Shari may refer to: In South Asia, women's clothing also known as sari or saree In Buddhism, bead-shaped objects among the cremated ashes of Buddhist spiritual masters, also known as Śarīra Japanese culture Shari, deadwood on the main trunk of a bonsai tree Flavored rice used in making sushi Places Mount Shari, a quaternary stratovolcano Shari, Hokkaido, Japan Shari District, Hokkaido, Japan Shari River, a 949-kilometer-long river of central Africa Shari Mari, Anaqcheh Rural District, Ahvaz County, Khuzestan Province, Iran People Given name Shari (actress), Indian film actress in Malayalam and Tamil films Shari Addison (born 1962), American gospel musician and artist Shari Arison (born 1957), American-born Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist Shari Belafonte (born 1954), American actress, model, writer and singer Shari Cantor (born 1959), American politician Shari Decter Hirst, Canadian politician Shari Elliker, American radio personality Shari Eubank (born 1947), American actress Shari Flanzer, 1992 World Series of Poker champion Shari Goldhagen, American author Shari Headley (born 1964), American film actress Shari Karney (born 1954), American attorney, incest-survivor activist, and bar exam review company owner Shari Koch (born 1993), German competitive ice dancer Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon (born 1966), Dutch curler Shari Lewis (1933–1998), Jewish American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host Shari Mendelson (born 1961), American sculptor. Shari Olefson, American real estate attorney and author Shari Redstone (born 1954), American media executive Shari Rhodes (1938–2009), American casting director and producer Shari Robertson, American film Ddrector and producer Shari Roman, American film director, writer and artist Shari Sebbens (born 1985), Australian actress Shari Shattuck (born 1960), American actress and author Shari Sheeley (1940–2002), American songwriter Shari Springer Berman (born 1963), American filmmaker Shari Thurer, American psychologist Shari Ulrich (born 1951), Canadian singer-songwriter Shari Villarosa (born 1951), United States diplomat and career foreign service officer Surname Amirudin Shari (born 1980), Malaysian politician Said Ali Shari (1971–2013), Saudi Arabian deputy leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda Other uses Shari (album), a 1989 European release by Shari Belafonte Shari massacre, on 23–24 December 1997 near Tiaret, Algeria Shari Rothenberg, a character in the television series 24 Shari Sawwing or black saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera), a bird in the swallow family Temple Shari Emeth, Manalapan, New Jersey, United States Ubangi-Shari, a French territory in central Africa which became the independent country of the Central African Republic in 1960 See also Chari (disambiguation) Chéri (disambiguation) Cheri (disambiguation) Cherie (disambiguation) Cherri (disambiguation) Cherrie, a surname or given