years_active birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
1987 -- present parkersburg , west virginia , u.s. 18 january 1974 devon odessa
 devon odessa actress
devon odessa

devon odessa -lrb- born january 18 , 1974 -rrb- is an american actress best known for her role as sharon cherski on `` my so-called life '' .
odessa was born in parkersburg , west virginia , and brought up on a farm until moving to new orleans , louisiana , and later to los angeles , california .
she graduated from notre dame high school in sherman oaks in 1992 .
