Sharon Lawrence
 (Marcy McClure Tyson)

Sharon Lawrence is best known for her performance as Sylvia Costas on the hit series NYPD Blue, which earned her a Screen Actor's Guild Award and three Emmy® nominations. She will next be seen in the feature film Little Black Book, with Brittany Murphy, Holly Hunter and Kathy Bates. Her additional film credits include Gossip, with Kate Hudson, and The Only Thrill, in which she starred with Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard and Diane Lane.

On television, Lawrence starred in the series Wolf Lake, with Lou Diamond Phillips and Tim Matheson, and Ladies Man, with Alfred Molino and Betty White, and turned in a memorable guest performance in Caroline in the City. In 1997, while still making occasional appearances on NYPD Blue, Lawrence headlined her own comedy series, Fired Up, making her one of the few actresses to star in two prime time series on competing networks. Lawrence has also appeared in the telefilms Atomic Twister, one of the highest-rated telefilms ever to air on TBS Superstation and basic cable; A Face on the Milk Carton; Degree of Guilt; A Friend's Betrayal; The Uninvited; Blue Moon; and Aftershock: Earthquake in New York. Lawrence produced her first television film for NBC, Five Desperate Hours, in which she also starred opposite Giancarlo Esposito.

Lawrence's theater credits include the record-breaking revivals of Zorba, Cabaret and Fiddler on the Roof. She also starred as Velma Kelly, the sexy murderess, in the smash hit Broadway musical Chicago at the Shubert Theatre.