The 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).