Shar Jackson
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Sharisse Jackson was born on August 31, 1976 in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Costa Mesa, California. Jackson is
of African American and Cherokee descent on her mother's side and Puerto Rican and Mexican descent on her father's. Shar has been acting since she was three and enrolled in the
Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble. While she attended private school, Jackson began modeling with the Ubiquitous, John Robert Powers, and Barbizon agencies and studied acting with
Bob Feldman; at 11 she decided to focus solely on acting. Through the Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble, she was quickly cast in several national
commercials and landed guest-starring roles on such series as
Roc (1991),
My So-Called Life (1994),
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992),
and
The Steve Harvey Show (1996).
On the big screen, she has been featured in
Good Burger (1997), Boom Box (1990),
Grand Avenue (1996), and
CB4 (1993). However, she is best known for
playing "Niecy Jackson" on
Moesha (1996).
