Sheryl Underwood

CTL-E-6203 · Person · other · 1988–present

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07399 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6203.

Sheryl Patrice Underwood (born October 28, 1963, in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American comedian, actress, and television host. She first rose to prominence as the first female finalist in the 1989 Miller Lite Comedy Search. She won the BET “Funniest Female Comedian on Comic View” award in 1994 and the BET Comedy Awards' Platinum Mic Viewers Choice Award in 2005, and she hosted BET's Comic View. Underwood holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and master's degrees in media management and mass communication from Governors State University, and she served two years in the United States Air Force Reserve after college. In 2011 she became a co-host of the CBS talk show The Talk in its second season, replacing Leah Remini; she remained until the show ended in December 2024, becoming its longest-running co-host, and won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Hosts in 2017. A lifetime member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., which she joined in 1990, Underwood was elected the sorority's 23rd International Grand Basileus (president) at its 2008 biennial meeting. She is owner and chief executive officer of Pack Rat Productions, founder of the Pack Rat Foundation for Education, and host of Sheryl Underwood Radio.

The record

• Also known as: Sheryl Patrice Underwood

Notes

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Relationships

• Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. — member of organization
  Underwood is a lifetime member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. (joined 1990) and was elected its 23rd International Grand Basileus in 2008. Zeta Phi Beta is CTL-E-0307 in the live graph.

Sources

• Paramount Press Express (CBS) — 'Sheryl Underwood' talent bio (September 2022) (accessed 2026-10-16) — Underwood as host of The Talk and her 2017 Daytime Emmy win; owner/CEO of Pack Rat Productions; four honorary doctorates; Sheryl Underwood Radio with 511 affiliates; founder/CEO of the Pack Rat Foundation for Education; 23rd international president of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. — https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/talent/?view=sheryl-underwood (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia — 'Sheryl Underwood' (accessed 2026-10-16) (accessed 2026-10-16) — Birth October 28, 1963 in Little Rock; first female finalist in the 1989 Miller Lite Comedy Search; The Talk tenure September 2011 to December 2024 as longest-running co-host; BET awards 1994 and 2005; Air Force Reserve service; UIC and Governors State degrees; Zeta Phi Beta membership from 1990 and election as 23rd International Grand Basileus in 2008 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Underwood (build store)

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