American television personality, actress and comedian Sherri Evonne Shepherd was born on 22 April 1967, in Chicago, Illinois, and is a significant personality in the entertainment industry, known particularly as one of the hosts of the talk show ‘The View’ from 2007 to 2014, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2009.
So just how rich is Sherri Shepherd, as of early 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Sherri’s net worth is over $10 million, accumulated since beginning her career in 1995 – it has been reported that the Sherri earns $1.5 million per year as a television personality.
Sherri Shepherd Net Worth $10 Million
Sherri Shepherd began her career as a stand-up comedian. Since 1995, Sherri has been working on television, debuting in the sitcom entitled ‘Cleghorne!’ created by Steve Pepoon, Stephen Sustaric and David Silverman. Other significant television roles have included appearances in sitcoms ‘Holding the Baby’ during 1998 and 1999, ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ from 1999 to 2003, ‘Suddenly Susan’ from 1999 to 2000, and ‘The Jamie Fox Show’ for four years from 1999.
From 2002 to 2006 Sherri played a supporting role in the sitcom ‘Less Than Perfect’, being nominated for a BET Award as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy. From 2003 to 2004 Shepherd was in the celebrity cast in the game show ‘Hollywood Squares’, and from 2007 was the co-host of the talk show ‘The View’ until 2014, but still contributes regularly. In 2009 Sherri was the center of attention in the short series “Sherri” about her own life, winning a Gracie Allen Award for the Outstanding Female Lead in a Comedy Series.
Sherri has continued to guest in sitcoms including ‘The Daily Show’, ‘Wendy Williams Show’, ‘The Steve Harvey Show’, ‘Showbiz Tonight’ and the 2012 season of ‘Dancing with the Stars’, all of which have benefited her bank account.
In addition, since 2000 Sherri has been acting on the big screen, peaking in 2009 with her role in the film ‘Precious’ directed by Lee Daniels, winning the Boston Society of Film Critics Award and Black Reel Award. Sherri has since appeared in ‘Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son’, ‘One for the Money’, ‘Abducted: The Carline White Story’ ‘Think Like a Man’ and ‘Top Five’ in 2014, all helping along her net worth.
In her personal life, Sherri Shepherd has been married twice; her first husband was Jeff Tarpley from 2001 to 2009. She married Lamar Sally in 2011, but they divorced in 2014 and Sherri was subsequently granted custody of a child born through surrogacy, but without any DNA connection. Sherri still resides in Chicago, and continues to suffer from Type 2 Diabetes.
