Marital Status Widowed
Address America
Occupation Mum
Parents: Den and Angie (adoptive parents)
Step-parent: Chrissie
Half-sister: Vicki Fowler (Den's illegitimate daughter with Michelle)
Half-brother (& late husband): Dennis Rickman (Den's illegitimate son with Paula)
Son: Dennis Junior (born June/July 2006 & named after his daddy)
Simon Wicks: Her young infatuation with the commitment-phobic barman didn't last long.
Grant Mitchell: They married and ran the Vic like Den and Angie, until she wrecked it by sleeping with his brother.
Phil Mitchell: Centre of the Sharongate affair, but later became legitimate lovers. Split when he discovered her infertility.
Tom Banks: School pal who returned to her life and relit an old flame. She loved him desperately, even proposing after he admitted he was dying of a brain tumour. He died in the Slater housefire, the night of his engagement party.
Dennis Rickman: A chemistry has always existed between these two. It took Sharon a very long while until she would admit she loved Dennis, and at Valentine's last year, they began a public relationship. Den was not happy to discover his Princess was bedding his son and some manipulation saw that Dennis ended the relationship. Heartbroken, Sharon waited for Dennis to come back to her, only to have to watch him get it together with Zoe Slater. Dennis admitted in November he wasn't happy and he & Sharon began an affair, deciding to come clean at Christmas, being determined to flee to New York together.
Den however, convinced desperate Zoe the only way to keep her man was to lie about being pregnant. So tearfully, Sharon left the Square, telling Dennis to be better to his child than Den had been to them. Dennis was heartbroken, and promised, upon his goodye, that he and Sharon were "Forever". When Sharon discovered her father's lies, she located Dennis, and they returned to the Square to announce their relationship. Despite arguments about where to settle down; Sharon & Dennis became engaged and married on August 29th 2005.
The Rickmans did not have the best start to married life when Den's body was uncovered from The Vic's cellar by a deranged Sam Mitchell on their wedding day. Upon arrest, Sam confessed that Chrissie was Den's killer but Sharon was not to be convinced until the return of the Mitchell brothers, which saw Chrissie go down for Den's murder.
Upon returning from a belated honeymoon, Sharon & Dennis moved into number 29. On Christmas Day, Sharon dragged Dennis to A&E, suspecting him of having given her food poisoning. As it turned out, the seemingly infertile Mrs Rickman was expecting a baby! Sharon and Dennis were elated, but this did not keep him from a feud with Johnny Allen. He threatened Sharon with Dennis' life unless they left the Square forever by New Year. Terrified, Sharon managed to convince Dennis to emigrate to America for a new life with their child, but not before confiding in Phil that she was running from Johnny. Phil, determined to settle his own score with Johnny, told Dennis how his wife had been threatened. Dennis took the bait and savagely beat Johnny, leaving him half dead - tossing him his mobile phone as a last act of pity. Dennis was fatally stabbed by Danny Moon on his way across the Sqaure and died in his wife's arms as the clock struck midnight, his hand on her stomach, his last words being "We did it", meaning their long awaited baby.
Sharon left for America after Dennis' funeral and gave birth to their son there, alerting Pauline with a picture message in early July. The baby was named Dennis Junior in honour of his father.
Peggy: Sharon messed with Peggy's boys and that's unforgivable in Peggy's book. Plus, Sharon sides with the Fowlers.
Zoe became Sharon's nemesis when she began dating Dennis, and managed to end Sharon's affair with Dennis by announcing that she was "pregnant".
Johnny: Sharon is well aware Johnny Allen was behind her beloved husband's murder.
Teenage bosom buddyship with 'Chelle and being spoilt by Den. Later, buying half the pub and finding love with Tom. Bringing together and mothering her family of Vicki and Dennis. Falling in love with Dennis and eventually marrying him. Discovering on Christmas Day she was to have Dennis' baby. Giving birth to Dennis Junior in summer 2006.
Low points
Living with Den and Angie's squabbles and Angie's alcoholism. Thinking she had become infertile after aborting Grant's baby. Tom lying to her about his illness. Tom's death in a fire. Splitting from Dennis after he accidentally hit her in The Vic. Leaving the Square when Zoe announced her "pregnancy" with Dennis' baby at Christmas 2004 to stop the lovers being together. Discovering her dad had plotted to keep her and Dennis apart that Christmas.. Discovering that her dad had been murdered when Sam dug up Den's body on Sharon & Dennis' wedding day. Realising that Chrissie had murdered Den. Johnny Allen ordering Dennis' murder.
