Sheryl Patrice Underwood is an American comedian, actress, and television host. She first rose to prominence in comedy as the first female finalist in 1989's Miller Lite Comedy Search. Underwood is one of the hosts of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk, becoming the show's longest-running co-host, a role she first stepped into in September 2011. She has received one Daytime Emmy Award with seven nominations.

Underwood was elected as the 23rd International Grand Basileus (President) during Zeta Phi Beta's biennial business meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2008. Her election as Grand Basileus was disputed, but District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Gerald I. Fisher dismissed a lawsuit against the sorority and Underwood that asked the court to unseat her. Her election made her the first professional entertainer to hold the highest elected office of a National Pan-Hellenic Council organization.

Underwood holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in liberal arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a master's degree in media management and mass communication from Governors State University. Underwood once served in the U.S. Armed Forces and frequently joked about "all the creative places you can get busy on a military base."

After graduating college, Underwood joined the United States Air Force, where she served two years in the reserves. She gained public notice as the first female finalist in the Miller Lite Comedy Search in 1989.[7] 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.

Following her stand-up success, Underwood took several minor acting roles, including Bad Mouth Bessie in the 1998 film I Got the Hook-Up and Catfish Rita in the 2005 film Beauty Shop.

Underwood was the host of BET's Comic View and executive producer and host of the limited-run comedy/variety series Holla (September 2002 – January 2003).

Underwood was a contributor on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show until June 2010, when she joined The Steve Harvey Morning Show as a contributor. She briefly hosted her radio program, Sheryl Underwood and Company, for Radio One-owned Syndication One News/Talk and XM Satellite Radio's Channel 169 (The Power). On Tuesday nights, Underwood hosts The Sheryl Underwood Show on Jamie Foxx's Sirius Satellite Radio channel, The Foxxhole (Sirius 106).

In 2011, Underwood became a co-host of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk in its second season, replacing Leah Remini.

More recently, Underwood signed a multi-year development deal with CBS Studios.

Underwood is a lifelong Republican. However, she campaigned for Barack Obama's re-election in the 2012 United States presidential election. Underwood also campaigned for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election "because we have to protect the legacy of President Obama. Low voter turnout benefits Donald Trump and the Republicans. He can't win."

Underwood revealed that she was born with a twin who did not survive. She went on to say that her mother lied to her, telling her that her father had murdered her sister. Underwood admitted to carrying her sister's birth certificate around with her. She even stated that her mother stabbed her father. He survived after Underwood had gotten close to her father, which her mother wanted to prevent after lying to Underwood about her father being a murderer.

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