Sherry Cola

Sherry Cola
Sherry Cola
	Cola in 2023
Born	November 10, 1989 (age 35); Shanghai, China
Alma mater	CSU Fullerton
Occupations	Actress; comedian;

Sherry Cola^[2]^[3] (born November 10, 1989)^[1] 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

Sherry Cola was born on November 10, 1989 in Shanghai, China,^[1] and later moved to Temple City, California. Her parents gave her the Americanized first name "Sherry".^[3] They ran a restaurant in San Gabriel, California.^[4]

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.^[4]^[5] She majored in communications with an emphasis on entertainment studies.^[6]

Career

Sherry Cola is her stage name.^[7] It was devised in 2011 as her username for the online food review website Yelp.^[3]

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.^[5]^[3] 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,^[8] at the station.^[6]^[4]

Cola met her talent manager at UCB^[6] 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.^[9] ^[8]

Personal life

Cola is bisexual.^[10] She served as a Grand Marshal at San Francisco Pride 2022.^[11]

Filmography

Film


Year	Title	Role	Note
2019	Endings, Beginnings	Chris	^[12]
2021	Music	Coffee Shop Manager
2022	Turning Red	Helen (voice)	^[5]
2023	Joy Ride	Lolo Chen
	Shortcomings	Alice	^[5]
	Sick Girl		^[10]
2024	The Tiger's Apprentice	Naomi (voice)
	Thelma the Unicorn	Female Talent Judge (voice)
	A Family Affair	Stella
TBA	Bride Hard		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Note
2017	I Love Dick	Natalie	Recurring role^[10]
	Transparent	Improviser #3	Episode: "Groin Anomaly"^[12]
	Life in Pieces	Cutter	Episode: "Treasure Ride Poker Hearing"
	SafeWord	Herself	MTV^[9]
2018–2019	Claws	Special Agent Lucy Chun	Recurring role^[10]
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	Primos	Ms. Mahoney (voice)	2 episodes
2024	Nobody Wants This	Ashley	Recurring role^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sherry Cola". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ "Cola" is a stage name. Her real Chinese surname is not public.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Fang, Marina (June 23, 2023). "Sherry Cola Is Unlearning Scarcity And Embracing Abundance". HuffPost. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nguyen, Kelly (February 20, 2021). "Sherry Cola on authenticity, queer representation and comedy — and the weirdness along the way". HS Insider. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Davenport, Emily (March 7, 2022). "Comedian Sherry Cola talks acting, new season of 'Good Trouble' and lending her voice to 'Turning Red' | amNewYork". www.amny.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Escandon, Rosa. "29-Year-Old Sherry Cola's Whirlwind Life". Forbes. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
^ Whitney, Alyse (July 6, 2023). "Sherry Cola Always Knew She Was Meant for More—and Then Came 'Joy Ride'". Glamour. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Pedersen, Erik (November 18, 2016). "Sibylla Deen Sails With 'The Last Ship'; Sherry Cola Joins 'I Love Dick'". Deadline. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Sherry Cola: "My whole life was kind of an inside conversation"". www.goldenglobes.com. February 11, 2021. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Patterson, Denny (July 16, 2021). "Sherry Cola: Representing the Future of Asian Entertainers". OUT FRONT. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
^ "'Good Trouble' actress Sherry Cola embraces queerness as 2022 SF Pride Grand Marshal". ABC7 San Francisco. June 24, 2022. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Rodriguez, Bri (March 23, 2021). "Sherry Cola: From Early Radio Beginnings to a Multi-Faceted Career in Entertainment". Rival Magazine. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
^ Petski, Denise (May 15, 2024). "Kristen Bell-Adam Brody Netflix Comedy Gets Title, Premiere Date & First-Look Photo". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 16, 2024.

External links

Sherry Cola at IMDb

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[DOB-1] "Sherry Cola". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

[2] "Cola" is a stage name. Her real Chinese surname is not public.

[:5-3] Fang, Marina (June 23, 2023). "Sherry Cola Is Unlearning Scarcity And Embracing Abundance". HuffPost. Retrieved December 22, 2023.

[:0-4] Nguyen, Kelly (February 20, 2021). "Sherry Cola on authenticity, queer representation and comedy — and the weirdness along the way". HS Insider. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[:1-5] Davenport, Emily (March 7, 2022). "Comedian Sherry Cola talks acting, new season of 'Good Trouble' and lending her voice to 'Turning Red' | amNewYork". www.amny.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[:6-6] Escandon, Rosa. "29-Year-Old Sherry Cola's Whirlwind Life". Forbes. Retrieved February 11, 2025.

[7] Whitney, Alyse (July 6, 2023). "Sherry Cola Always Knew She Was Meant for More—and Then Came 'Joy Ride'". Glamour. Retrieved December 22, 2023.

[:7-8] Pedersen, Erik (November 18, 2016). "Sibylla Deen Sails With 'The Last Ship'; Sherry Cola Joins 'I Love Dick'". Deadline. Retrieved February 11, 2025.

[:3-9] "Sherry Cola: "My whole life was kind of an inside conversation"". www.goldenglobes.com. February 11, 2021. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[:2-10] Patterson, Denny (July 16, 2021). "Sherry Cola: Representing the Future of Asian Entertainers". OUT FRONT. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2022.

[11] "'Good Trouble' actress Sherry Cola embraces queerness as 2022 SF Pride Grand Marshal". ABC7 San Francisco. June 24, 2022. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved October 27, 2022.

[:4-12] Rodriguez, Bri (March 23, 2021). "Sherry Cola: From Early Radio Beginnings to a Multi-Faceted Career in Entertainment". Rival Magazine. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2022.

[13] Petski, Denise (May 15, 2024). "Kristen Bell-Adam Brody Netflix Comedy Gets Title, Premiere Date & First-Look Photo". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 16, 2024.

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