Neferteri Shepherd Bio
Neferteri Shepherd is an American glamour model, television personality, and actress. Born Neferteri Sheba Shepherd on September 8, 1980, in New Orleans, Louisiana, she has also been credited as Neferteri Horn, Neferteri Plessy and Neferteri Sheba Plessy. Playboy named her its July 2000 Playmate at 19. Her appearance came in the 2000s, as Playboy's print tradition began to share space with an expanding online presence.
Shepherd has natural breasts, brown eyes and black hair. Her measurements are 36-25-35.
Neferteri Shepherd was studying business in Berkeley, California when modeling began to open larger opportunities. She spoke openly about wanting to become her own boss and cited Iman as a role model because she combined modeling, acting, business and family. Playboy fit naturally into that ambition, and Shepherd later said the experience increased her confidence and reinforced her view that tasteful nudity could be presented as art.
Her career expanded quickly beyond Playboy. After relocating to Los Angeles to pursue acting and modeling, Shepherd booked work connected with the American Music Awards, appeared on runways for Baby Phat and Stuff magazine, and was featured in a national campaign for athletic-apparel company Privacy Wear. She also appeared in Maxim, adding mainstream men’s-magazine work to her modeling portfolio.
Television and music-video work became another important part of her career. Shepherd co-hosted VH1’s Sex & Rock Roll and appeared in music videos for artists including 50 Cent and Usher. Her acting credits included appearances on The Parkers and Method & Red, as well as the film Hair Show starring Mo’Nique. She also appeared in a national Arby’s commercial and was featured in a 2005 Starz network imaging campaign.
Shepherd later moved into television development and production. Working under the mentorship of producer Rushion McDonald of Nu-Opp Inc., she developed television concepts and worked on a WB pilot titled Mobile Home Disaster, a reality makeover format centered on trailer homes. She also participated in the 2004 video game Street Racing Syndicate, extending her screen work into interactive entertainment.
In later years, Shepherd added public speaking, marketing consulting, television hosting and advocacy for single mothers to her professional work. She founded and managed Single Mom Planet, an organization and online platform created to help single mothers connect, exchange advice and access resources on parenting, relationships, fitness and everyday life. Her career ultimately followed the business-minded direction she had described from the beginning: modeling opened the door, but she consistently expanded into media, production, consulting and entrepreneurship rather than relying on a single public identity.
