Born in London, UK, and raised in Toronto, Canada, Shari Sharpe is a writer who brings unapologetic humour and an international lens to her work. She began her career in the pandemic, writing features for TV. In 2023, she officially moved to L.A., and has much more on the way, including a short film she directed and produced.

Shari’s nomadic lifestyle and globally-sprawling family, coupled with her experiences as a British woman of Jamaican descent, deeply influence her voice as a writer. Her work explores themes of identity, belonging, and double consciousness, while tackling the invisible yet inherent truths of interracial relationships and families. Intersectionality, authorship, and gaze play an important role in her construction of narratives, all to make the audience more self-critical about their expectations of storytelling.

In 2020, Shari was the Pilot Winner of the ScreenCraft Comedy Contest and a winner in the UCLA X Writing Competitions.

Her certificate in Screenwriting at UCLA Extension complemented a successful academic career, where she earned a BA at the University of St Andrews, an MSc at the London School of Economics, and an MA at USC Annenberg.