Sommore
Glamorous, authoritative standup that treats bad footwear like a moral failing.
4 specials · 2001–2026
Start with The Queens of Comedy, the breakout (2001 · 79 min · Showtime)
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Sommore does not want to be your friend, and she certainly does not want to be relatable. She walks on stage in full glamour, often sparkling from head to toe, and takes her time. Her cadence is slow, deliberate, and entirely unbothered. When she wants to land a punchline, she drops her voice, squares her shoulders, and issues a decree. She will dissect a stranger’s ugly shoes with the grave seriousness of a judge handing down a sentence. She does not beg for laughs. She simply states her case and waits for the room to catch up.
Specials
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Netflix
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A veteran comic delivers on-demand beatings and sharp quarantine wisdom.
Netflix · 70 min
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The Queens of Comedy with Mo'Nique, Adele Givens & 1 more
Four working comics share specific takes on sex, dating, and family dysfunction.
Showtime · 79 min
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The Queens of Comedy (Soundtrack) with Mo'Nique, Adele Givens & 1 more
The Grammy-nominated audio companion to the 2001 theater tour.
Eagle Records · Album
On stage
Decades after the historic Queens of Comedy tour, she occupies a rare, self-sustaining tier in the standup ecosystem. She has spent years quietly funding and producing her own hour-long specials. This lets her bypass traditional network gatekeepers and speak directly to the crowds she draws to theaters. When she drops a new hour on a major streaming platform, it functions less as an introduction and more as a reminder of her absolute control. She sits entirely outside the frantic outrage cycle, filling rooms without having to participate in internet discourse.
Her material works the contrast between high standards and low behavior. She talks about aging, cosmetic surgery, and the dating pool with blunt practicality. A typical bit will start with a minor aesthetic annoyance, like suspicious free items or women wearing sleepwear in public, and build into a fully reasoned philosophy on how adults ought to conduct themselves. She is harsh, but she directs that same unforgiving scrutiny at her own choices, detailing the exact physical maintenance required to keep up her image.
Turning points
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1994–1995
First Female Host of BET's ComicView
Sommore broke barriers as the first woman to host BET's stand-up showcase ComicView, later receiving the Richard Pryor Award for Comic of the Year in 1995.
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2000–2001
Headlining The Queens of Comedy Tour
She co-headlined the record-breaking Queens of Comedy tour, which resulted in a historic performance before over 50,000 attendees in Atlanta and a record-setting Showtime television film.
At a glance
- Born
- , Trenton, New Jersey
- On stage
- since 1992
- Style
- observational, satire
- Breakout
- The Queens of Comedy
- Topics
- Elsewhere
- Website, Wikipedia
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Mo'NiqueAs fellow headliners of the landmark Queens of Comedy tour, both share an unapologetic, empowering, and outspoken comedic sensibility regarding relationships and womanhood.
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Adele Givens
Both were co-headliners on the historic Queens of Comedy tour, delivering sharp, adult-oriented humor centered around female empowerment and sexuality.
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Laura Hayes
Part of the original quartet on The Queens of Comedy tour, Hayes shares Sommore's grounded comedic storytelling geared toward adult audiences.
Also on screen
- The Hughleys
- Friday After Next
- The Parkers
- A Miami Tail
- Soul Plane
A clip to start with
Sommore "Big Man's Conversation"