2 x Emmy Awards,
2 x Golden Globe Awards,
Burn Notice (USA),
Queer as Folk (USA),
Cagney & Lacey
Multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner, Sharon Gless, has distinguished herself as one of the most acclaimed and recognized actresses working today.
Gless recently appeared in two independent features, Once Fallen with Ed Harris & Amy Madigan, and Hannah Free, in which she stars in the title role.
Gless received her 10th Primetime Emmy award nomination for her portrayal of the chain-smoking, obsessive mother, Madeline Westen, Burn Notice (USA Network).
In 2008 she was also an Emmy Nominee for Guest Actress in a Drama Series performance as Colleen Rose, an ambitious Hollywood agent with a multitude of dark secrets Nip/Tuck.
In 2009, Gless travelled to London to produce and star in a one-night performance of A Round-Heeled Woman at the Aldwych Theatre, running through January 2012.
For five seasons (2000-2005), Gless Debbie Novotny in the Showtime series Queer as Folk. In 2006, she received rave reviews for her starring role as US Secretary of Defence, Lynne Warner, in the acclaimed BBC/BBC America miniseries The State Within.
In 1982, she landed the career-changing role of New York Police Detective Christine Cagney on the smash hit drama Cagney & Lacey. The role garnered her two Emmy’s, a Golden Globe and six Emmy nominations.
Also in 1995 Gless received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.