Lesley Sharp Biography

Lesley Sharp is an English stage, film, and television actress. She is known for her roles on British television include Clocking Off (2000–2001), Bob & Rose (2001), and Afterlife (2005–2006). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1997 film The Full Monty.

She has also appeared in other films such as Rita, Sue, and Bob Too (1986), Naked (1993), Priest (1994), From Hell (2001), and Vera Drake (2004). Between 2011 and 2016, she starred as DC Janet Scott in the ITV drama Scott & Bailey.

Lesley Sharp Age

Lesley, Karen Makinson is 61 years as of 2021. She was born on 3 April 1960, in Manchester, England. She celebrates her birthday on 3rd April every year. Her birth sign is Aries.

Lesley Sharp Height

Sharp stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches or 1.65 m.

Lesley Sharp Education

Sharp attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the class of 1982.

Lesley Sharp Family

Sharp was born in Manchester, England, and was adopted at 6 weeks old by a Scottish couple, the Sharps. Born Karen Makinson, she was renamed Lesley Sharp upon her adoption at 6 weeks old. She grew up in Formby, which is north of Liverpool. She has an older sister.

Lesley Sharp Husband, Nicholas Gleaves

Sharp married Nicholas Gleaves in February 1994. Her husband Nicholas is an actor and playwright. Gleaves has been in many television shows since 1992; he was Rick Powell in the television drama series Playing the Field.

He had the role of Ray Fairburn in Conviction. The conviction was filmed at Salford Lads’ Club which delighted Gleaves because of the building’s connection to The Smiths. In The Chase, he was the father of Tom Bedford. In 2009 he said the idea for Survivors, in which he played the scientist Whitaker, was “great”. He played the role of DS Andy Roper in the first two series of Scott & Bailey.

Lesley Sharp Sons

Lesley and her husband have two sons, Zachary (b. October 1994) and Gabriel (b. 12 March 1998).

Lesley Sharp Net Worth

Lesley has an estimated net worth of $3 million dollars as of 2020. This includes her assets, money, and income. Her primary source of income is her career as an actress. Through her various sources of income, she has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

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Lesley Sharp Wiki

• Full Names: Lesley Sharp
• Popular As: Lesley
• Gender: Female
• Occupation / Profession: Actress
• Nationality: British
• Race / Ethnicity:  Not Available
• Religion: Not Known
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Lesley Sharp Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 61  years (2020)
• Zodiac Sign: Aries
• Date of Birth: 3 April 1960
• Place of Birth: Manchester, England
• Birthday: 3rd April

Lesley Sharp Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: Not Available
• Height / How Tall?:  5 feet 4 inches
• Weight: Not Known
• Eye Color: Brown
• Hair Color: Blonde
• Shoe Size: Not Available
• Dress Size: Not Available
• Breast Size:  Not Available
• Waist Size: Not Available
• Hip Size:  Not Available

Lesley Sharp Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): Not Known
• Mother: Not Known
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
• Marital Status:  Married
• Wife/Spouse or Husband/Spouse: Married to Nicholas Gleaves
• Children: Sons (TBA ) Daughter(s) (Two)

Lesley Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: Under Review
• Salary: Under Review
• Source of Income: Under Review

Lesley Sharp Actress

Sharp made her screen debut in Alan Clarke’s Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1986), playing Bob’s wife, Michelle. She appeared in another Clarke-directed project, as Valerie in the filmed version of Jim Cartwright’s successful stageplay Road (1987).

Further film appearances included supporting roles in The Rachel Papers (1989) and Stephen Poliakoff’s Close My Eyes, with Clive Owen and Alan Rickman. Sharp was establishing herself as a talented actress and social realist roles in Mike Leigh’s Naked (1993) and the Jimmy McGovern-penned Priest (1994).

After a ten-year break from stage work, in October 2005 Sharp return to the theatre as Emma in Sam Shepard’s The God of Hell at the Donmar Warehouse.

Lesley Sharp Movies

• 1986 Rita, Sue and Bob Too
• 1987 Road
• 1989 The Rachel Papers
• 1991 Close My Eyes
• 1993 Naked Louise
• 1994 Priest
• 1997 The Full Monty
• 2001 From Hell
• 2004 Vera Drake
• 2008 Inkheart

 Sharp Tv Shows

• 2009 The Diary of Anne Frank
• Red Riding
• Moving On Sylvie BBC One Series 1, Episode 5 “Butterfly Effect”
• 2009 Return to Cranford
• 2010 Agatha Christie’s Poirot
• 2010 Whistle and I’ll Come to You
• 2011 Leah’s Story Narrator ITV
• 2011–2016 Scott & Bailey DC
• 2011 The Shadow Line
• 2012 Protecting Our Children Narrator BBC Two
• Corfu — A Tale of Two Islands Narrator ITV
• 2012–2013 Starlings
• 2013 Who Do You Think You Are?
• 2015 Capital Mary BBC One
• Paranoid Lucy Cannonbury ITV/Netflix
• Tom Daley: Diving for Gold Narrator ITV Documentary
• 2017 Three Girls DC
• Living the Dream
• 2021 Fate: The Winx Saga
• Before We Die