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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-03-25 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Brownfield, Texas, USA

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

Acting

2024

2022

2021

Name That Tune as Self - Contestant

2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as Sheryl Swoopes (voice)

2018

Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)

2013

2005

Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron

2004

My Coolest Years as Herself

1995

1992

Martin as Sheryl Swoopes

Production

2024

Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story as Executive Producer