Sharon Rooney

Sharon Rooney

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
BirthdayOct 22, 1988
BiographySharon Rooney (born 22 October 1988) is a Scottish actress from Glasgow, Scotland. Her breakthrough role as Rae Earl in My Mad Fat Diary earned her critical acclaim, and led to her casting as Sophie in Two Doors Down (2013; 2016–2017), Dawn in Brief Encounters, Miss Atlantis in the 2019 remake of Dumbo and Lawyer Barbie in the 2023 film Barbie. In 2024, she had recurring roles in both Daddy Issues and Nightsleeper, playing the roles of Catherine and Yasmin (Yas) Brown respectively.

In 2013, she was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland award in the Best Actor/Actress (Television) Category for her performance in My Mad Fat Diary. She has subsequently been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award, Broadcasting Press Guild Award and Young Scot Awards. In 2015, she won the Best Actor/Actress (Television) Award at the 2015 ceremony of BAFTA Scotland for My Mad Fat Diary, and in 2021 won a British Short Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Do No Harm.

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Known For

Daddy Issues
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as Catherine
Nightsleeper
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as Yas Brown
Two Doors Down
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as Sophie
An Impossible Way to Die
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as DS Katie Salter
The Revenge Club
To Be Determined

The Revenge Club

as Rachel Koffman
The Teacher
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The Teacher

as Nina
Brief Encounters
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Brief Encounters

as Dawn Toxton
Brief Encounters
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as Dawn
Finding Alice
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Finding Alice

as Nicola Walsh
Jerk
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as Ruth
Mountain Goats
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Mountain Goats

as Jules
My Mad Fat Diary
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My Mad Fat Diary

as Rae Earl
The Control Room
Ended

The Control Room

as Breck
The Tunnel
Ended

The Tunnel

as Kiki Stokes
Zapped
Ended

Zapped

as Barbara

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