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Sharon Benson is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Ámbar Smith) in the Disney Channel Latin-American series Soy Luna.
Sharon is a strict godmother to Ámbar and a demanding boss to her personal secretary Rey. Sharon was bequeathed her wealth by her late sister and brother-in-law. She is accustomed to a certain lifestyle, so when she discovers that her niece, the rightful heir to the Benson fortune, is alive, she is determined to find out the truth.
Sharon and her sister Lili used to be very close when they were young. Though as they got older, Sharon began to grow jealous of Lili for everything she had. Their mother passed away when they were very young, and their father traveled often to avoid being home. He also started treating the sisters differently, favoring Lili over Sharon. Sharon claims that Alfredo only had eyes for Lili and Sharon was left in her younger sister's shadow.
Prior to the show[]
When Sharon and Lili were about Ámbar's age they both were in love with the same man, Bernie Benson. Bernie chose Lili, and Sharon was angered that Lili "stole" him from her, due to the fact that Sharon met Bernie first. At some point, Sharon studied abroad in Paris. It was said that Sharon enjoyed singing opera and possibly worked as an opera singer.
After Lili and Bernie got married, the couple along with Sharon moved into the mansion and were later joined by Lili's newborn daughter Sol. Sharon was very fond of her niece and would speak lovingly to the baby in her cradle. One day, Bernie filmed Sharon with Sol, but she started arguing with him. Bernie told Sharon that he loved her, but only as a friend, which caused Sharon to storm out as she thought he was only saying that to get her to stop resenting her sister. Two years later, Lili found a letter from Sharon that professed her love for Bernie. Lili confronted Sharon abou it, and the sisters got into an argument. Lili tripped and grabbed onto a curtain as she fell down. The curtain fell into the fireplace and started a fire that spread throughout the house. The fire took the lives of Lili, Bernie, and, presumably, Sol.
After the fire, Sharon changed her surname to Benson to honor their memory. She inherited the Benson fortune and everything that Bernie owned. Later, she adopted Ámbar Smith since her mother was too young to raise her. Sharon, however, lied to everybody that Ámbar was simply her goddaughter. She renovated the mansion and moved in with the young Ámbar. She hired Rey as her personal secretary and Amanda as her maid. It is suggested that Sharon saved the two from vulnerable situations.
She became friends with Maggie, as Maggie says that Sharon and her were best friends.
Shortly before the show, Sharon had just vacationed in New York with Ámbar and Rey and took ownership of the Cancún mansion.
Season 1[]
Sharon is first seen with her goddaughter Ámbar and her personal secretary Rey while they are being driven to a mansion of Cancún for a layover. They are all on their phones: Sharon is confirming her arrival, Rey is talking about business while reprimanding a female employee and Ámbar unsuccessfully tries to contact her boyfriend Matteo. Sharon is then greeted by Miguel, the manager of the mansion, who then introduces the trio to his wife and chef of the property, Mónica. Sharon informs them that their trip will be short and asks Mónica to cook her a lobster. After tasting it, an impressed Sharon wants both Mónica and Miguel to work at her mansion in Buenos Aires. While they initially reject the proposal because of their daughter Luna, they eventually give in after Sharon offers to afford Luna's tuition at Blake South College, one of the best and most demanding schools in town, where Ámbar is currently studying as well. After so many flight hours, they arrive at the mansion where Rey introduces their housemaid Amanda to the family before everyone goes upstairs to settle in.
Meanwhile, Miguel is caught by Sharon looking at a picture of a couple and she coldly orders him to put it down because it's "something personal". Amanda later reveals that the couple were Lili and her husband Bernie Benson, Sharon's sister and brother-in-law who were killed in a fire, but she doesn't like to talk about that. Many years back, a worker of the manor helped little Sol Benson escape the fire. That man was named Roberto and he left the baby girl at an orphanage in Mexico City. She was eventually adopted by Monica and Miguel Valente. They named her Luna because of the pendant she had. Destiny brought Luna/Sol back to her birth home and past without knowing it.
Unbeknownst to Sharon, Bernie and Lili turn out to be Luna's biological parents, meaning that their daughter Sol Benson is Luna herself and Sharon is her aunt. Luna then picks up the mansion's phone in which two men named Tino and Cato claim that they want to talk with Sol Benson. Sharon initially thinks this is a prank, as she believes that her niece was killed during the fire, but she is later forced to accept the truth. After testing them, Sharon and Rey conclude that TIno and Cato stand no threat and hire them as employees of the manor to keep them close.
Sharon tasks Rey to investigate any possible connection to the Benson Family in order to locate her niece's whereabouts. However, since the two of them are completely unaware that they have the real Sol Benson right in front of them, Rey's investigation takes longer than expected as the season progresses, something that consequently causes Sharon to become more demanding and agitated, as she is desperate to keep her fortune safe.
At the end of the season, she is called by Rey, who reveals that Sol Benson's address matches that of the summer mansion she bought back in Mexico, causing her to drop her coffee and cellphone to the floor in shock.
Season 2[]
As the investigation continues, Rey starts to suspect the possibility that Luna might be Sol Benson. However, Sharon is completely against that theory, though Rey carries on with investigating Luna anyway by taking her and Sharon's DNA for a test. Meanwhile, the mansion's atmosphere grows tense with the arrival of Alfredo, Sharon's father, who alters the normal routine by bringing out memories of the past, which makes Sharon uncomfortable. Rey manages to obtain the results which prove that Luna indeed is Sol Benson and wants to show them to Sharon. She is furious that Rey had defied her orders to drop the matter and considers having him fired. Rey tells her to do whatever she thinks is right, but she has the right to know the entire truth. Sharon sees the results and finally realizes that Luna is her niece, which causes her to lose her mind.
After returning to her senses, both Sharon and Rey hatch a plan to prevent Luna from ever finding out the truth: She will have Ámbar pose as Sol Benson in order to keep her fortune safe. Amanda overhears the conversation and they blackmail her into staying quiet. At first, the plan seems to be working as she spreads out the lie to Luna, her parents and the mansion's staff (who believe it to be true) and Luna bonds with Ámbar. However, Sharon's success starts to slowly decrease as she starts receiving letters from an unknown blackmailer in which they pressure her into confessing the deception and Ámbar finds out that she is actually not Sol Benson. When she confronts Sharon about this, she has no choice but to tell Ámbar the truth: Ámbar has a mother who was too young to raise her as a daughter and had given her up for adoption to Sharon, but lied to her saying that her parents were businessmen who were often travelling and never had any time for her. Sharon also admits to Ámbar that Luna is Sol Benson. It even becomes futile and useless after Amanda reveals to everyone that Ámbar is not Sol, as the guilt of keeping the secret was eating her alive.
Realizing that her fortune is now compromised, Sharon starts getting rid of every witness and erase the evidence: She fires Tino and Cato (due to them being a major threat in exposing her plans) by arranging a false accident and pinning it on both of them, then sends Mónica and Miguel back to Cancún (and stop them from seeking the truth) before ultimately having her father (who had figured out Luna's true identity) institutionalized and locked up at a mental hospital. She also ends up firing Rey after finding out that he was to blame for the blackmailing letters. In response (and to no avail), Rey admits that he was in love with her, but she neither appreciated his loyalty, dedication and hard work nor thanked him for all of the things he did for her. With most of the mansion's staff eliminated one by one, only Amanda is left and Sharon strangely acts nicer to her, before warning her not to believe anything Rey tells her. Rey also tells Amanda the same about Sharon, but she remains undecided on whether who to trust: Rey or Sharon.
Arriving to Cancún, Sharon tries to get to her father, who was freed by a repented Rey from the asylum. Sharon and her bodyguards finally catch up to him at RodaFest and Alfredo, as he is being forcefully taken away, vainly yells out "Luna, you're Sol!" to no avail, since Luna was unable to hear what he said. While they stop on a bridge, Alfredo demands an explanation of why Sharon would do such thing like that. She blames her entire change of attitude on him since he was always absent from home after her mother passed away. She was also jealous of her sister Lili because she had everything, her father often favored her over Sharon and that she took away the only person she has ever loved: Bernie. Alfredo finishes by adding that Sharon is full of hatred and Luna deserves to know the truth, but Sharon makes it clear that it will never happen. Just before she could leave, they were interrupted by Luna's pleas to leave Alfredo alone. He then throws both a picture and the sun pendant to Luna, while Sharon yells in defeat "NOOOOOO!!!!". Luna finally realizes that she is Sol Benson, forcing Sharon to give up and flee the country, leaving Ámbar behind.
Season 3[]
Personality[]
Sharon can be very bitter and cold at times, but she actually has good intentions with regard to her employees. She is saddened by Sol's presumed death, and tries to make sure the people all around her do not suffer the same fate. She's incredibly strategic and plans out her every step. She makes sacrifices for a better cause, and she is shown to be a risk-taker.
Sharon has incredibly high expectations for her goddaughter Ámbar Smith. This is shown when Ámbar receives second place in the skating competition and Sharon lightly scolds her, and again when she finishes first, telling her that she'll congratulate her when she wins. It's presumed she does that to offer the best for her goddaughter, something that she couldn't do for Sol in time. However, Ámbar takes this scolding to heart, suggesting that Sharon should be a little less cold towards her.
However, at some points, Sharon seems to be standing up for Luna sometimes when Ámbar tries to sabotage her life with some schemes which she eventually discovers: Changing her exam for a fake one to get her to fail the Blake's course, stealing her documentation to prevent her from going to the International Skating Competition and framing her parents for theft by stealing one of her godmother's possessions, which caused Sharon to fire them and then hire them back after realizing the misunderstanding.
In Season 2, Sharon's father, Alfredo, says that Sharon was extremely disciplined and intelligent already as a child. She always displayed impeccable behavior and passed every test with flying colors. However, even then she was already very serious, slightly melancholic, and demanding, the latter set of traits being said to be inherited from her mother. In addition, Alfredo called Sharon the opposite of her sister Lili.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Unnamed mother †
Alfredo Bilder (father)
Lili Benson † (sister)
Bernie Benson † (brother-in-law)
Luna Valente (niece; former enemy)
Ámbar Smith (adoptive daughter; former accomplice)
Ernestina Bilder (great-grandmother)
Samuel Bilder † (great-grandfather)
Allies[]
Amanda (former maid)
Mónica Valente (former chef)
Miguel Valente (former head of staff)
Enemies[]
Tino Alcaraz (former chauffeur)
Cato Alcoba (former head of maintenance)
Rey Gutiérrez (former assistant, accomplice and blackmailer)
