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Keesha Ulricka Sharp (née Fleth; born June 9, 1973) is an American actress and television director. She played Monica Charles Brooks in the UPN/The CW comedy series, Girlfriends (2002–08), for which she received a nomination for NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Sharp has also appeared in films include American Adobo (2002), Why Did I Get Married? (2007), and from 2010 to 2013 co-starred in the TBS sitcom, Are We There Yet?. In 2016, she played Dale Cochran, the wife of Johnnie Cochran, in the FX anthology drama series, . From 2016 to 2019, Sharp starred as Trish Murtaugh in the Fox police comedy-drama series, Lethal Weapon, for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series nomination.
In 2002, Sharp was cast on the CW comedy series Girlfriends, which she played William Dent's (Reggie Hayes) girlfriend, and later wife, Monica. Her role garnered a nomination for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "List of NAACP Image Awards Winners" (Press Release). March 2, 2007. Retrieved on June 1, 2013. The series ended in 2008. From 2005 to 2006, she also had the recurring role on Everybody Hates Chris as Sheila Ridenhour. Sharp also had roles in films Malibu's Most Wanted, , Never Die Alone and Why Did I Get Married?.
After Girlfriends, Sharp had guest starring roles on The Game, Cold Case, Melissa & Joey, Elementary and The Exes. From 2010 to 2013, she was a regular cast member on the TBS sitcom, Are We There Yet?. In 2015, Sharp was cast as Dale Cochran, the wife of Johnnie Cochran (played by Courtney B. Vance), in the FX anthology drama series, American Crime Story. In 2016, she was cast in a series regular role opposite Damon Wayans Sr. in the Fox series Lethal Weapon playing Trish Murtaugh (played by Darlene Love in the Lethal Weapon film series). Golden Brooks, her Girlfriends co-star, originally was cast in the role, but was replaced by Sharp during filming of pilot episode. Later that year, she was cast as Thurgood Marshall's wife in the biographical film Marshall starring Chadwick Boseman.
In 2018, Sharp secured the rights to John Williams’ 2013 biography America’s Mistress: The Life and Times of Eartha Kitt. She was slated to star as Kitt and to produce the film alongside her husband, Brad Sharp.
In 2019, Sharp was cast in the final season of the Fox musical drama series Empire.
In 2022, Sharp joined the third season of as a series regular.
| 2001 | Pootie Tang | Monique | |
| American Adobo | Debbie | ||
| 2003 | Malibu's Most Wanted | Sister #1 | |
| Chanel | Video | ||
| 2004 | Never Die Alone | Edna | |
| 2005 | What If in This Life | Rape Victim | Short |
| 2007 | Why Did I Get Married? | Pam | |
| 2008 | Shattered! | Angela | |
| 2014 | The 636 | Hope Rigby | Short |
| 2015 | Sayeneshin | Wife | Short |
| Christian | Robyn | Short | |
| 2016 | Killer Coach | Gina Morgan | TV movie |
| 2017 | Fixed | Daisy | |
| Born Guilty | Leslie | ||
| You Have a Nice Flight | Kristen | ||
| Marshall | Vivian Burey | ||
| 2020 | A Christmas Surprise | Demetria | TV movie |
| 2021 | Do Better | Wisdom (voice) | Short |
| 2022 | Dark My Light | Emily | |
| Vixen / Mari McCabe (voice) | Direct-to-Video | ||
| Titanic 666 | Captain Celeste Rhoades | ||
| 2023 | Spring Breakthrough | Monica Rollins | TV movie |
| 2024 | Vixen / Mari McCabe (voice) | Direct-to-Video |
| 2000 | Welcome to New York | Lauren | Episode: "The Crier" |
| 2001 | Third Watch | Grace | Episode: "Walking Wounded" |
| Charlene | Episode: "Pique" | ||
| 2002–2008 | Girlfriends | Monica Charles Brooks | Recurring Cast: Season 3-6, Main Cast: Season 7-8 |
| 2004 | The Tracy Morgan Show | Lindy Berry | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| Still Standing | Lexi | Episode: "Still Flirting" | |
| 2005–2006 | Everybody Hates Chris | Sheila Ridenhour | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| 2009 | America's Got Talent | Herself | Episode: "Episode #4.25" |
| The Game | Keesha James | Episode: "Hill Street Blues" | |
| 2010 | Cold Case | Chantel Jones | Episode: "Bombers" |
| Detroit 1-8-7 | Keri Rader | Episode: "Royal Bubbles/Needle Drop" | |
| 2010–2013 | Are We There Yet? | Gigi | Main Cast |
| 2013 | Melissa & Joey | Maggie | Episode: "Teach Your Children" |
| Elementary | Mistress Felicia | Episode: "Poison Pen" | |
| Instant Mom | Lynn Lawson | Episode: "Dances with She-Wolves" | |
| 2014 | Bad Teacher | Denise | Recurring Cast |
| The Exes | Dee Dee | Episode: "Catch It 'Cause You Can" | |
| 2015 | The Player | Maya | Recurring Cast |
| 2016 | American Crime Story | Johnnie Cochran | Recurring Cast |
| 2016–2019 | Lethal Weapon | Trish Murtaugh | Main Cast |
| 2018 | Hell's Kitchen | Herself/Restaurant Patron | Episode: "Trying to Pasta Test" |
| 2018–2019 | The Good Fight | Naomi Nivola | Guest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2019–2020 | Empire | Dr. Paula Wick | Recurring Cast: Season 6 |
| 2022 | Inside the Black Box | Herself | Episode: "Condola Rashad, Keesha Sharp and Jeff Byrd Visit the Black Box" |
| 2023 | Professor Harper Bonet | Main Cast: Season 3 | |
| 2012 | Are We There Yet? | Episode: "The Concussion Episode" |
| 2014 | Half-Off | Director and writer |
| 2018 | Lethal Weapon | Episode: "Panama" |
| 2021 | Black Lightning | Episode: "The Book of Ruin: Chapter Four: Lyding" |
| 2021 | The Last O.G. | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Our Kind of People | Episode: "Sistervention..." |
| 2022 | Charmed | Episode: "The Tallyman Cometh" |
| 2022 | Episode: "Free Your Mind" | |
| 2023 | Bel-Air | 3 episodes |
| 2023–2024 | Found | 2 episodes |
| 2025 | Chicago P.D. | Episode: "Name Image Likeness" |
| 2008 | NAACP Image Awards | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | "Girlfriends" | |
| 2017 | Black Reel Awards | Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series | "American Crime Story" | |
| NAACP Image Awards | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | "Lethal Weapon" | ||
| 2018 | NAACP Image Awards | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | "Marshall" |
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