---
name: "Sharon Van Etten"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sharon-van-etten"
fi1m_id: "sharon-van-etten"
imdb_id: "nm3495649"
tmdb_id: 1666080
wikidata_id: "Q14538"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 February 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T08:36:19.813412+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."
---

# Sharon Van Etten

## Identity

Sharon Van Etten

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sharon-van-etten
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sharon-van-etten
- **IMDb ID:** nm3495649
- **TMDB ID:** 1666080
- **Wikidata ID:** Q14538
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Van_Etten, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14538, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3495649/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1666080

Actor. Born 26 February 1981 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 February 1981, Belleville, New Jersey, USA
- **Also known as:** SVE, Shazza, Shaz, Sharon Van Halen
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Van_Etten, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14538, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3495649/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1666080

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Never Rarely Sometimes Always*](https://film.one/film/never-rarely-sometimes-always.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sharon Van Etten is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Born on 26 February 1981 in Belleville, New Jersey, she began her career in music before taking on acting roles.

Her acting credits include the role of Rachel in the Netflix series *The OA* (2016–2019) and the part of Mother in the film *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020). She has also appeared in *Twin Peaks* (2017) and other films such as *How It Ends* (2021).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020), Fi1m 84, as Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/never-rarely-sometimes-always.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Past Lives* (2023), as Songs — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/past-lives.md)
- *There's Someone Inside Your House* (2021), Musician
- *How It Ends* (2021), as Jet
- *Never Rarely Sometimes Always* (2020), as Mother — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/never-rarely-sometimes-always.md)
- *Departure* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Letter* (2018), Music
- *The OA* (2016), series, as Rachel
- *Strange Weather* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Song One* (2014), Actor
- *Squidbillies* (2005), series, as Theme Song Performance
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), series, as Sharon Van Etten — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)
- *Your Own Good*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![CoronaCapFest19-62 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/3937780/gallery-bb650ead7f79.jpg) CoronaCapFest19-62 (2019) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/CoronaCapFest19-62_%2850078997437%29.jpg/1280px-CoronaCapFest19-62_%2850078997437%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![SHaronVEBrixton170622 (6 of 11) (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/3937780/gallery-e81c43c68e13.jpg) SHaronVEBrixton170622 (6 of 11) (2022) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/SHaronVEBrixton170622_%286_of_11%29_%2852156475899%29.jpg/1280px-SHaronVEBrixton170622_%286_of_11%29_%2852156475899%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![SHaronVEBrixton170622 (3 of 11) (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/3937780/gallery-c84bca6c7804.jpg) SHaronVEBrixton170622 (3 of 11) (2022) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/SHaronVEBrixton170622_%283_of_11%29_%2852156239921%29.jpg/1280px-SHaronVEBrixton170622_%283_of_11%29_%2852156239921%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![SHaronVEBrixton170622 (10 of 11) (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/3937780/gallery-7c08276d98a7.jpg) SHaronVEBrixton170622 (10 of 11) (2022) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/SHaronVEBrixton170622_%2810_of_11%29_%2852156248728%29.jpg/1280px-SHaronVEBrixton170622_%2810_of_11%29_%2852156248728%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![CoronaCapFest19-66 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/3937780/gallery-79ebc5263f0d.jpg) CoronaCapFest19-66 (2019) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/CoronaCapFest19-66_%2850078173368%29.jpg/1280px-CoronaCapFest19-66_%2850078173368%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![CoronaCapFest19-59 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/3937780/gallery-3fc4fdd34d39.jpg) CoronaCapFest19-59 (2019) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/CoronaCapFest19-59_%2850078998277%29.jpg/1280px-CoronaCapFest19-59_%2850078998277%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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