Sharon Rooney

Actor

Sharon Rooney

Born October 22, 1988 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK10 films

Scottish actress best known for the lead role of Rae in Channel 4's My Mad Fat Diary, as Dawn in ITV's Brief Encounters and Sophie in the BBC2 sitcom Two Doors Down.

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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain posterFirst watchThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain20216.9as Josephine WainA major role.The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.View film

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Filmography

10 films as actor
  1. 2025Jay KellyBackpacker
  2. 2025GrowSharon
  3. 2023Roast Dinner
  4. 2023BarbieBarbie
  5. 2022Goodnight HenryRosiland
  6. 2021The Electrical Life of Louis WainJosephine Wain
  7. 2020Do No HarmShauna
  8. 2019DumboMs. Atlantis
  9. 2015HectorYoung Mother
  10. 2013Two Doors DownSophie