Keesha Ulricka Sharp is an American

United States

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 television actress. Her best known role is as Monica on the hit UPN

UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...

/The CW

The CW Television Network

The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...

 show, Girlfriends

Girlfriends

Girlfriends is an American comedy-drama sitcom that premiered on September 11, 2000, on UPN and aired on UPN's successor network, The CW, before being cancelled in 2008...

, which she played William Dent's (Reggie Hayes) girlfriend, and later wife, Monica from 2002

2002 in television

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 to the series finale in 2008

2008 in television

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. For this role she earned an NAACP Image Award Nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series".

Early life

She attended the prestigious The Boston Conservatory where she received her B.F.A. in Musical Theater.

Career

Sharp has also appeared on The Game, The Tracy Morgan Show

The Tracy Morgan Show

The Tracy Morgan Show is an American sitcom that aired from December 2, 2003 to March 20, 2004 on NBC. The series stars Tracy Morgan and Tamala Jones. The show was canceled in its first season after 18 episodes .-Synopsis:...

, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Still Standing

Still Standing (TV series)

Still Standing is an American sitcom television series. It debuted on CBS on September 30, 2002, and ended March 8, 2006. Lifetime obtained the United States syndication rights to the show in February 2005 and aired it until 2009...

 and other numerous sitcoms, from 2005

2005 in television

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–2006

2006 in television

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, Sharp was signed to 9 episodes on Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was voted in the US as the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central...

's autobiographical sitcom

Television program

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, Everybody Hates Chris

Everybody Hates Chris

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 as Shiela Ridenhour, a sexy new neighbor next door.

Sharp has also appeared in the film

Film

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s, Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood

Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood

Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood is a 2003 direct-to-video comedy-horror film written and directed by Steven Ayromlooi. The sixth installment of the Leprechaun series taking place before the events of Leprechaun 3, Leprechaun, Leprechaun 2 and Leprechaun 4: In Space the film has the villainous...

, Malibu's Most Wanted

Malibu's Most Wanted

Malibu's Most Wanted is a 2003 comedic feature film written by and starring Jamie Kennedy and co-starring Taye Diggs, Anthony Anderson, and Regina Hall....

, Pootie Tang

Pootie Tang

Pootie Tang is an American comedy film written and directed by Louis C.K. and released in 2001. It was adapted from a comedy sketch that first appeared on The Chris Rock Show. The character Pootie Tang is a satire of the stereotyped characters who appeared in old blaxploitation films...

, Never Die Alone

Never Die Alone

Never Die Alone is a 2004 crime thriller film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Donald Goines.-Plot:...

, American Adobo, and Why Did I Get Married.

Keesha currently stars as Gigi in the new TBS Comedy Series Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet? (TV series)

Are We There Yet? is an American television sitcom, which premiered on TBS on June 2, 2010. Based on the 2005 feature film of the same name, it revolves around a family adjusting to the new addition of the matriarch's new husband and trying to deal with normal family situations...

 with Terry Crews

Terry Crews

Terrence Alan "Terry" Crews is an American actor, comedian, voice artist and a former player in the National Football League....

 and Essence Atkins

Essence Atkins

Essence Uhura Atkins is an American actress. She is best known for the roles of Dee Dee Thorne on the UPN sitcom Half & Half and as Yvette Henderson on the The WB sitcom Smart Guy...

 .

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