at Stage West in Massachusetts. Later Gless functioned on London's famed West End as Annie Wilkes. Her spot-on timing was received well in Neil Simon's Chapter Two.

After that, she worked in Jane Prowse's A Round-Heeled Woman in 2011-12, for which she got standing ovations. Usually, the bright and chipper acting on-screen or when in her fictional character, Gless also takes time to reach out her support and use her position to help solve the issues involving human rights and the LGBTQ community. Her last work is "Casualty" and "Constance."