Sharon Case Biography
Sharon Case, who joined the cast of The Young and the Restless in August 1994 as Sharon Collins, the wife of Nicholas Newman, received Emmy Award nominations in 1996 and 1997 as Outstanding Younger Leading Actress.
Prior to joining the series, Sharon had portrayed Debbie in As the World Turns, also on CBS, Dawn in General Hospital, and Anne in Valley of the Dolls. She stars in the new HBO Production Silicone Wars with David Schwimmer. Her additional television credits include guest-starring roles in Cheers, Beverly Hills, 90210, Silk Stalkings, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, and Doogie Howser.
Sharon starred in the feature film Diplomatic Immunities. Her theater credits include lead roles in Grease, The Wizard, and The Nutcracker.
Sharon was born in Detroit and soon thereafter, moved to Chatsworth, California. During her free time, she enjoys shopping, reading, and traveling. She has blonde hair, blue eyes, and stands 5′ 7″. Her birth date is February 9.
Leslie Bibb Biography
Leslie Louise Bibb was born in Bismark, North Dakota on November 17, 1973 and raised in rural Nelson County, Virginia, the youngest of four sisters. After her father’s death when she was three, she grew up in a single-parent home. The family later relocated to Richmond, Virginia, where Leslie excelled at St. Gertrude’s, an all-girls school. When Leslie was 16, her sister entered her photo on the spur of the moment in a nationally televised model search sponsored by Oprah Winfrey. Out of a field of 6,000 applicants, she was one of 20 chosen to appear on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” before a panel of judges including Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Iman. Leslie walked away the winner.
After gaining such major recognition, Bibb’s modeling career was launched. She briefly attended the University of Virginia, but by the age of 18 was working full time in New York, appearing in numerous magazines such as YM and Seventeen. While modeling brought Leslie to New York, it was acting that kept her there. After studying in a three-year drama program in New York and traveling through Europe for six months, she then set her sights on Los Angeles.
Bibb soon started accumulating film and television credits. Among her feature film roles are “Private Parts,” “The Space Between Us” and “Touch Me.” She stars opposite Joshua Jackson (”Dawson’s Creek”) in the thriller “The Skulls” from Universal, and recently completed an independent feature, “The Young Unknowns,” with Devon Gummersall. For television, she has guest starred on “Just Shoot Me,” “Home Improvement,” “Fired Up” and “Early Edition.”
Bibb reflected on her character, Brooke, as someone who “is flailing on the inside. She’s stuck with maintaining this image because that’s how she thinks she’ll be loved and fit in. But it’s stifling. After all,” Leslie pointed out, “what 16-year-old knows herself well enough to understand all the contradictions?” Leslie currently resides in Los Angeles with her dog, Jack, whom she rescued from a shelter while living in New York City. A voracious reader, she also enjoys biking, hiking, and scouring flea markets for antiques.
Today Leslie is greatful to Oprah and recently told her she would not be where she is today without her.
Amber Benson Biography
Pretty blonde performer Amber Benson racked up numerous film and television credits before rising to fame on the popular supernatural series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Benson moved with her family to Los Angeles at age fourteen in 1991. By 1993 she had made the first of three “Jack Reed” TV-movies, “Jack Reed: Badge of Honor”, appearing as the daughter of the titular Chicago cop in this NBC entry as well as its 1994 and 1996 follow-ups. 1993 also saw the actress make her big-screen debut with featured roles in the teen thriller “The Crush” and Steven Soderbergh’s coming-of-age drama “King of the Hill”. Her relatively small but memorable parts in these very different features helped to launch the young performer’s career.
The following year she was featured in Anthony Drazan’s period drama “Imaginary Crimes” and had a pivotal supporting role in the social satire “S.F.W.”. Playing determined, pure-hearted and somewhat wise characters seemed to come easy to Benson, who brought a palpable intelligence to her powerful performances. She essayed the charmingly innocent daughter of divorced dad Randy Quaid in “Bye Bye, Love” (1995) and guest starred on an episode of the Fox series “Partners” the following year. Though her role as ‘Stoned Girl’ in the teen comedy “Can’t Hardly Wait” was drastically cut to earn a PG-13 rating, Benson soon became a familiar presence to the film’s target audience when she began appearing on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (The WB) the following year. Her 1999-2001 recurring role as the good witch who becomes more than just a friend to fellow enchantress Willow (Alyson Hannigan) saw the actress taking on controversial topics and earning the esteem of the notoriously hard-to-please “Buffy” fan base. When the series moved to UPN in 2001, Benson’s role was upgraded to that of a regular.
In connection with “Buffy”, the actress sought to broaden the scope of her talents, co-writing with novelist Christopher Golden the comic book WannaBlessedBe, based on her character on the supernatural series. Back on the big screen, Benson was featured in the festival-screened, controversy-plagued “Don’s Plum” (2001; filmed 1995-96) which was barred from domestic release as per a legal agreement mandated by the film’s stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, who allege the project was misrepresented. Taking over her own project, Benson proved a multitalented filmmaker and avid do-it-yourselfer as writer, producer, director and prime financer of “Chance” (lensed 2001), a dark comedy in which she also starred.