Sharon Pierre-Louis
| Sharon Pierre-Louis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Sharon Pierre-Louis is an American actress. She is best known for co-starring as Nisha Randall on the ABC Family series The Lying Game.[1]
Life and career
Pierre-Louis was born and raised in Miami, Florida to Haitian parents. Her parents had immigrated to the United States during the 1980s and she was their first child born in the United States.[2] She has five other siblings, three of which were born in Haiti, also including an older brother who is deaf.[2] She became interested in acting in the sixth grade later attending a performing arts middle/high school.[2]
Her first major acting role was in Little Miss CEO (2008), which was a television pilot that was not picked up to series. In 2008, she had a three-episode stint as Stacy Kingston, a lesbian character in the ABC Family drama Lincoln Heights. In 2009, she guest starred in an episode of CSI: Miami, had a small role in the film Fame and appeared in the short film Eckford.
In 2011, She was cast as Nisha Randall on the ABC Family series The Lying Game.[1]
In 2012, She was cast as Little Jody in the Quentin Tarrantino film Django Unchained.[3]
Pierre-Louis is also a trained opera singer and is fluent in Haitian Creole and American Sign Language.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Eckford | Elizabeth Eckford | Short film |
| 2009 | Fame | Broadway Girl | |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Little Jody | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Little Miss CEO | Courtney | Unsold TV pilot |
| 2008 | Lincoln Heights | Stacy Kingston | Episodes: "Sex, Lies and Secrets", "The Price You Pay" & "Prom Night" |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Marie Gaudreau | Episode: "Count Me Out" |
| 2011 | The Lying Game | Nisha Randall | Series regular, season 1 (first ten episodes only) |
| 2013 | Suburgatory | Daisy | Episode: "Body Talk" |
| 2015–present | Switched at Birth | Iris Watkins | Recurring role |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 King, Michelle (2011). "Exclusive Interview: Sharon Pierre-Louis". Seventeen. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kat. "Actress Sharon Pierre-Louis On Mean Girl Acting Roles And The Hollywood Life". Kreyolicious.com. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ↑ Oliver, Rochelle (December 28, 2012). "Django Unchained: Sharon Pierre-Louis plays a slave in a scene with Jamie Foxx". Haiti.com. Retrieved March 8, 2015.