Cheri Oteri

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**Cheryl Ann Oteri** (Template:IPAc-en; born September 19, 1962) is an American actress and comedian. A nominee of a Primetime Emmy Award, Oteri is known for her work on the sketch-comedy show *Saturday Night Live*, on which she was a regular cast member from 1995 to 2000.

## Early life

Cheryl Ann Oteri was born and grew up in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia. She is the daughter of Gaetano Thomas Oteri, who founded and was the CEO of a music publishing company Of Music, and Patricia Breen Oteri  She has Italian ancestry.

## Career

### *Saturday Night Live* (1995–2000)

After moving to Los Angeles at age 25, Oteri worked at A&M Records for four years and eventually joined famed comedy troupe The Groundlings. In 1995, producers of *Saturday Night Live* (*SNL*) 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 her own invitation to audition for *SNL*, along with Kattan and fellow Groundling Will Ferrell. 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. In an interview on the Kevin Pollak Chat Show, Oteri says she was slapped in the back of the head by Chevy Chase in 1997.

Celebrities that Oteri impersonated included Alanis Morissette, Barbara Walters, Cyndi Lauper, Mariah Carey, Debbie Reynolds, Jennifer Lopez, Ross Perot, Jennifer Tilly and Katie Couric.Template:Fact

#### Original characters

* Arianna, a member of The Spartan Cheerleaders (with Will Ferrell)
* Rita DelVecchio, a grouchy Philadelphia woman who is mean to the neighborhood children, patterned after Oteri's tough-talking grandmother.
* Cass Van Rye, the dim-witted co-host of the "*Morning Latte*" talk show (with Will Ferrell)
* Mickey "The Dyke", a butch public-access television cable TV host (with Mark McKinney)
* Nadeen, a testy employee whose catchphrase constantly orders everyone to "Simmer down now!"
* Althea McMahonaman, an absurdly hyper child who is an awful passenger and disturbs public servants
* Collette Reardon, a prescription pill-addict
* Joy Lipton, Erotic Attic boutique owner
* Adele, a vulgar and highly sexual office worker whose attempts at sexual innuendos disgust rather than attract her colleagues
* Laura Zimmerman, one half of the Zimmermans, who suddenly break into rough and sexual behavior before returning to casual conversation as if nothing happened (with Chris Kattan)

### 2001–present

Oteri has appeared in a number of 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*. Shows on which she made guest appearances include *Just Shoot Me!*, *Strangers with Candy*. She portrayed Martine, the 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 Klench, the unappreciated librarian who often gets mistaken for objects, such as brooms or toilet brushes. The series premiered on April 19, 2009 and moved to Comedy Central in May 2010.

Oteri played a tooth fairy on Imagination Movers, a regular on the Playhouse Disney block. She starred in the AMC web series *Liza Life Coach* in 2010. Oteri appeared in the pilot episode of *Glory Daze*, which premiered on TBS on November 16, 2010. She hosted AXS TV's *Gotham Comedy Live* on May 26, 2016, in New York City.

## References

1. ↑ "Philadelphia Inquirer: Search Results". *newsbank.com*. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p\_product=PI&s\_site=philly&p\_multi=PI&p\_theme=realcities&p\_action=search&p\_maxdocs=200&p\_topdoc=1&p\_text\_direct-0=1206EE64A15D8CB8&p\_field\_direct-0=document\_id&p\_perpage=10&p\_sort=YMD\_date:D&s\_trackval=GooglePM.
2. ↑ "pressofAtlanticCity.com". http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p\_product=AC&p\_theme=ac&p\_action=search&p\_maxdocs=200&p\_topdoc=1&p\_text\_direct-0=0EAEACD15578A75A&p\_field\_direct-0=document\_id&p\_perpage=10&p\_sort=YMD\_date:D&s\_trackval=GooglePM.
3. ↑ "KPCS: Cheri Oteri #47". Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL7xz-9Dun0/?t=anon. Template:Cbignore
4. ↑ "Cheri Oteri - Yahoo! TV". https://tv.yahoo.com/cheri-oteri/contributor/35547/bio.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Sit Down, Shut Up". Fox. http://sitdownshutupwiki.fox.com/?t=anon.
6. ↑ "AXS TV Presents Gotham Comedy Live Live TV Shoot" (in en). http://gothamcomedyclub.com/event.cfm?id=438258&cart.
7. ↑ Byrne, Craig (March 12, 2019). "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Photos: "I'm Finding My Bliss"". http://www.ksitetv.com/crazy-ex-girlfriend/crazy-ex-girlfriend-im-finding-my-bliss/189830/.
8. ↑ Byrne, Craig (October 29, 2021). "Tonight, The CW Asks "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!"". http://www.ksitetv.com/scooby-doo/tonight-the-cw-asks-scooby-doo-where-are-you-now/221587/.

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