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==Television and film appearances== Sommore has appeared on various shows including HBO's ''[[Def Comedy Jam]]'', ''[[Showtime at the Apollo]]'', ''[[ComicView]]'', and ''BET Live from L.A.'' She has also done guest appearances on television sitcoms ''[[The Hughleys]]'' and ''[[The Parkers]]'', and she has been featured on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''. She also appeared on ''[[Comedy Central Roast]] of Flavor Flav.'' In 2008, she appeared as one of the mob members on several episodes of the game show ''[[1 vs. 100 (U.S. game show)|1 vs. 100]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/lasvegas/lasvegasnow/la-tr-lvn-las-vegas-shows-sommore-20150610-story.html|title=Class and sass collide when Sommore hits the Las Vegas stage|date=11 June 2015|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=24 September 2015}}</ref> Her film appearances include ''[[Soul Plane]]'', ''A Miami Tail'', ''[[Friday After Next]]'', and ''[[Something New (film)|Something New]]''. Sommore and fellow [[African American]] female comedians [[Mo'Nique]], Laura Hayes, and [[Adele Givens]] were the stars on ''[[The Queens of Comedy]]'' tour, which was filmed and subsequently aired on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] and released on [[DVD]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/230939/The-Queens-of-Comedy/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006133222/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/230939/The-Queens-of-Comedy/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 2014|title=The Queens of Comedy (2001)|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Jessica|last=Frost|date=2014|accessdate=March 11, 2008}}</ref> Sommore launched the worldwide premiere of "The Queen Stands Alone" on September 30, 2008. The release of her stand-up comedy special was a film version of her stand-up act and was written and produced by Sommore as well as her entertainment company One Thousand Kisses, Inc.<ref>{{Citation|title=Sommore: The Queen Stands Alone|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1305823/|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref> Sommore was a winning participant on the [[Celebrity Fit Club (U.S. TV series)#Season 6 - 2008: Boot Camp|sixth season]] of ''[[Celebrity Fit Club (U.S. TV series)|Celebrity Fit Club]]''. She lost 11 pounds during the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brownsista.com/celebrity-fit-club-with-toccara-sommore/|title=Celebrity Fit Club with Toccara & Sommore|publisher=Brown Sista|date=2010 |accessdate=October 19, 2010}}</ref> Her 2015 special ''Sommore: The Reign Continues'' was aired on [[Netflix]] in 2018.
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