Cheri: (On her most humbling experiance) I was working as a bartender, and the most beautiful man was staring and smiling at me. I was so flustered, I couldn't go near him. I finally worked up enough nerve to say 'hi', he says 'hi, I've been trying to get your attention for an hour...how about another beer?'
Cheri: No matter what you do, you feel like sometimes you're as good as your last sketch. One week you can have a great show, and the next week, it's like 'Am I ever going to be able to think of anything again?' You start to panic.
Cheri appeared in a television commercial for WOW! potato chips in 1998.
Cheri's role in the movie Scary Movie is a take-off on Courtney Cox's character in Scream.
Cheri's favorite SNL actors from the 70's are Bill Murray and Gilda Radner.
Cheri has worked as a writer, actor, bartender, receptionist at a production company, and a singer.
Cheri went out to dinner the night before her big SNL audition, with Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan. She got food poisoning, and threw up all night, showing up at the audition white as a sheet, with broken blood vessels in her eyes.
Cheri appeared uncredited in Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, in 1997 as a flight attendant.
Cheri and Will Ferrell made up their cheerleader skit in an improv practice session one night. She started to do a "stomp" on the wooden floor, Will joined on in, and the crazy "Spartan Cheerleader" duo was born. The "Spartans" are such a hit with the guest hosts, that several have asked to be written into their sketches. Jim Carrey, and Teri Hatcher are two that have joined the fun.
Cheri's father is her biggest fan--he sent her a bouquet of flowers before every SNL show that she did.
Cheri was discovered by SNL boss Lorne Michaels while performing with 'The Groundlings Comedy Troupe', the starting place of many other SNL stars.
Cheri played the mayor in the 1999 movie Inspector Gadget alongside Matthew Broderick.
Cheri's best known Saturday Night Live characters are: Arianna the wanna-be cheerleader, Barbara Walters, Judge Judy, and Althea, a hyperactive seven year old.
Cheri grew up in the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.
SNL put a DVD out in tribute of Cheri's work on SNL titled SNL: The Best of Cheri Oteri.
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