Personal Life
Leal was born in Tucson, Arizona. Her mother, Angelita, is Filipino. Her father was an African-American military policeman who broke up with her mother before Sharon was born. Shortly after, her mother married Jesse Leal, a Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force and a police officer at Clark Air Base, Philippines; he legally adopted Leal. The two separated when Leal was seven, and Leal's mother, a housewife, later re-married to Elmer Manankil, the father of Leal's younger half-sister, Kristina.
Former Guiding Light co-star Yvonna Wright has said that she and Leal are close friends; the two starred together in a community production of Dreamgirls in their hometown..
From 2001-2007 she was married to Bev Land. Their son Kai Miles Land was born in September 2001 .
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