Emmy® award-winning talk show host, comedienne/actress Whether on stage or screen, Emmy® award-winning talk show host, comedienne/actress Sherri Shepherd never fails to delight audiences with her magnetic personality and hilarious sense of humor, which is showcased in her position as co-host of ABC’s The View.
Sherri will star and executive produce her new Lifetime series, SHERRI. The show is loosely based on her life and stand-up comedy, and premiered on October 5, 2009. Also in October, Sherri’s humorous autobiography, “Permission Slips: Every Woman’s Guide to Giving Herself a Break,” was launched by Grand Central Publishing.
She continues to reprise her hysterical role as Angie Jordan, wife to Tracey Morgan’s character on the Emmy® award-winning series 30 Rock. Sherri will be seen in the upcoming feature film, Precious, alongside Mo’Nique, Lenny Kravitz and Mariah Carey, and directed by Lee Daniels (Monsters Ball). Precious is based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire and recently won the Grand Jury U.S. Drama and Audience Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The film premieres November 6, 2009. Sherri most recently co-starred in Dreamworks’ animated feature Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, where she voiced the character of Ben Stiller’s mother.
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Covering topics such as "It's Jesus or Jail,""Marriage, the Hard Way,""Children: The Gift You Can't Give Back," and "All the Things I Don't Know...And All the Things I Definitely Do," stand-up comedienne, actress, and ABC's The View co-host Sherri Shepherd comically chronicles her struggles to keep up with the many roles-professional, wife, mother, daughter, and friend-that women must play in today's world. Sherri urges women to pursue their most important dreams and to never give up, but also let's readers know that it's okay to give themselves "permission slips" when things don't always work out the way they want them to. As her many fans know, Sherri is never hesitant to speak from the heart, and her bubbly personality shines through in this delightful autobiography.