Sherry Cola

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Sherry Cola
File:Sherry Cola 2023.jpg
Cola in 2023
Born
Shanghai, China
Alma materCSU Fullerton
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
Years active2017–present

Sherry Cola[1][2] is an American actress and comedian. Cola began her career in radio and stand-up comedy. She made her acting debut in 2017 on Amazon's I Love Dick. Cola gained recognition for starring as Alice Kwan in the Freeform drama series Good Trouble (2019–2024). After her breakthrough with the 2023 comedies Joy Ride and Shortcomings, Cola appeared in the Netflix comedies A Family Affair (2024) and Nobody Wants This (2024–present).

Early life

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Sherry Cola grew up in Temple City, California. Her parents gave her the Americanized first name "Sherry".[2] They ran a restaurant in San Gabriel, California.[3]

Cola attended California State University, Fullerton for seven years, saying about that time, "I didn't have my shit together, frankly." At CSU Fullerton, she did campus radio. After graduation, she worked at 97.1 FM in Los Angeles.[3][4] She majored in communications with an emphasis on entertainment studies.[5]

Career

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Sherry Cola is her stage name.[6] It was devised in 2011 as her username for the online food review website Yelp.[2]

Cola worked on Carson Daly's radio show on 97.1 AMP Radio. She later began pursuing comedy by taking Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) classes and doing stand-up comedy.[4][2] During this time, she developed her Lil Tasty persona for the online parody web series, Drive Luber. This character went viral online, which caught the attention of Carson Daly. This gave her the opportunity to host comedic segments on AMP Radio, which eventually led to her own show, The BAE Show,[7] at the station.[5][3]

Cola met her talent manager at UCB[5] and got her break in television in 2017, after landing a seven-episode recurring appearance as an art student on Amazon's I Love Dick.[8][7]

Personal life

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Cola is bisexual.[9] She served as a Grand Marshal at San Francisco Pride 2022.[10]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Note
2019 Endings, Beginnings Chris [11]
2021 Music Coffee Shop Manager
2022 Turning Red Helen (voice) [4]
2023 Shortcomings Alice [4]
Joy Ride Lolo Chen
Sick Girl Laurel [9]
2024 The Tiger's Apprentice Naomi (voice)
Thelma the Unicorn Female Talent Judge (voice)
A Family Affair Stella
2025 Bride Hard Nadine
Freakier Friday Pickleball Announcer
Good Fortune Linda
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants Studio Spokesperson / Krusty Krab Patron (voice) Post-production
2026 Goat TBA In-production[12]
TBA Little Brother TBA Filming[13]
TBA Camp Rock 3 Lark Television film

Television

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Year Title Role Note
2017 I Love Dick Natalie Recurring role[9]
Transparent Improviser #3 Episode: "Groin Anomaly"[11]
Life in Pieces Cutter Episode: "Treasure Ride Poker Hearing"
SafeWord Herself MTV[8]
2018–2019 Claws Special Agent Lucy Chun Recurring role[9]
2019–2024 Good Trouble Alice Kwan Main role
2021 Poorly Drawn Lines The Guardian of The Forest of the Backyard (voice) Episode: "The Forest of the Backyard"
2022 Baby Shark's Big Show! Viv (voice) 2 episodes
2023 Transformers: EarthSpark Cadet Kwan (voice) 2 episodes
2024 That '90s Show Morgan Episode: "Two Princes"
Primos Ms. Mahoney (voice) 2 episodes
2024–present Nobody Wants This Ashley Recurring role[14]
2025 Grimsburg Charlotte Kang (voice) Episode: "Granddaddy Issues"
Poker Face Paige Episode: "Last Looks"
Krapopolis Ali (voice) Episode: "Society of Swords"

References

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  1. ^ "Cola" is a stage name. Her real Chinese surname is not public.
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