Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Sommore has had a meteoric rise
to the top of her field and has been a trailblazer for women in the comedy
business. She was the first woman to host BET’s ”Comic View,” presiding over
the 1994-1995 season, and in 1995, she received the Richard Pryor Award for
Comic of the Year. She also has hosted Russell Simmons’ “Def Comedy Jam,” and
“Showtime at the Apollo.” She was part of the record-breaking “Queens of
Comedy” tour in 2000, which garnered Sommore a wider fan base and got her
registered in Guinness' Book of World Records when she performed to a
captivated audience of more than 50,000 people in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2001
made-for-television movie based on that tour was the highest-rated and longest
running special in the history of the Showtime Network. Never one to rest on
her laurels, Sommore was a featured comic in the “Latham Entertainment
Presents” tour in 2002, where she was the only woman performer. In 2002,
Sommore made her film debut in Friday After Next. She has also been featured in
a number of other films including, Family Reunion (2002), Soul Plane (2004),
Something New (2006), and Dirty Laundry (2007).
Sommore has been a
featured guest on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,”
“The View,” and “Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.” She was interviewed on
CNN Headline News about her phenomenal artistic and financial success as a
comedienne, and was profiled in Comedy Central’s “Special Women in Comedy”
program. Other noteworthy accomplishments for Sommore include several
appearances on the sitcoms "The Hughleys" and "The
Parkers," HBO's "SNAPS" and MTV's "Wild 'N Out."
Sommore also participated in season six of VH1’s “Celebrity Fit Club",
Comedy Central's "Roast of Flavor Flav," and was a regular on NBC's
game show “1 vs. 100” during the 2008 season.
In 2010, Sommore was
invited to participate in Chicago’s “Just for Laughs Comedy Festival” as a
featured act on the “Cedric the Entertainer’s Urban Circus” which aired on TBS.
There she performed alongside the likes of other comedic greats such as Jerry
Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer. Sommore was also
featured on the very successful “Royal Comedy Tour” where she was the first
female comedienne to Headline over other male Nationally Headlining acts. The
tour is currently gearing up to go back out in 2011 and Sommore is looking
forward to once again headlining the show and proving to others that she
belongs. In addition, she is the producer of a documentary, which is currently
in production and she is developing several projects for television. Sommore
earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and mathematics from
Morris Brown College in Atlanta. Before she became a comedy star, she taught
algebra in the Atlanta public school system, and owned and operated several
businesses in Atlanta, including a clothing store, a shoe store, and a store
that featured imported food and specialty products from Africa.
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