Sharon Birgitta Dyall (born 28 December 1962) is a Swedish singer, actress and voice actress. She became famous in the late 1980s when she acted in the SVT TV series ''

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''. She has since become known as a singer of soul and jazz music and as a musical performer. She has appeared in many theatre productions including ''

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'' (Chinateatern, 1989), ''

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'' (National Swedish Touring Theatre, 1996), ''

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'' (Malmö Opera, 2002) and ''

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'' (Stockholm City Theatre, 2014, 2015). Aside from being active on stage and within the field of dubbing, Dyall also holds a degree in Logonomy, Aesthetic Voice and Speech Pedagogy (University College of Music Education) teaching in Voice and Artistic Performance Development.

Early life

Dyall was born in Sweden but grew up in

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and

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. Her father was the jazz musician Colin Dyall. She learned how to play the piano and began dancing at the age of six. When the family moved to Sweden in the 1970s, she joined her father on tour as a backup singer. Her brother, Karl Dyall, is a Swedish dancer, singer and actor. Sharon Colin Karl Hagelby2012

Career

In 1983, she became a member of the band Little Mike & The Sweet Soul Music Band along with band members Little Mike Watson, Nils Landgren,

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and Anna-Lotta Larsson. In 1985, she released the solo album ''I Am''. In the early 1990s she toured with

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and

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. She did the show ''Vårsoul'' along with Tommy Nilsson at Hamburger Börs in 1997. In 1984, she started her career as a musical singer; she appeared in the musicals ''

'' and ''

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'' at Stockholms Parkteater, and the musical ''SKÅL'' at Maximteatern. In 1989, she was awarded the

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award for "Best supporting actress in a musical" for her role as "Anita" in the musical ''West Side Story'' at

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. She also received acclaim for her roles in the musicals ''

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'' (

, 1991), ''A Chorus Line'' (

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, 1996), '' Jekyll & Hyde'' (Östgötateatern, 1999–2000) and ''

'' (

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, 2002). In 2014, and 2015, she had the leading role in the musical ''Chicago'' at the

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. and acted in ''

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'' at the same theatre in 2018. Her big breakthrough in acting came in 1987 with her role as "Tina" in the SVT drama series ''

''. She has since appeared in several films and television series, among them '' Rosenbaum'' in 1993 and ''Kommissarie Winter'' in 2010. She competed in

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singing "Ge mig ett svar", finishing in fifth place overall. The same year she appeared in the revue ''Hjalmars hotell'' at Parkteatern. In 1993, she acted in the revue show ''Mulliga vitaminer'' along with

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and

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at Lorensbergsteatern in

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. Dyall has sung a lot of jazz along with bands such as Peter Asplund trio och Peter Asplund Big Band Show, Claes Crona Trio, Blue House Jazz Orchestra, Stockholms Jazz Orchestra, Mats Holmqvists Stora Stygga,

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, Sandviken Big Band and Norrbotten Big Band. In 2007 she released the jazz album ''Another Angle''. She has also been a backup singer for singers such as

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and Nils Landgren. In her career as an actress and singer, she also works as a dubbing director at Sun Studio (SDI) and Dubberman studio. She has overseen the Swedish dubbing of films such as ''

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'' and ''The Princess and the Frog'' and has also done a great deal of dubbing work herself, for instance she has often dubbed the voice of Helena Bonham Carter and is the long-standing character voice of Daphne in the Scooby-Doo Movies and Television series. In 2013, she wrote the Swedish translation for the lyrics of songs from the Disney film '' Frozen''.

Discography

*1978: ''Modern Sound Corporation'' *1983–85: ''Little Mike & the Sweet Soul Music Band'' *1984–85: ''Nils Landgren & the Cosmic Beavers'' *1985: ''I Am'' *1991: ''Ge mig ett svar'', contributions in

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*1996: ''For All We Know'' with Magnum Coltrane Price on Stora Stygga CD ''Standards'' *1996: ''Esmeraldas Bön'', soundtrack of Disney's ''Ringaren i Notre Dame'' (English title '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'') *1997: ''Nu Är Du Min'' & ''Vad Skall Du Med Mig Till'' (Text/Music: Mauro Scocco) *2000: ''Våra Systrar gå i Brokiga Kläder'', poems by Karin Boye *2001: Totta Näslund ''Duetter'' *2002: ''Andliga Klassiker'', Björn Hedström *2004: ''Totta 7 Soul/På drift'' *2006–18: ''Christmas with My Friends'' (6 volumes) with Nils Landgren *2007: ''Another Angle'', with Tommy Berndtsson *2016: ''Disney Rariteter'', soundtracks from Disney films

Audio books

*2007: ''Tusen strålande solar'' of Khaled Hosseini (Bonnier Audio) *2008: ''Järngreppet'' of Aino Trosell (Norstedts) *2009: ''Tionde gåvan'' of Jane Johnson (Bonnier Audio) *2009: ''Ett ljus i mörkret'' of Agneta Sjödin (Bonnier Audio) *2010: ''Nattönskningen'' of Anne B Ragde (Bonnier Audio) *2013: ''Hatties Liv'' of Ayana Mathis (Earbooks)

Filmography

*1987 – ''

'' (TV series) *1988 – '' Oliver & gänget'' (voice as Rita) *1991 – ''Rosenbaum'', (TV series) *1991 – ''Kopplingen'' (TV series) *1996 – '' Ringaren i Notre Dame'' (film, 1996) (voice as Esmeralda) *1996 – ''Dragonball Z'' (TV series, 1996) (voice as Son Gohan) *1997 – '' Herkules'' (voice as Terpsichore) *1998 – '' Prinsen av Egypten'' (voice as Zipporah) *2000 – ''

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'' (voice as Ellen) *2000 – ''

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'' (voice as Mira Nova) *2000 – '' En extremt långbent film'' (voice as Sylvia Marpole) *2000 – '' Flykten från hönsgården'' (voice as Jenny) *2000 – ''

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'' (voice as Stith) *2001 – ''

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'' (voice as Mary) *2001 – '' Rasten'' (TV series, voice as Fröken Grotke) *2001 – ''Prop och Bertha'' (voice as Bertha) *2001 – ''Som hund och katt'' (voice as Ivy) *2002 – ''Country Bears'' (voice as Crystal) *2003 – ''A Christmas Carol'' (voice as Unga Clara) *2003 – ''Barbie i Svansjön'' (voice as Fågelprinsessan) *2003 – ''Ballerina/Småbusar'' (voice as Berättaren) *2003 – ''

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'' (voice as Son Gohan) *2003 – ''

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'' (voice as Janet) *2003 – ''Bionicle: Ljusets mask'' (voice as Turaga Nokama) *2003 – ''Peter Pan'' (voice as Mrs. Darling) *2004 – ''Gustaf'' (voice as Arlene) *2004 – '' Bionicle 2: Legenderna från Metru Nui'' (voice as Nokama) *2004 – '' Harry Potter och fången från Azkaban'' (voice as Den tjocka damen) *2005 – '' Zuper-Zebran'' (voice as Fia) *2005 – '' Bionicle 3: Nät av skuggor'' (voice as Nokama) *2005 – '' Valiant och de fjäderlätta hjältarna'' (voice as Victoria) *2005 – ''El Cid'' (voice) *2005 – ''

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'' (TV series) (voice) *2006 – ''Kalle i chokladfabriken'' (voice as Kalles mamma) *2007 – '' Harry Potter och Fenixorden'' (voice as

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) *2007 – ''

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'' (voice as April O'Neil) *2007 – ''

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'' (TV series) (voice as Sarah, Sapi and Harmony-gris) *2008 – '' Madagaskar 2'' (voice as Alexs mamma) *2008 – ''Våra vänner djuren'' (voice) *2010 – '' Alice i Underlandet'' (film)(voice as Röda Drottningen) *2010 – ''Kommissarie Winter'' (TV series) *2010 – '' My Little Pony: Vänskap är magisk'' *2011 – '' Scooby Doo! Mysteriegänget'' (TV series Voice as Daphne) *2010 – '' Det regnar köttbullar'' *2010 – '' Till vildingarnas land'' *2011 – '' Mästerkatten'' (voice as Imelda) *2011 – ''Jake och Piraterna i landet Ingenstans'' (TV series, voice as Röda Jessica) *2012 – '' Hotell Transylvanien'' (animated film)(Voice as Eunice) *2012 – '' De fem legenderna'' (animated film) *2012 – ''Violetta'' (TV Series) (Voice as Olga) *2014 – '' Länge leve Kung Julien'' (TV series) (voice as Xi-Xi and Masikura) *2015 – '' Hotell Transylvanien 2'' (animated film)(Voice as Eunice) *2015 – ''

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'' (voice as Lucy Tucci) *2015 – '' Berättelsen om Askungen'' (voice as Gudmor) *2016 – ''Thunderbirds'' (voice as Överste Casey) *2016 – ''Zootropolis'' (voice as Instruktör) *2017 – ''Saknad'' (TV series) *2017 – ''Saltön'' (TV series) *2017 – ''

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'' (voice as Smajla) *2017 – ''Coco'' (voice as Tant Viktoria) *2017 – ''Stjärnan'' (film)(voice as Deborah) *2018 – ''Hodja och den flygande mattan'' (voice as Pärlsten) *2018 – ''Pelle Kanin'' (film) *2018 – '' Mästerdetektiven Sherlock Gnomes'' (animated film)(Voice as Irén) *2018 – '' Hotell Transylvanien 3'' (animated film)(Voice as Eunice)

Theatre

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