Sharon Middendorf

Sharon Lyn Middendorf (born January 5, 1962) is an American entrepreneur, model, and musician. She is best known as the lead singer in the rock band Motorbaby and for her roles in the films 13 Going on 30 and Terror Firmer. She has also appeared in music videos for the Beastie Boys, Middendorf began singing at age five and got her first guitar at age seven. She formed acoustic bands to perform in church when she was 14. Around that time, she joined the John Robert Powers School of Modeling and began modeling for Halle's, The May Company, and The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Career

Modeling At the age of 17, while modeling in Cleveland, Middendorf was signed by John Casablancas to his agency, Elite Model Management in New York and Paris, as well as the now defunct Paris Planning, and Wilhelmina Models in Los Angeles. Middendorf appeared in advertisements for a number of well-known brands. She appeared on many magazine and catalogue covers including Time, Money, Kiplinger's, Femme Pratique, Bloomingdale's, Mary McFadden, Look, Sports, and Moda Magazine. Middendorf walked the Paris, London, Milan and New York catwalks for designers Thierry Mugler, Claude Montana, Chantal Thomass and Marc Jacobs. Middendorf is represented by the Bella Agency in New York and LA.

Acting

In 1984, while pursuing here career as a fashion model, Middendorf met MTV co-founder Les Garland and appeared as a dancer on the first MTV Video Music Awards show with ZZ Top. and signed to Rawkus in 1996. She signed with manager Kenny Laguna in 1998 and the band released their self-titled debut album Motorbaby on Mercury Records. In 2001 Middendorf released Motorbaby's second album (Middendorf's fourth studio album) Rise on Ten Wings Music. Rise features musicians Tony Visconti and the Go-Go's Kathy Valentine along with several others. Reeves Gabrels, Ronnie Mancuso, Les Warner, and Kathy Valentine. She also played guitar and sang back-up vocals for Sandra Bernhard on her album I'm Still Here... Damn It!.

Business ventures

Middendorf founded GO-Cottage, a bungalow vacation rental in Lake Placid, NY and is a co-founder of Tagasauris, a video search and discovery platform.

Personal life

Middendorf is a human and animal rights activist, is married and has a dog.

Discography

Studio albums Wishing Well (1996) Motorbaby (1998) Rise (2001) The Greatest (2010)

Singles "Lose Your Mind" (2007) "Silent Night" (2008)