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\u201cSharron Matthews is perfection.\u201d<\/strong> Sharron Matthews is an award-winning,\u00a0 internationally acclaimed multi-hyphenate artist. Her exceptional work as a writer, actress and producer can be found on stage, in TV\/film and in essays and articles around the world.<\/p>\n As an actress on the big screen, Sharron can be currently seen as MRS BILLUPS in the Disney Plus feature film OUT OF MY MIND, based on the hit novel by Sharon Draper, which debuted at SUNDANCE in January of 2024.<\/p>\n On the small screen,\u00a0 Sharron can be seen in the new hit animated Nickelodeon TV show ZOKIE OF PLANET RUBY as KONKO which premiered December 2023 on Amazon Prime (U.S) , as the SHERIFF of Paris, Texas in the second season of the french language tv series, PARIS, PARIS, which premiered the beginning of 2024 on Unistv (Canada) and in March of 2024 she will guest star as MAISY MACK on the much anticipated musical episode of MURDOCH MYSTERIES, now in it’s seventeenth hit season on the CBC (Canada).<\/p>\n Sharron is also featured on John Ridley\u2019s FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL as NURSE CHERI LANDRY, streaming on AppleTV+, as LUCY LAFONTAINE on all four seasons of the Family Channel\u2019s hit show RUBY AND THE WELL , and GLADYS on season five of SLASHER with the Emmy award winning Eric McCormack on Shudder TV in the US and Hollywood Suite in Canada.<\/p>\n For four hit seasons, she was one of the stars of CBC (Canada), Ovation (U.S.), Alibi, (U.K) and PBS\u2019s (U.S.) hit period crime drama FRANKIE DRAKE MYSTERIES, which streams on CBC Gem in Canada, Ovation in the US and countries all around the world. In both 2021 and 2019, she was nominated for Canadian Screen Awards for playing the role of FLO CHAKOWITZ on Frankie. On the fourth season of FDM, Sharron co-wrote the critically well-received episode LIFE IS A CABARET with Keri Ferencz.<\/p>\n As a exec-producer, writer and voice actor Sharron, alongside her co-creators Rebecca Liddiard and Carmen Albano, recently won the TOWEBFEST award for Best Animated Content for their original animated series MARY AND FLO ON THE GO, and a show which has been short listed for a Content Innovation Award from TBI in London. MARY AND FLO ON THE GO was nominated for a 2023 Canadian Screen Award for BEST DIGITAL SERIES, Sharron\u2019s first nomination as a producer.<\/p>\n Also known for her portrayal of JOAN THE SECRETARY in Tina Fey\u2019s iconic MEAN GIRLS, Sharron Matthews is an excitingly diverse, award winning Canadian artist, actress, singer, and comedienne.<\/p>\n Sharron has worked with John Travolta, Andrea Martin, and Ron Howard as well as toured her award winning one woman shows around the world from Africa to New York, Scotland and beyond. Sharron was featured in the films CINDERELLA MAN, TAKE THE LEAD, THE MUSIC MAN movie for Disney and HAIRSPRAY:THE MOVIE. She can also be seen on NBC\u2019s TAKEN, played Chef Sylvia on the multi EMMY AWARD winning children\u2019s TV show ODD SQUAD. Sharron also co-wrote, hosted and consulted on SLICE TV\u2019s MEME gURL for Slice.<\/p>\n Sharron\u2019s solo cabaret work has taken her across around the across Canada (where she was named BEST CABARET PERFORMER by Now Magazine and Broadway World) and around the world, selling out at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe for three years in a row (where, out of 3000 productions, her show was awarded BEST OF THE FEST). Sharron has toured all across Canada on a double bill with Canadian comedy icon, Mary Walsh, collaborated with Gavin Crawford of CBC\u2019s Because News on a sell out World Pride show, and in 2017 premiered at Just For Laughs in Montreal and one week later packed Toronto\u2019s High Park Amphitheatre for one night only with her acclaimed, award winning show, Girl Crush, which Broadway World awarded BEST CABARET PERFORMANCE of 2017.<\/p>\n She has toured North America in LES MISERABLES and Harold Prince\u2019s SHOWBOAT, recorded her own album, PARTY GIRL, can be heard on the SHOWBOAT cast album, THE MUSIC MAN (for Disney) soundtrack and sang back ups on Jann Arden\u2019s award winning Christmas album. One of the projects Sharron is most passionate about is her CABARET FOR KIDS, which she spent three years developing with Canada\u2019s largest theatre for young audiences, Toronto\u2019s Young People\u2019s Theatre.<\/p>\n Sharron\u2019s CABARET FOR KIDS explores the issues of body positivity, childhood anxiety, bullying and loving yourself the way you are, targeting 9-12 year olds and has played across Canada. It was nominated for Best New Play, Best Performance and Best Production at the 2018 Dora Awards.<\/p>\n Sharron has written essays and articles for publications around the world, recently she her first book, HELLO CHARLIE,\u00a0 was optioned by Shaftesbury and is being developed as a digital series, co-created and co-written with Kat Sandler, funded by the IPF and the CMF.<\/p>\n Sharron is also in development with Shaftesbury on FOLLIES , a musical TV show that is co-created with and by Keri Ferencz and\u00a0 Keavy Lynch.<\/p>\n She is a well known body positivity\/neutrallity warrior with large followings on all three of her socials platforms (Twitter, Facebook and INSTAGRAM).Her newest venture, HOW VERY DARE SHE is a shamelessly irreverant blog on which she tackles issues like periomenopause, aging, sexism, sex, dating, love, self love, throwing away shit you don\u2019t need (spiritually and physically) and anything else that makes people gasp because a woman in her 50\u2019s says the word F**K, is quickly growing an enthusiastic, like-minded and empowered following of people… who can\u2019t believe THEY have not said the word F**K in so long.<\/p>\n In 2023, Sharron was nominated for the prestigious PREMIER’S AWARD in the CREATIVE ARTS by her alma mater, Sheridan College.<\/p>\n Sharron is a proud member of ACTRA, Canadian Actor\u2019s Equity, the Writer\u2019s Guild of Canada, and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b>“A voice as big, beautiful, and varied as her native Canada…I thought she\u2019d burst a blood vessel \u2013 or that I would, from laughing. BEST OF THE FEST”<\/strong> “Sharron Matthews is a redheaded Canadian goddess of cabaret, a real superstar.”<\/strong> \u201cSharron Matthews’ version of Moments In The Woods was brilliant.<\/strong>\u201d \u201cMatthews is a stunning performer \u201c<\/strong> “Brilliant comic timing and phenomenal vocals, showcased in particular during a genuinely heartfelt rendition of Radiohead\u2019s \u2018Creep\u2019, showed Sharron to be more than just a dazzling disco diva. Fabulously flamboyant and full of energy, this side- splitting show is pure \u2018Gold\u2019.\u201d<\/strong> “Sharron Matthews is a refreshing, bold, extremely talented and naturally comedic performer. Sharron Matthews truly is the Superstar!\u201d<\/strong> “Sharron is 100% Performer with a capital \u2018P\u2019 and a huge stage presence.”<\/strong> \u201cShe proved once again that she may be the most exciting thing to have happened in cabaret since Bette Midler at the Continental Baths<\/strong>.\u201d “She owns the stage and everyone who dares look her way\u201d<\/strong> \u201cCapable of selling any song like it is prime downtown real estate\u201d<\/strong> \u201cVocally exquisite. \u201d<\/strong> “Sharron Matthews is a redheaded Canadian goddess of cabaret, a real superstar.”<\/strong> “Not only is Sharron Matthews a superstar, she is a force of nature.\u201d<\/strong> “Sharron Matthews is a force to be reckoned with. Weimar Republic meets Lady Gaga!”<\/strong> \u201cSharron Matthews Superstar #1 Cabaret in New York City\u201d<\/strong> “No demure wallflower, Matthews is out there and in your face. She can rivet you with her great pipes and then touch you with the tenderness of her interpretations. And then make you laugh until you pee.<\/strong> \u201cSo here’s the thing. Sharron Matthews transforms cabaret into musical\/dramatic crack. You can’t get enough. Unbe-f**king-lievable.\u201d<\/b> “Live-wire who electrifies the cabaret scene “<\/b> \u201cI still can\u2019t obliterate the memory of Sharron Matthews, sitting absolutely still, singing the hell out of it (Stars and Moon) and breaking my heart.\u201d<\/b> All Header Photos by Sam Gaetz @gaetzphotography on INSTAGRAM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cSharron Matthews is perfection.\u201d The Toronto Star, CANADA Sharron Matthews is an award-winning,\u00a0 internationally acclaimed multi-hyphenate artist. Her exceptional work as a writer, actress and producer can be found on stage, in TV\/film and in essays and articles around the world. 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\n-NOW Magazine, CANADA<\/p>\n
\n-Hamilton Spectator, CANADA<\/p>\n
\n-Three Weeks Edinburgh, SCOTLAND<\/p>\n
\n– The Curtain Up Show, UK<\/p>\n
\n-Funny Women, UK<\/p>\n
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\n-The Scotsman, SCOTLAND<\/p>\n
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\n\u2014 The Skinny, UK<\/p>\n
\n-Three Weeks Edinburgh, SCOTLAND<\/p>\n
\n-Cabaret Scenes, UK<\/p>\n
\n-WPAT Radio NYC<\/p>\n
\nBEST CABARET PERFORMER”<\/strong>
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\nGlenn Sumi, NOW Magazine and CTV, CANADA<\/p>\n
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\n– Toronto Star, CANADA<\/p>\n