Cheri Oteri

Cheri Oteri (born Cheryl Ann Oteri September 19, 1962) is an American comic actress, best known for her roles as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000. --- Oteri was born Cheryl Ann Oteri in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. She grew up with three siblings, Denise, Brian and Tommy Jr., in Upper Darby and attended Archbishop Prendergast High School in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. After moving to Los Angeles at age 25, Oteri worked at A&M Records for four years and eventually joined a comedy troupe called The Groundlings. In 1995, the producers of Saturday Night Live attended a performance with the intention of auditioning fellow Groundlings member Chris Kattan. Oteri performed a monologue during one of Kattan's costume changes, which led to Oteri herself being invited to audition for SNL. She was hired as a repertory performer in September 1995 as part of an almost entirely new cast, which was brought in after the show's disastrous 1994-1995 season. Kattan would not join the cast of SNL until midway through the season. She has also appeared in several Hollywood movies, including Scary Movie, Inspector Gadget, Liar Liar, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, Shrek the Third and Southland Tales. She starred in two TV pilots that did not make it to air, Loomis and With You in Spirit.