In 1989, Sheryl Underwood became the first female finalist in the popular Miller Lite Comedy Search. Sheryl has won a number of high profile comedy competitions including Johnny Walker Red, Funniest Woman at the Improv, Old English Comedy Crunch and BET's Comic View's Funniest Female Comedian. In 1995, Underwood was named 1st runner-up in the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition becoming the only comedian- to place in the competition's final round three years in a row.

Underwood has appeared on shows such as Politically Incorrect, HBO's All-Star Def Comedy Jam, Showtime's Full-Frontal Comedy Show, Motown Live and Fox's Saturday Night Special. She has acted in several films such as "Bullworth," Master P's "I Got the Hook Up," and "Beauty Shop." You might recognize Sheryl from her recent appearances on Comedy Central & Showtime's Laff-A-Palooza,