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name: "Sharon Rooney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sharon-rooney"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 October 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
updated: "2026-09-17T01:40:47.228825+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Sharon Rooney

Actor. Born 22 October 1988 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 October 1988, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 2010–present

## Biography

Sharon Rooney is a Scottish actress born on 22 October 1988 in Glasgow. She trained at the University of Hull and began her career in the early 2010s.

Her breakthrough came with the lead role of Rae Earl in the Channel 4 series *My Mad Fat Diary* (2013–2015), for which she won a BAFTA Scotland award. She has since appeared as Sophie in the BBC sitcom *Two Doors Down* (2013; 2016–2017) and as Dawn in the ITV series *Brief Encounters* (2016).

Film roles include Miss Atlantis in *Dumbo* (2019), Josephine Wain in *The Electrical Life of Louis Wain* (2021) and Lawyer Barbie in *Barbie* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Jay Kelly* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Backpacker — [page](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md)
- *Barbie* (2023), Fi1m 76, as Barbie — [page](https://film.one/film/barbie.md)
- *Sherlock* (2010), Fi1m 78, as Laura — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)

## Also known for

- *Dumbo* (2019), Ms. Atlantis
- *The Electrical Life of Louis Wain* (2021), Josephine Wain
- *The Capture* (2019), Becky
- *My Mad Fat Diary* (2013), Rachel 'Rae' Earl
- *Nightsleeper* (2024), Yas Brown
- *No Offence* (2015), Faye Caddy
- *The Cleaner* (2021), Sue
- *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), Doreen Warren

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