Cheryl Stern
Biography
Cheryl Stern is an American Broadway actress. She starred opposite Cynthia Nixon in The Women and in the 2010 Tony Award winning revival of La Cage aux Folles. In 2009, she starred in the Transport Group's "Being Audrey" More recently, she appeared as The Old Lady in Mary Zimmerman's acclaimed production of Candide at the Huntington Theatre in Boston. She is a past winner of a Jonathan Larson Award. Stern previously worked as a backup performer for comedian Jackie Mason. Stern is a graduate of Northwestern University.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Karen
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes • as Dog Owner
Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Neighborhood Woman
This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Lois
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In the 1970’s, Harvey Milk, a gay charismatic politican, was assassinated for being openly homosexual. The musical, based upon the short story " A Letter to Harvey Milk" by Lesléa Newman combines LGBTQ history and Jewish history.
Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • as Miss Shapiro / Pedicurist / Sadie
Mary Haines's life falls apart and her social circle shatters after her husband's affair is revealed. Filmed version of the 2001 Broadway revival with the original cast reprising their roles.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Bernie's mom
It's election eve 2016 and five New Yorkers' lives change in an instant, starting with a Black gay man who is Donald Trump's stand in, a Democratic campaign worker who moonlights as a dominatrix, a socialist, a model, and a dog-hating activist.