Biography
Sheree Ali, actress, writer, musical composer, philanthropist and lover of humanity warms souls in a new Hollywood tradition. Embarking upon her first major motion picture, Oops, Ups & Downs: The Murder Mystery of Humpty Dumpty (2006), her production company Sparkle Light Entertainment, Inc. has received international acclaim from New Zealand to the European community. Fluent in the linguistic skills of Italian, French and Spanish; familiarity of Mandarin, and working knowledge of Russian and German, she has awaken international alliances in the world of motion picture dealmaking.
Sheree learned to filter life's peculiar journeys through the writing of 12 fascinating screenplays; several sit-coms, poignant Movie of The Weeks for television and a host of intriguing documentaries over the past 12 years. Her product line of sci-fi, comedy, thrillers, period pieces, children's animated features, romance and pyscho-dramas are of the many presentations she has at the forefront of acquisition. Ms.Ali chooses various products for Development by partnering with specific artisans of Emmy, Tony and Oscar acclaim making her ideas a winning commodity. Sheree has a vast and refined sensitivity, a mental acumen (IQ tested far above genius); which compels such Oscar wining directors to take note.
Sparkle Light Entertainment, Inc.has pioneered innovative new concepts designs for marketing digital media --cross platformed in each of Sheree's projects; like "Vision", :Kookieland", "Operation Unilateral Intercourse/ O.U.I.", "OOPS"; and "Unforgiven Exposure", parlaying distinct messages of humor, hope and love of humanity for the faint at heart.
A gifted cellist, violinist, flutist, pianist, and harp player, Sheree has performed to a full house at Carnegie Hall as last chair cellist with the New York Philharmonic, at the young age of 16. She was mentored by great legends like Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Flip Wilson, Maurice Hines and many more. As a young actress, she appeared in; commercials such as "Clouds Jeans", "Estee Lauder Skin Care", "7-Up", "TSS Stores", "Hersheys Chocolate". In the 1980s she appeared in print ads for "Riunite Wine", "McCall's Patterns", "Essence Magazine" and "Country Living". Sheree appeared in Latin American countries in a TV commercial for "White Cloud" toilet paper/ "Papel Higienico". She soon was awarded acting roles in various seasons of "Saturday Nite Live", which brought her an interesting exposure to the legendary casts of the series in the early eighties. Invariably, on the west coast, she was discovered "again" with brief acting appearances in Hollywood, in TV sit-coms like "Cheers", "Married With Children", TV dramas like "Hill St. Blues", "Moonlighting", "ER", "Highway To Heaven", "Dynasty" and Soaps like "All My Children" and "One Life To Live". At that time, Sheree felt that acting was not academically challenging enough and gracefully turned away from co-starring roles in "New York Undercover", guest starring roles in episodes of "Law and Order" as well as a supporting role in the motion picture "The Rose".
Journalism intrigued Sheree after college in Boston, and quite by happenstance, she landed a career as a reporter in New York, New Jersey, Bahamas, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and as news writer/researcher/editorial desk associate at ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nitely News, WOBM Radio, KISS-FM New York. She discovered that reporting hard news conflicted with her genuine level of inner truths based on what she thought was an imperfect society; and what the facts from the news industry's reality actually were. During this time, while at the United Nations, Sheree met international heads of state, from the Russian Embassy, African Kings from two nations, various sheiks, Crown Princes, and other international royal family members abroad and state side. Later, her affiliation with congressmen and senators were more than a chapter in the yellow brick road of life. The embrace of these life-long alliances by far sparkled new perspectives, the exposure, and the opulence unveiled as a special "jpy"... for her. In 90's, without thought to the future, she abandoned journalism and entered the Hollywood community as a personal and executive assistant to high end moguls, CEOs, CFOs and lawyers of studio and TV network entities. There, the shoe seemed to fit because they loved and appreciated her cultural savvy, refined tastes, endeared loyalty and smooth intellect often conveyed. It was at this point that she began to write scripts, through her eyes, expressing hints of where life's journeyed places had taken her. Sparkle Light Entertainment, Inc. was and still remains a true collaboration of special friends, leaps of faith and excruciating hard work. Sheree's screenplays are well received, and have been the subject of Sparkle Light's funding talks with Warner Bros., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Dreamworks, Warner Bros. Animation and CBS.
Society Tea Parties, horseback riding, pleasure reading, polo, ice skating, yoga, world history, physics, mathematical theorems, exotic animal training, fine arts and faith healing are some of Sheree's passions. . A native New Yorker, daughter of NJ Evangelist, the late Rev. Shirley Woods, cousin of Silver Olympic Medalist, Sheree continues to hold her own in this Hollywood town.
