Sherri Michelle Saum, aka Sherri Saum, is an actress from the United States. Saum is most recognized for her co-starring role as Lena Adams Foster in the Freeform drama series The Fosters (2013-2018) and a guest appearance in its spinoff Good Trouble (2019-present).
She is also recognized for her performances in the daytime serial operas Sunset Beach and One Life to Live and her television roles in Beggars and Choosers, Rescue Me, In Treatment, and Locke & Key.
Biography
| Date of Birth | October 1, 1974 |
| Place of Birth | Ohio |
| Country | United States |
| Profession | TV Actress |
| Horoscope | Libra |
| Net Worth | $2 million |
Early Life
Sherri Michelle Saum (born October 1, 1974, 51 years old) in Dayton, Ohio, to German and African-American parents. She started at a Model Search America convention in Kettering, Ohio, near her home.
She was discovered in high school and modeled during her summer vacations until she came to New York to work full-time with the New York modeling firm Images Management.
Education
Saum received his education at Ohio State University in Columbus and New York University in New York.
Career
Saum began her acting career as Vanessa Hart in the N.B.C. daytime serial opera Sunset Beach, which ran from 1997 to 1999. For her participation in the show, she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series in 1999.
Saum was later appointed a series regular in the Showtime comedy-drama series Beggars in 1999.
Saum starred as Natalie in the F.X. drama series Rescue Me from 2006 to 2007. She co-starred with Cicely Tyson and Eriq La Salle in the Hallmark Channel film Relative Stranger. She co-starred with Ally Sheedy and Josh Hamilton in the independent movie Ten Stories Tall.
In season 2 of the HBO drama series In Treatment, she played the series regular character of Bess. Over the next few years, she appeared as a guest star on The C.W.’s Gossip Girl, C.B.S.’s Unforgettable, A.B.C.’s Body of Proof, and Revenge.
Saum was cast as the lead in the 2011 A.B.C. drama pilot Grace (written by Krista Vernoff) alongside Abigail Spencer and Eric Roberts, but the project was not picked up.
Saum and Teri Polo were cast in the central parts of Jennifer Lopez‘s A.B.C. Family drama series The Fosters in 2012.
The show debuted on June 3, 2013. After five seasons, the show was canceled in 2018. In 2019, she reprised her role in the spinoff Good Trouble.
Her real-life pregnancy was interwoven into the N.B.C. legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit plot in 2014. She appeared on the A.B.C. shows How to Get Away with Murder and “The Mysteries of Laura” in 2015.
She appeared as a guest star on C.B.S.’s “Code Black” in 2016 and on T.N.T.’s “The Librarians” in 2018. After The Fosters ended, Sherri played the adult Regina Louise in the biographical film “I Am Somebody’s Child: The Regina Louise Story” and appeared for three episodes on the A.B.C. Marvel sci-fi series “Agents of S.H. I.E.L.D.”
Sherri returned to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in March 2022 in a different position than she had portrayed almost exactly eight years before. The following week, she returned to Good Trouble as a state legislator and vibrant sexter, Lena Adams Foster.
Movies and TV
2003 Anne B. Real
2003 Finding Home
2005 Love and Suicide
2010 Ten Stories Tall
2018 #SquadGoals
Television
- 1997–1999 Sunset Beach
- 1999–2001 Beggars and Choosers
- 2000 Girlfriends
- 2001 Charmed
- 2001–2003 One Life to Live
- 2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury
- 2006 Love Monkey
- 2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- 2006 Drift
- 2006–2007 Rescue Me
- 2007 Army Wives
- 2009 In Treatment
- 2009 C.S.I.: Miami
- 2009 Relative Stranger
- 2009–2010 Gossip Girl
- 2010 Heroes
- 2010 Memphis Beat
- 2010 Lie to Me
- 2011 Grace
- 2011 The Whole Truth
- 2011 Body of Proof
- 2011 Unforgettable
- 2012 C.S.I.: NY
- 2013 Revenge
- 2013–2018 The Fosters
- 2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- 2015 How to Get Away with Murder
- 2015 The Mysteries of Laura
- 2016 Code Black
- 2018 The Librarians Karla
- 2019–present Good Trouble
- 2019–2022 Roswell, New Mexico
- 2019 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- 2019 Limetown
- 2019 I Am Somebody’s Child: The Regina Louise Story
- 2020–2022 Locke & Key
- 2020–2021 Grey’s Anatomy
- 2020 Condor
- 2020 Power Book II: Ghost
- 2022 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- 2022 C.S.I.: Vegas
- 2022 Perfect Harmony
- 2023 Mrs Davis
Personal Life
Saum married long-term boyfriend and former One Life to Live castmate Kamar de los Reyes in New York City on May 19, 2007. Saum’s rep revealed on December 3, 2013, that the couple was expecting twins; the infants were born in 2014. Saum is also the stepmother of de los Reyes’ son.
Sherri Saum Husband, Marriage
Kamar de Los Reyes is Saum Sherri’s husband’s name. In 2001, she met Kamar on the set of One Life to Live. They married on May 26, 2007, after dating for a few years. The couple’s first twins, John Rubén de Los Reyes and Michael Luis de Los Reyes, were born in May 2014. Caylen, Kamar’s prior girlfriend, will likely have a child with him.
Timothy Adams was formerly involved with Sherri. They first met in 1996 at a producer’s office while waiting for the results of a casting call. They started dating after they started working together. In 2003, they divorced.
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Net Worth
Sherri Michelle Saum is an American actress with an estimated net worth of $2 million.
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What ethnicity is Sherri Saum?
Saum was born to a German mother and an African-American father in Dayton, Ohio. She started at a Model Search America convention near her home in Kettering, Ohio.
Does Sherri Saum have kids?
After playing a mother of five on The Fosters for two seasons, Sherri Saum finally has a family of her own. The actress and husband Kamar de los Reyes welcomed twins John Rubén and Michael Luís on May 13. Now, the proud mama is sharing the first photos of her sweet sons exclusively with PEOPLE.
What has Sherri Saum played in?
1997–1999 Sunset Beach
1999–2001 Beggars and Choosers
2000 Girlfriends
2001 Charmed
2001–2003 One Life to Live