SHERYL UNDERWOOD'S BIO:

One of the boldest and most brazen women in comedy is Sheryl Underwood. Sheryl dares to say what other people really want to say, discussing sex, politics, current events and relationships, bringing adult conversation to the stage like a tent revival meeting. Her show elicits bold testimonials from even the most conservative crowds. Sheryl's appeal is her down-to-earth nature and her ability to get the audience to understand her views even if they don't agree with them. Sheryl uses humor to give examples of her points of view. Her routine is based on real-life experiences-from the death of her husband to serving in the Gulf war, and her controversial thoughts as a sexually-progressive, God-fearing black Republican.

Sheryl has competed in the Funniest Women in Fresno, Johnny Walker Red and Funniest Women in the Improv-Chicago contests. She was the first woman finalist in the 1989 Miller Lite Comedy Search, winner of the 1993 Old English Women's Comedy Crunch and the 1994 BET Award as the Funniest Female Comedian on Comic View, and the first runner-up in the 1995 Bay Area Black Comedy Competition, securing Sheryl a place in history as the highest-ranking female comedian, as well as the only comedian to place in the final round in 1993, 1994 and 1995. Sheryl has appeared in Aspen at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, on the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon, HBO's Def Comedy Jam, Showtime's Full-Frontal Comedy Show, BET Comic View and FOX's Saturday Night Special. Sheryl has been a guest host on Hot 97 for Dr. Dre and Ed Lover, the Tom Joyner Morning Show and BET Talk. Sheryl has also appeared in Warren Beatty's Bulworth and Master P's I Got the Hook Up.

Not only is Sheryl one of the hardest working comedians in the country, but she also donates 5% of her road earnings to Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and still has time to support worthy causes such as: The African-American Female Comedian Association (President); Press and Publicity; the State of California conference of the NAACP (Chair); her local Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. (President); Omicron Rho Zeta Chapter; and much more. Sheryl's Comedy CD/cassette, Grown Folk Business, is selling all over the country and her Safer Sex Poster is raising thousands of dollars for AIDS Research and the fight against AIDS.