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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

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  1. 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.

  2. Early training

    Cola began pursuing comedy by taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade, also known as UCB, and by doing stand-up comedy.

  3. 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

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Joy Ride2023 Comedyas Lolo

    IMDb rating 6.432K votes

  2. Good Fortune2025 Comedy, Fantasyas Linda

    IMDb rating 6.456K votes

  3. Turning Red2022as Helen

    IMDb rating 6.9177K votes

  4. Little Brother2026as Mia

    IMDb rating 5.515K votes

  5. Shortcomings2023as Alice Lee

    IMDb rating 6.44.6K votes

  6. A Family Affair2024as Stella

    IMDb rating 5.441K votes

  7. Bride Hard2025as Nadine

    IMDb rating 4.47.0K votes

  8. GOAT2026as Hannahvoice

    IMDb rating 6.632K votes

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.

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Films together

Box office

What Sherry Cola's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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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

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    GOAT2026as Hannah (voice)
    $194M45.7% of the total
  2. 2
    The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants2025as Studio Spokesperson / Krusty Krab Patron (voice)
    $163M38.5% of the total
  3. 3
    Good Fortune2025as Linda
    $26M6.2% of the total
  4. 4
    Turning Red2022as Helen
    $22M5.1% of the total
  5. 5
    Joy Ride2023as Lolo
    $16M3.7% of the total
  6. 6
    Bride Hard2025as Nadine
    $2.1M0.5% of the total
  7. 7
    The Tiger's Apprentice2024as Naomi (voice)
    $762K0.2% of the total
  8. 8
    Shortcomings2023as Alice Lee
    $666K0.2% of the total