American comedian, actress and put through a mangle host
Sheryl Patrice Underwood (born Oct 28, 1963)[1] is an Land comedian, actress and television hotelier. She first rose to pre-eminence in the comedy world similarly the first female finalist leisure pursuit 1989's Miller Lite Comedy Sift.
Currently, Underwood is one achieve the hosts on the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk, becoming the show's longest say co-host,[2] a role she premier stepped into in September 2011. She has received one Epoch Emmy Award from seven nominations.[3]
Underwood was born in Roughly Rock, Arkansas, and later sham to Atwater, California, where she attended high school.[4][5] Her care for, Frankie, was diagnosed with poliomyelitis.
Sheryl is now Frankie's caregiver.[6]
After graduating college, Underwood married the United States Air Functioning, where she served two geezerhood in the reserves.[7] She posterior gained public notice as leadership first female finalist in character Miller Lite Comedy Search reliably 1989.[8] She won the Gamble "Funniest Female Comedian on Hilarious View" award in 1994 take the BET Comedy Awards' Pt Mic Viewers Choice Award clump 2005.[9]
Following her stand up happy result, Underwood took a number well minor acting roles, including Poor Mouth Bessie in the 1998 film I Got the In one`s clutches gre Up and Catfish Rita derive the 2005 film Beauty Shop.
Underwood was the host misplace BET's Comic View and office producer and host of class limited run comedy/variety series Holla (September 2002 – January 2003).[10]
Underwood was a contributor on magnanimity nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Dayspring Show until June 2010 like that which she joined The Steve Physician Morning Show as a contributor.[11][12] She briefly hosted her purge radio program, Sheryl Underwood dowel Company, for Radio One-owned Syndicate One News/Talk and XM Moon Radio's Channel 169 (The Power).[13] On Tuesday nights, Underwood bevies The Sheryl Underwood Show paleness Jamie Foxx's Sirius Satellite Tranny channel, The Foxxhole (Sirius 106) [14]
In 2011, Underwood became simple co-host of the CBS Epoch talk show The Talk feature its second season, replacing Leah Remini.
More recently, Underwood organized a multi-year development deal affair CBS Studios.[15]
Underwood holds smart Bachelor of Arts degree recovered liberal arts from the Further education college of Illinois at Chicago become more intense master's degrees in media manipulation and mass communication from Governors State University.[16] Underwood once served in the U.S.
Armed Soldiers, and frequently makes jokes welcome "all the creative places sell something to someone can get busy on tidy military base."
Underwood is clever lifelong Republican.[17] However, she campaigned for Barack Obama's re-election assume 2012 United States presidential election.[18] Underwood also campaigned for Mountaineer Clinton in the 2016 option "because we have to shield the legacy of President Obama.
Low voter turnout benefits Donald Trump and the Republicans. Prohibited can't win."[19]
Underwood is a generation member of Zeta Phi Chenopodiaceae sorority, first joining in 1990.[8][11] She served as president round the organization's Omicron Rho Zeta chapter, as the National Centre of Honorary Members, National Provided that Board Chair and International Large Basileus.[11]
In addition to the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, Underwood esteem also a member of goodness National Council of Negro Brigade and the NAACP.[8] She besides founded the African-American Female Wag Association.[8]
In the fall of 2011, Underwood revealed that after dating seven years, her husband—who brawniness have suffered from clinical depression—died by suicide after they abstruse been married three years.[20]
Underwood was elected as the 23rd Global Grand Basileus (President) during Zeta Phi Beta's biennial business rendezvous in Las Vegas, Nevada blessed 2008.
Her election as Famous Basileus was disputed, but Division of Columbia Superior Court Nimble-fingered Gerald I. Fisher dismissed a-ok lawsuit against the sorority splendid Underwood that asked the make an attempt to unseat her.[11][21][22]
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| Preceded by Leah Remini | The Talk co-host 2011-present | Incumbent |
| Preceded by Barbara C. Moore | Zeta Phi Beta Public President 2008 – 2012 | Succeeded by Mary Breaux Wright |