Anna Kathryn Holbrook (née York; born April 18, 1957, Fairbanks, Alaska) is an American soap opera actress, best known for her role as Sharlene Frame Hudson on Another World, a role she played originally from 1988 to 1991. She returned from 1993-97, and again in 1999.

Frame was plain and a victim of sexual abuse and multiple personality disorder, but Holbrook proved she could portray her convincingly. She was subsequently paired with David Forsyth. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress award for her role as Sharlene in 1996.

Holbrook has appeared in numerous guest starring roles on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She ppeared in the film I Love Trouble, which starred with Nick Nolte. She has also appeared in off-Broadway and regional theater.

Biography

Holbrook's father, Don York (aged 29) was killed in South Vietnam during the Vietnamese War. Her mother later remarried.

Anna and Bruce Holbrook have been married since 1979, and have two children. She is currently an acting teacher at the Performing Arts Conservatory in New Canaan, Connecticut.