Cheri Oteri

Cheri Oteri

Known for
Acting
Born
September 19, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Cheri Oteri (born September 19, 1962) is an American actress and comedian. A Primetime Emmy Award nominee, she is best known for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000 and for her role as Gail Hailstorm in the Scary Movie franchise.

Known For

Filmography

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Grown Ups 3 poster

Grown Ups 3

Movie · as Penny

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Intimacy Party

Intimacy Party

Movie

2026
Moments of Youth poster

Moments of Youth

Movie · as Mrs. Popodopolous

2026
Scary Movie poster

Scary Movie

Movie · as Gail Hailstorm

2026
Mock Trial poster

Mock Trial

Movie

2026
Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story poster

Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story

Movie · as Self

2026
Hexed poster

Hexed

Movie · as (voice)

2025
Dog Man poster

Dog Man

Movie · as Mayor (voice)

2025
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025 poster

The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025

Movie

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2025
Mid-Century Modern poster

Mid-Century Modern

TV · as Denise Buckley · 1 ep

2025
Celebrity Weakest Link poster

Celebrity Weakest Link

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night poster

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
Haha, You Clowns poster

Haha, You Clowns

TV · as Brianne (voice) · 1 ep

2025
The Bad Guys: The Series poster

The Bad Guys: The Series

TV · as Beverly (voice) · 1 ep

2024
The Line poster

The Line

Movie · as Jackie Backster

2024
Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation poster

Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation

Movie · as Gwendolyn Zapp (voice)

2024
Discovering Love poster

Discovering Love

Movie · as Iris Porter

2024
Happy's Place poster

Happy's Place

TV · as Monica Ulrich · 2 eps

2023
Love Virtually poster

Love Virtually

Movie · as Dr. Evelyn

2023
The Zombie Wedding poster

The Zombie Wedding

Movie · as Cindy Porter

2022
Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called poster

Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called

Movie · as (archive footage)

2022
Out of Office poster

Out of Office

Movie · as Janet

2022
Steppin' into the Holiday poster

Steppin' into the Holiday

Movie · as Dallas

2022
Give or Take poster

Give or Take

Movie · as Patty King

2022
The Adventures of Bunny Bravo poster

The Adventures of Bunny Bravo

Movie

2021
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! poster

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!

Movie · as Lazlo the Mechanic

2021
Drama Drama poster

Drama Drama

Movie · as Miss Macy

2021
Last Call poster

Last Call

Movie · as Dr. Baba Brown

2021
The Great North poster

The Great North

TV · as Sherry (voice) · 1 ep

2021
And Just Like That… poster

And Just Like That…

TV · as Sydney Cherkov · 1 ep

2021
Inside Job poster

Inside Job

TV · as Additional Voices (voice), Sitcom Mom (voice), Kate / Dupli-Kate / Stemantha / Carrie Bradshaw (voice), Kate / Dupli-Kate (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Endangered poster

Endangered

Movie · as Doctor

2020
Close Enough poster

Close Enough

TV · as Dr. Glandz (voice) · 3 eps

2019
Benjamin poster

Benjamin

Movie · as Clarice

2019
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate poster

Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate

Movie · as Self

2018
Mayans M.C. poster

Mayans M.C.

TV · as Piper · 1 ep

2018
Big City Greens poster

Big City Greens

TV · as Gwendolyn Zapp (voice) · 1 ep

2018
25 Words or Less poster

25 Words or Less

TV · 11 eps

2017
Men Don't Whisper poster

Men Don't Whisper

Movie · as Dr. Jocelyn Verdoon

2017
F the Prom poster

F the Prom

Movie · as Christine

2017
Puppy Dog Pals poster

Puppy Dog Pals

TV · as Esther Exposition (voice) · 2 eps

2017
9JKL poster

9JKL

TV · as Patty · 1 ep

2016
Bad Internet poster

Bad Internet

TV · as The Rachel · 1 ep

2015
Live from New York! poster

Live from New York!

Movie · as Self

2015
Scream Queens poster

Scream Queens

TV · as Sheila Baumgartner · 1 ep

2015
Dinner at Tiffani's poster

Dinner at Tiffani's

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Wishin' and Hopin' poster

Wishin' and Hopin'

Movie · as Sister Dymphna

2014
The 7D poster

The 7D

TV · as Gingersnaps (voice) · 2 eps

2014
Celebrity Name Game poster

Celebrity Name Game

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2013
Grown Ups 2 poster

Grown Ups 2

Movie · as Penny

2013
Christmas in Conway poster

Christmas in Conway

Movie · as Gayle Matthews

2012
Bad Parents poster

Bad Parents

Movie · as Melissa

2012
The New Normal poster

The New Normal

TV · as Carla · 2 eps

2012
Gotham Comedy Live poster

Gotham Comedy Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars poster

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2011
And They're Off poster

And They're Off

Movie · as Dee Johanssen

2011
Jessie poster

Jessie

TV · as Mrs. Falkenberg · 1 ep

2010
The Women of SNL poster

The Women of SNL

Movie · as Various (archive footage)

2010
Glory Daze poster

Glory Daze

TV · as Joel's Mother · 1 ep

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Dr. Deb · 1 ep

2009
Sit Down Shut Up poster

Sit Down Shut Up

TV · 13 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Surveillance poster

Surveillance

Movie · as Mom

2008
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland poster

USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland

Movie · as Self

2008
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous poster

Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous

Movie · as Private Jeter

2008
The Life & Times of Tim poster

The Life & Times of Tim

TV · as Blobsnark (voice) · 2 eps

2007
Southland Tales poster

Southland Tales

Movie · as Zora Charmichaels

2007
Shrek the Third poster

Shrek the Third

Movie · as Sleeping Beauty / Actress (voice)

2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation poster

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

Movie · as Self

2006
The Ant Bully poster

The Ant Bully

Movie · as Doreen Nickle (voice)

2006
Park poster

Park

Movie · as Claire

2005
Smile poster

Smile

Movie · as Linda

2004
Surviving Eden poster

Surviving Eden

Movie · as Maria Villanova

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Martha Headly · 1 ep

2003
Sol Goode poster

Sol Goode

Movie · as Bernadette Best

2003
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd poster

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

Movie · as Ms. Heller

2003
Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5 poster

Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5

Movie · as Self

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

Movie · as Self / Various Characters (archive footage)

2001
Primetime Glick poster

Primetime Glick

TV · 1 ep

2000
Scary Movie poster

Scary Movie

Movie · as Gail Hailstorm

2000
Love & Sex poster

Love & Sex

Movie · as Mary

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Martine · 1 ep

1999
Inspector Gadget poster

Inspector Gadget

Movie · as Mayor Wilson

1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special poster

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

1999
Saturday Night Live: Christmas poster

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

Movie · as Rita Delvecchio (archive footage)

1999
Strangers with Candy poster

Strangers with Candy

TV · as Hillary · 1 ep

1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

Movie · as Acting Class Student

1998
Small Soldiers poster

Small Soldiers

Movie · as Globotech Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1998
Lured Innocence poster

Lured Innocence

Movie · as Molly

1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery poster

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Movie · as Flight Attendant (uncredited)

1997
Liar Liar poster

Liar Liar

Movie · as Jane

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Melissa · 1 ep

1997
Just Shoot Me! poster

Just Shoot Me!

TV · as Cindy · 2 eps

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Various Characters · 99 eps