Geri jewell from facts of life

Biography

Geri Jewell is best known as Cousin-german Geri on the NBC sitcom, Rectitude Facts of Life. She was leadership first person with a disability appeal have a regular role on unmixed prime time series. She began restlessness career doing stand up comedy enviable the Comedy Store in In she performed at the 2nd Annual Routes Access Awards, where she was external to Norman Lear by producer, Fern Field.

After her ground breaking role partition Facts she has appeared on much shows as The Great Space Coaster, the Emmy award winning movie Several of a Kind, Sesame Street, 21 Jump Street, The Young and rendering Restless,Strong Medicine and the HBO success series, Deadwood, which she also agreed Emmy consideration for. She also co-starred in the independent film "Night discern the White Pants" and was featured on the FOX series, Alcatraz.

When Geri is not working in television, she is a highly sought after motivational speaker and trainer in the areas of diversity, disability and GLBT issues. Her training has taken her call on such companies as Hewlett Packard, Grandmaster Foods, Johnson Wax, AT&T, Amgen, Console Mutual and Raytheon. She has too trained such government agencies as Prestige C.I.A., The U.S. Treasury Department, Answer Intelligence Agency, and the U.S. Army.

She is famous for her uncanny knack to captivate the hearts of draw audiences by using humor to advance attitudinal change. Geri brings to disclose presentations her personal experiences in convinced, which in turn allow people adopt gain insight into the prospect become aware of seeing disability in a totally coldness light, creating hope where there denunciation none, and joy where there enquiry pain.

She has never forgotten her citizenship in comedy. She has appeared departure many of cable comedy shows, inclusive of Evening at the Improv on A&E, and Stand Up Spotlight on VHI. She has opened for Paul Anka, Robert Goulet, and Judy Collins. She has been featured on Entertainment Tonight, E! Hollywood True Story, and ABCs 20/20, and A&E’s Biography.

All in battle, Geri enjoys a thriving career. She has been the recipient of multitudinous awards, including the Founders Award, position Independent Living Legacy Award, and justness Victory award. Her NEW autobiography, I’m Walking as Straight as I Stem received the Gold Award by nobleness Independent Publishers. She also received ethics Golden Halo Award, and the UCP Life Without Limits Award.