Betsy Sharkey, film critic for Los Angeles Times, is a veteran journalist who began her career with the Dallas Morning News. A graduate of Texas Christian University with a bachelor's in journalism and a master's in communications theory, she has written widely about entertainment for a diverse range of national publications among them The New York Times, TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly, where she is a contributing critic for Critical Mass. She joined the Times in '98 as TV editor, then film editor and entertainment editor before being named film critic. She has co-authored two memoirs by Oscar-winning actresses: "Looking for Gatsby" with Faye Dunaway and "I'll Scream Later" with Marlee Matlin.

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