
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
March 25, 1971 (age 54)
Place of Birth
Brownfield, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Cheryl Swoopes
Cheryl Swoops
Sheryl Swoops
Sheryl Swoopes
Biography
Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game. Swoopes has won three Olympic gold medals and is one of eleven women's basketball players to have won an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a Fiba world cup gold, and a WNBA title. She was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2017, she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
Known For

TV
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022

TV
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron
2005

TV
Martin
Sheryl Swoopes
1992

TV
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
2018

TV
Name That Tune
Self - Contestant
2021

TV
Hang Time
1995

Film
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Sheryl Swoopes (voice)
2019
TV
My Coolest Years
Herself
2004

Film
Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience
2024

Film
Swoopes
2013

Film
The Moment
Self
2026

Film
Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story
Self
2024
Filmography
2026FilmThe Momentas Self2024FilmRhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience2024FilmShattered Glass: A WNBPA Storyas Self2022TVThe Jennifer Hudson Showas Self2021TVName That Tuneas Self - Contestant2019FilmThe Lego Movie 2: The Second Partas Sheryl Swoopes (voice)2018TVBasketball: A Love Storyas Self (archive footage)2013FilmSwoopes2005TVHell's Kitchenas Self - Restaurant Patron2004TVMy Coolest Yearsas Herself1995TVHang Time1992TVMartinas Sheryl Swoopes