• American comedian and actress Sherri Shepherd serves as one of the five hosts on the ABC talk show The View.

  In March 2009, Lifetime commissioned a pilot loosely based on Shepherd's life experiences.Perez Hilton: SView Co-Host Gets Another Gig (March 4, 2009)

• 1. Birth name: Sherri Evonne Shepherd
  2. Birth date: April 22, 1967
  3. Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
  4. Spouse: Jeff Tarpley
  5. Child: Jeffery Tarplay, Jr
  6. Holds the record for being the most frequent guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  7. Debut movie/TV show: Cleghorne!

• Career

  Sherri Shepherd began her career by working the stand up circuit in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Eventually she began to book small roles in movies such as Guess Who? and Beauty Shop. In 2005 Shepherd joined the panel of the Barbara Walters produced talk show The View.

• Quotes

  • "I believe that God and Christians were here before everyone else." -Sherri Shepherd

  • "I was in a jail for six or eight days, for traffic warrants. I felt like I was going to die." -Sherri Shepherd

  • "I like Barack. He's like a great boyfriend. He's a great talker. You wake up the next morning and you go: 'I don't know how I took my clothes off." -Sherri Shepherd

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