Sherri Shepherd
Sherri Evonne Shepherd (born April 22, 1967) [1] is an American actress, comedian, author, podcaster, and television presenter. She currently hosts the daily syndicated daytime talk show, Sherri. From 2007 to 2014, Shepherd was a co-host of the daytime talk show The View, for which she received multiple Daytime Emmy Award nominations, winning one in 2009. She hosted Dish Nation from 2019 to December 2022, with her final months in limited episodes due to her talk show. She also starred in the sitcoms The Jamie Foxx Show (1999-2001), Less than Perfect (2002–2006), Sherri (2009), Trial & Error (2017–2018), and Mr. Iglesias (2019–2020).
Not to be confused with American engineering professor Sheri D. Sheppard.
Sherri Shepherd
- Actress
- comedian
- author
- podcaster
- television presenter
1995–present
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In 2009, she published the book Permission Slips: Every Woman's Guide to Giving Herself a Break. In 2012, she appeared as a contestant on the 14th season of the reality competition series Dancing with the Stars. Shepherd had a recurring role as Angie Jordan on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, a recurring role on the HBO Max series The Sex Lives of College Girls, and hosted the game show Best Ever Trivia Show.
Early life[edit]
Shepherd was born in Chicago, Illinois. She is the eldest of three girls. Her parents are LaVerne (1941-1991) and Lawrence A. Shepherd (born c. 1947). Her parents became Jehovah's Witnesses when Shepherd was a child. Due to many religious and non-religious issues, her parents divorced when Sherri was very young. Due to her mother's untimely death in 1991 after the divorce, her father became the sole parent for all three girls.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Shepherd was married to Jeff Tarpley from 2001 to 2010.[37][38] They have a son, Jeffrey, born in April 2005.[39] Shepherd became engaged to writer Lamar Sally on December 26, 2010.[40] The couple married in Chicago in August 2011 and separated in May 2014.[41][42] Following the May, 2014 split, Shepherd and Sally welcomed a son, Lamar Jr., via surrogacy in August 2014. However, Shepherd does not have a biological connection to the child, as he was conceived using a donor egg.[42] During the following year, 2015, they finalized their divorce. Along with the initial divorce petition, Shepherd had also challenged the surrogacy contract and sought to remove her name from Lamar Jr.'s birth certificate. A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled against Shepherd, stating she was legally responsible for the child.[43][44]
Shepherd has type 2 diabetes[45] after having had pre-diabetes for years.[46] Formerly a Jehovah's Witness,[13] Shepherd is currently an evangelical Christian.[47]
