Sharisse Jackson was born on August 31, 1976 in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Costa Mesa, California. Jackson is of African American and Cherokee descent on her mother's side and Puerto Rican and Mexican descent on her father's. Shar has been acting since she was three and enrolled in the Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble. While she attended private school, Jackson began modeling with the Ubiquitous, John Robert Powers, and Barbizon agencies and studied acting with Bob Feldman; at 11 she decided to focus solely on acting. Through the Al Fann Theatrical Ensemble, she was quickly cast in several national commercials and landed guest-starring roles on such series as Roc (1991), Willkommen im Leben (1994), Echt super, Mr. Cooper (1992), and Mister Funky - Die Steve-Harvey-Show (1996). On the big screen, she has been featured in Good Burger - Die total verrückte Burger-Bude (1997), Boom Box (1990), Grand Avenue (1996), and CB4 (1993). However, she is best known for playing "Niecy Jackson" on Moesha (1996). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
