Cheri Oteri Movies and Career Information

Cheri Oteri (born Cheryl Ann O'Teari 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 O'Teari in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. She grew up with three siblings 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 the comedy troupe The Groundlings. It was there that she was noticed by SNL and was hired in September 1995 as part of an almost entirely new cast, which was brought in after the show's disastrous 1994-1995 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. She has also made guest appearances on Just Shoot Me!, Strangers with Candy and as an emotionally unstable nanny on Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 2009, Oteri became a regular voice cast in the Fox animated comedy series, Sit Down, Shut Up. She voices Helen