SHARON BICKNELL

As both an award-winning television and stage actress, Sharon has been part of the drawing talent team since the addition of the mid-day drawings in August of 1999. Most readily recognized as the original co-host of the Ohio Lottery's Cash Explosion game show from its inception in 1987, Sharon’s television work also includes entertainment reporting, commercials and voice-overs. Before shifting her focus primarily to television, Sharon was a member of a professional resident acting company where she worked with playwrights like Arthur Miller and performed in a more than 60 roles ranging from Harpo Marx to Juliet. "I love what I do,” Sharon says. “The immediacy of a live TV drawing is a thrill.”