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 Keesha Ulricka Sharp (nee Fleth; born on June 9th, 1973)is an American actress and film/tv director. She began her career appearing on television dramas, before her regular role as Monica Charles Brooks in the comedy series UPN/The CW, Girlfriends (2002-08), for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nomination.Sharp later has appeared in films such as American Adobo (2002), Why Did I Get Married? She was a part of Are We There Yet in the series Are We There Yet? on TBS from 2010 until 2013. She played Dale Cochran in The People v. O. J. Simpson - American Crime Story, an FX drama series. From 2016 until the year 2019 Sharp was a regular on the show as Trish Murtaugh on the Fox police comedy-drama series Lethal Weapon, for which she received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series nomination.Sharp was born in Rochester, New York. After graduating with a cum laude degree from The Boston Conservatory, Sharp decided to pursue a career on the stage. Sharp was a part of the Broadway National Tour of Carousel and was also featured Off-Broadway in Michael Bradford's Living in the Wind. She also played eight roles in the interactive comedy Eat the Runt. Other performances in the theatre include Abyssinia and Thunder Knockin and Jitney. She was also a part in The Producers, Big Street and Suburb and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Before moving to Los Angeles, she was the guest on Welcome to New York, Third Watch and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.