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Cheri Oteri

Cheri Oteri (Cheryl A. Oteri, born 1962), American comic actress, Saturday Night Live cast member 1995-2000 known for cheerleader characters with Will Ferrell; Groundlings alumna, films Liar Liar and Scary Movie, Emmy-nominated for Just Shoot Me, voice of Gwendolyn Zapp in Big City Greens the Movie.

Cherie DeVille

Cherie DeVille, born Carolyn Paparozzi in 1978, is an American adult film performer, director, and columnist known as "The Internet's Stepmom," with multiple AVN MILF Performer of the Year awards.

Cherie Gil

Cherie Gil (Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann, 1963-2022), Filipino actress called "La Primera Contravida," famed as Lavinia in Bituing Walang Ningning, from the Eigenmann acting family, Madrid Best Actress winner for Mana.

Cherie Johnson

Cherie Johnson (born 1975, Pittsburgh) is an American actress, producer, and author known as Cherie on Punky Brewster (1984–1988) and Maxine Johnson on Family Matters (1990–1998), and for the 2021 Peacock Punky Brewster revival.

Cherie Lunghi

Cherie Lunghi (Cherie Mary Lunghi), British actress born 1952 in Nottingham, known for Guenevere in Excalibur (1981), The Manageress (1989-1990), The Mission, Kenco adverts, and Strictly Come Dancing.

Chernobyl (miniseries)

Chernobyl is a 2019 five-part HBO/Sky historical drama miniseries by Craig Mazin and Johan Renck, dramatizing the 1986 nuclear disaster, starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, and Emily Watson, winner of 10 Emmys, 2 Golden Globes, and 9 BAFTAs.

Chernobyl Diaries

Chernobyl Diaries (2012), also released as Chroniques de Tchernobyl, is a Bradley Parker horror film from Oren Peli about six tourists stranded in abandoned Pripyat; it earned $18.1 million and poor reviews (19% Tomatometer).

Cherry (2021 film)

Cherry (2021) is a Russo brothers crime drama on Apple TV+, starring Tom Holland as an Iraq War medic veteran with PTSD who becomes an opioid addict and bank robber, adapted from Nico Walker's semi-autobiographical novel; critically panned at 37% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Cherry 2000

Cherry 2000 (1987) is Steve De Jarnatt's feature debut, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi action film starring Melanie Griffith and David Andrews, about a man seeking a replacement body for his malfunctioning android wife.

Cherry Chevapravatdumrong

Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (Cherry Cheva; เชอร์รี่ ชีวประวัติดำรงค์), born 1977 in Columbus, Ohio, is a Thai-American writer-producer: Family Guy writer and executive producer, The Orville EP, and co-writer-producer of Joy Ride (2023).

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones (born 1956, Paris, Tennessee) is an American stage and screen actress, a two-time Tony winner (The Heiress, Doubt) and three-time Emmy winner (24, The Handmaid's Tale, Succession), distinct from CJ Jones, the deaf actor.

Cherry Magic (ยังซิง) (Thai TV series)

Cherry Magic (30 ยังซิง) is GMMTV's 2023 Thai BL series adapted from Yuu Toyota's manga, starring Tay Tawan as Karan and New Thitipoom as Achi, an office worker who gains mind-reading powers at 30; 12 episodes on GMM25 and Viu.

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい)

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい, Cherimaho) is a BL manga by Yuu Toyota on Gangan pixiv; office worker Adachi gains mind-reading magic at 30 and learns colleague Kurosawa loves him. Adapted into a 2020 TV Tokyo drama, 2022 film, 2024 anime, musical, and Thai drama.

Cherry Valentine

Cherry Valentine, drag name of George Ward (1993-2022), English drag performer, NHS mental health nurse, RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 2 contestant (12th place), and subject of the BBC Three documentary Gypsy Queen and Proud.

Cheryl Burke

Cheryl Burke, born 1984 in San Francisco, is an American ballroom dancer and TV personality, two-time Dancing with the Stars Mirrorball champion (Seasons 2 and 3), now a podcaster, ABC producer, and Sephora Squad beauty creator.

Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell (born 1949, St Albans) is an English actress; BAFTA Best Actress 1979 for Testament of Youth, BAFTA-nominated for Pennies from Heaven (1978), with stage credits including A Doll's House.

Cheryl Crane

Cheryl Crane (born 1943) is an American author and real estate broker, only child of Lana Turner and Stephen Crane; her 1988 memoir Detour: A Hollywood Story became a bestseller, and she later wrote Lana biographies and Nikki Harper mysteries.

Cheryl Henson

Cheryl Henson, also known as Cheryl Lee Henson, is an American puppet builder and philanthropist. She has served as President of The Jim Henson Foundation since 1992.

Cheryl Hines

Cheryl Hines (born 1965) is an American actress and comedian, Emmy-nominated as Cheryl David on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), director of Serious Moonlight, and wife of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Cheryl Holdridge

Cheryl Holdridge (Cheryl Lynn Phelps, 1944–2009), American actress and Mouseketeer on The Mickey Mouse Club (1956–59), later Julie Foster on Leave It to Beaver; died of lung cancer in Santa Monica.

Cheryl Ladd

Cheryl Ladd (born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor, 1951) is an American actress and singer who played Kris Munroe on Charlie's Angels from 1977, replacing Farrah Fawcett; also the singing voice of Melody in Josie and the Pussycats. Not related to Diane Ladd.

Cheryl Tunt

Cheryl/Carol Tunt, voiced by Judy Greer, is a character on FX's animated comedy Archer (2009-2023). Notably distinct from any real person: a secretary whose name coworkers forget, revealed as a clinically insane railroad heiress and the country-singer persona Cherlene.

Chesapeake Shores

Chesapeake Shores is a Hallmark Channel family drama (2016–2022, six seasons, 55 episodes) based on Sherryl Woods's novels, following the O'Brien family in a Maryland Chesapeake Bay town; starring Meghan Ory, Treat Williams, and Robert Buckley.

Chespirito

Chespirito (Roberto Gómez Bolaños, 1929-2014) was a Mexican comedian, writer, actor, and creator of El Chavo del Ocho and El Chapulín Colorado; his shows drew 55-60 rating points in 1970s Mexico and are watched across Latin America.

Chespirito: Not Really on Purpose

Chespirito: Not Really on Purpose (Chespirito: Sin querer queriendo) is an eight-episode 2025 HBO Max biographical series about Mexican comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños, written by his children and based on his 2012 memoir.

Chester Mystery Plays

The Chester Mystery Plays are a cycle of medieval mystery plays from Chester, dramatizing the Bible from Creation to Last Judgment, performed by the city's craft guilds.

Chet Hanks

Chet Hanks (Chester Marlon Hanks, also Chet Haze), American actor and musician, son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson; known for Empire, Shameless, Your Honor, and Travis Bugg in Netflix's Running Point (2025).

Chetan Anand (चेतन आनंद) (director)

Chetan Anand (चेतन आनंद), Hindi film director, producer, and screenwriter (1915 or 1921–1997), brother of Dev Anand; his debut Neecha Nagar won the Grand Prix at the first Cannes Film Festival in 1946, and he later made Haqeeqat and Heer Raanjha.

Chetan Hansraj

Chetan Hansraj, Indian film and TV actor born 1972 in Mumbai; child actor in B.R. Chopra's Mahabharat (young Balram), known as Sasha in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii and Garv in Kkusum; plays Sumali in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana.

Chevalier (2022 film)

Chevalier (2022) is a Searchlight biographical drama directed by Stephen Williams, written by Stefani Robinson, starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. as composer-fencer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges; premiered at TIFF 2022, released April 21, 2023, 76% on Rotten Tomatoes.