Who is Cheri Oteri? Everything You Need to Know

Quick Facts

Also Known As: Cheryl Ann Oteri

Age: 61 Years, 61 Year Old Females

Family:

father: Gaetano Thomas Oteri

siblings: Brian Oteri, Denise Oteri, Tommi Jr. Oteri

Born Country: United States

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Height: 5'2" (157 cm), 5'2" Females

U.S. State: Pennsylvania

Ancestry: Italian American

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Career

Cheri Oteri started her stint in the entertainment industry by being part of the comedy troupe ‘The Groundlings’. This group started performing in 1974 and is predominantly an improvisational sketch comedy troupe that boasts of popular names like Lisa Kudrow and Kristen Wiig. In 1995, she was found by a scout from ‘Saturday Night Live’ who happened to be at a performance of ‘The Groundlings’. The scout was extremely impressed by her performance and went on to invite her for an audition. Soon enough, she got the role and became a regular cast member of ‘Saturday Night Live’.

After she left ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 2000, she went on to play roles in various shows such as ‘Loomis’ in 2001, where she played the role of a TV reporter from California, ‘With you in Spirit’ in 2003, which was a small TV show where Cheri was part of an ensemble cast, and ‘Stephen’s Life’ in 2005, where she played a school principal. Unfortunately, none of these shows could run successfully for an entire season.

Though her TV career never picked up, she had a decent run on the big screen. She was cast as ‘Jane’ in the popular movie ‘Liar Liar,’ which starred Jim Carrey. This was officially her first success in the film industry. After this, she starred in various other comedies and animated movies. Her most recent movies include ‘Bad Parent’, ‘Grown Ups 2’ and ‘F the Prom.’

She is also known for her deep voice and has done a lot of voice-over work. This includes voicing ‘Sleeping Beauty’ in ‘Shrek the Third’, ‘Doreen Nickle’ in ‘The Ant Bully’, ‘Kristy’ on TV Land’s animated comedy ‘Glenn Martin DDS,’ and ‘Blobsnark’ in the HBO comedy ‘The Life & Times of Tim’. Her recent works in this department include TV shows such as ‘Puppy Dog Pals’, ‘The Adventures of Bunny Bravo’ and ‘Bunsen is a Beast’.

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Family & Personal Life

Cheri Oteri was born as Cheryl Ann Oteri on September 19, 1962, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father was Gaetano Thomas Oteri, who was the founder and CEO of a music publishing company. Her mother, Patricia Breen Oteri, is of Italian descent. She has three siblings, Denise, Brian and Tommy Jr.

She was raised in Upper Darby, which is coincidentally also the hometown of her colleague from ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Tina Fey. Cheri attended Archbishop Prendergast High School. At the age of 25, she moved to Los Angeles where she started working as a coordinator in promotions for A&M Records.

An unfortunate event happened in her life in August 2008. Her father, Gaetano, was found dead after suffering a heart attack following a physical fight with Richard Fagan, a songwriter and a publishing partner of Gaetano. He was arrested on charges of drunken driving after fleeing from the crime scene and was later sent to rehabilitative therapy.

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