Cheryl Tsai
Born: 1978-08-23 in Mission Viejo, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Cheryl Tsai (born Cheryl Lisa Tsai, 23 August 1978 in Mission Viejo, California, USA) – American actress, writer, and producer who studied film at Northwestern University in Chicago for two years before returning to the West Coast. She is also the lead singer of the rock band Squamata and a semi-finalist in the 2005 WWE Raw Diva Search. Her most notable film roles include Nurse Park in Room 6 (2006), a supporting role in Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Amy in Time and Tide (2008, which she also co-produced), Grace Chen in The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi (2009, opposite Faye Dunaway), and Emily in The Fabulous Filipino Brothers (2021), directed by Dante Basco. On television she has appeared in Arrested Development (2003) as Maitre'D, Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011), Franklin & Bash (2010–2014), S.W.A.T. (2017) as Officer Andrea, NCIS: Origins (2024) as Reporter #2, and Grey's Anatomy (2026). On stage she has played Jill in Equus (East West Players) alongside George Takei, Catherine in Proof, and Julia in Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare Festival LA).
Filmography
2024
- NCIS: Origins as Reporter #2
2017
- S.W.A.T. as Officer Andrea
2011
- Franklin & Bash as Dealer
2010
- The Defenders as Clerk
2009
- The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi as Grace Chen
2006
- Brothers and Sisters as Waitress
- Four Kings as Hooker
- Room 6 as Nurse Park
- Time and Tide as Amy
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Security Guard
2004
- Agent Abbey as Lu Chen
2003
- Learning Curves as Susan
2002
- Go for Broke as Inmate #2
2000
- Dude, Where's My Car? as Dancer #8
- Carnata