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Sherry Cola
American comedian and actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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).
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Early life
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]
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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]
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Personal life
Cola is bisexual.[9] She served as a Grand Marshal at San Francisco Pride 2022.[10]
Filmography
Film
Television
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References
External links
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