Keira Knightley

Keesha Ulricka (nee Flett, born June 9, 1973) is an American actress. She is also a television and film director. She began her career appearing on television dramas, before her regular role in the role of Monica Charles Brooks in the comedy series UPN/The CW, Girlfriends (2002-08), for which she won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nomination.Sharp later has appeared in films such as American Adobo (2002), Why Did I Get Married? (2007) and, between 2010 and 2013, she was a co-star in the TBS sitcom Are We There Yet?. She played the role of Dale Cochran in The People v. O. J. Simpson - American Crime Story, an FX drama series. Sharp played the role of a police officer in Fox's comedy-drama show Lethal Weapon from 2016 to 2019. She was born in Rochester. Sharp began her career on the stage after she completed her cum laude degree at The Boston Conservatory. Sharp was a part of the Broadway National Tour of Carousel and was also featured Off Broadway in Michael Bradford’s Living in the Wind. Sharp also performed in eight roles in the comedy that was interactive Eat the Runt. Other stage performances include Abyssinia and Thunder Knockin and Jitney. She was also a part in The Producers, Big Street and Suburb as well as Joe Turner's Come and Gone. On television, she guest starred in Welcome to New York, Third Watch, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, before making the move to Los Angeles.