Born in Philadelphia in 1962, Cheri Oteri became one of the most physically fearless comic performers of the late-1990s Saturday Night Live. Across five seasons on SNL (1995-2000) she created bright, high-voltage characters, including one half of the Spartan Cheerleaders with Will Ferrell, that became defining sketches of the era. In film she brought unabashed comic energy to Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003), Scary Movie (2000), Southland Tales (2006) and the family comedy Liar Liar (1997). Oteri is remembered as a comic performer of remarkable physical commitment and manic invention. Read more