Sherry Cola
Biography
Born in Shanghai and raised in Temple City, California, Sherry Cola is a comedian and actor of Chinese descent whose path to the screen ran through radio and stand-up. She took Upright Citizens Brigade classes and performed comedy before her first major television part, a recurring role as Natalie on the Amazon series I Love Dick in 2017. Wider attention arrived with her portrayal of Alice Kwan on the Freeform drama Good Trouble. Two 2023 comedies, Joy Ride and Shortcomings, marked her breakthrough, and she went on to the Netflix romantic comedy A Family Affair (2024) and the Netflix series Nobody Wants This. Her voice work includes a lead in the animated film The Tiger's Apprentice (2024), and she later took a recurring role on Apple's Shrinking. Earlier credits include the romantic drama Endings, Beginnings (2020).
36years old
Turns 37 on November 10in 28 days
- Born Shanghai
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 6 years2020 to 2026
Genres
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About the name
Sherry is her first name, but "Sherry Cola" is the stage name she uses. She came up with it in 2011 to serve as her username on Yelp, the online food review website.
Early training
Cola began pursuing comedy by taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade, also known as UCB, and by doing stand-up comedy.
First role
In 2017, Cola landed her first big TV acting part, appearing in the Amazon show I Love Dick as Natalie, a role she played on a recurring basis.
Sherry Cola movies on Netflix
Camp Rock 3as Lark
GOATas Hannah (voice)
Little Brotheras Mia
Bride Hardas Nadine
Good Fortuneas Linda
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePantsas Studio Spokesperson / Krusty Krab Patron (voice)
A Family Affairas Stella
The Tiger's Apprenticeas Naomi (voice)
Thelma the Unicornas Female Talent Judge (voice)
Joy Rideas Lolo
Shortcomingsas Alice Lee
Sick Girlas Laurel
Turning Redas Helen
Endings, Beginningsas Chris
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Sandra Oh appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.







Films together
Sandra Oh3 films together, 2022 to 2025
Sandra Oh's page Good Fortune2025IMDb rating 6.4Cola as LindaOh as Martha
The Tiger's Apprentice2024IMDb rating 5.8Cola as NaomivoiceOh as Mistralvoice
Turning Red2022IMDb rating 6.9Cola as HelenOh as Ming
Timothy Simons2 films together, 2023
Timothy Simons's page Joy Ride2023IMDb rating 6.4Cola as LoloSimons as Frank
Shortcomings2023IMDb rating 6.4Cola as Alice LeeSimons as Leon Alexander
Ronny Chieng2 films together, 2023
Ronny Chieng's page Joy Ride2023IMDb rating 6.4Cola as LoloChieng as Chao
Shortcomings2023IMDb rating 6.4Cola as Alice LeeChieng as Mr. Wong
Eduardo Franco2 films together, 2024 to 2026
Eduardo Franco's page GOAT2026IMDb rating 6.6Cola as HannahvoiceFranco as Darylvoice
Thelma the Unicorn2024IMDb rating 5.7Cola as Female Talent JudgevoiceFranco as Goon #2voice
Lori Tan Chinn2 films together, 2022 to 2023
Lori Tan Chinn's page Joy Ride2023IMDb rating 6.4Cola as LoloChinn as Nai Nai Chen
Turning Red2022IMDb rating 6.9Cola as HelenChinn as Auntie Chen
Stephanie Hsu2 films together, 2023
Stephanie Hsu's page Joy Ride2023IMDb rating 6.4Cola as LoloHsu as Kat
Shortcomings2023IMDb rating 6.4Cola as Alice LeeHsu as Mrs. Wong
Box office
What Sherry Cola's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$424 million
8 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 8 worldwide figure; 3 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 2 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 3Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$194M45.7% of the total
- 2$163M38.5% of the total
- 3$26M6.2% of the total
- 4$22M5.1% of the total
- 5$16M3.7% of the total
- 6$2.1M0.5% of the total
- 7$762K0.2% of the total
- 8$666K0.2% of the total










