Sheryl Underwood

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Sheryl Underwood

Sheryl Underwood in 2008
Born October 28, 1963 (1963-10-28) (age 44)
Little Rock, Arkansas

Sheryl Underwood (born October 28, 1963) is an American comedian. In 1989, Underwood became the Miller Lite Comedy Search's first female finalist. She currently hosts BET's Comic View and has her own BET show, Holla. She has won a number of high profile comedy competitions including Johnny Walker Red, Funniest Woman at the Improv, Old English Comedy Crunch and BET's Comic View's Funniest Female Comedian. In 1995 Underwood was named 1st runner-up in the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition, securing Sheryl a place in history as the first female comedian- in fact, the only comedian- to place in the competition's final round three years in a row".[1]

She is known in the industry as a "sexually progressive, God-fearing, staunch, black Republican".[2] College educated, she holds a Bachelor Degree and two Master Degrees. Underwood once served in the Armed Forces, and frequently makes jokes about "all the creative places you can get busy on military base." She chartered a graduate chapter of Zeta Phi Beta in Inglewood, California. She is a member and key official of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc and holds the position of Chair of the National Executive Board with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. She is currently running for president of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Underwood always performs with a purse to match her outfit on ComicView.

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[edit] Actress - filmography

[edit] Producer - filmography

  • Holla (TV series) -- Executive Producer

[edit] Herself - filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bio
  2. ^ Bio

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