Editing Sharon Strzelecki (section)

===Background===
Sharon’s family background is shrouded in mystery and filled with inconsistencies throughout ''Kath & Kim''. Details about her father are sparse and contradictory; in one episode, Sharon mentions that he “moved with his new family to Tewantin.” In another episode, after Kim and [[Brett Craig|Brett]] have to move back in with Kath and [[Kel Knight|Kel]], Sharon arrives to announce she’s lost her job and apartment, explaining that her father, who owned the place, returned to renovate and raise the rent.

The storyline around Sharon’s mother is even more confusing. In the Series 1 episode “Hen’s Night,” Sharon tells Kim that her mother couldn’t attend Kim’s hen’s night because she was critically ill with a “dicky pancreas.” Kim dismissively notes that Sharon’s mother didn’t even call to congratulate her, prompting Sharon to explain that her mother was in a coma and couldn’t access a phone. Here, Sharon’s mother seems very much part of her life. Yet, by Series 4, this backstory is completely changed. Sharon claims her mother abandoned her as a baby, moving to Britain, remarrying, and having a new family, including a younger half-sister named Karen (played by Matt Lucas), whom Sharon had never met before.