Biography
Cheryl Hamada is an American actress. She played Saundra in the 2002 film About Schmidt. Her other film credits include Chain Reaction (1996) as Hamada, Above the Law (1988) as Watanabe, The Dilemma (2011) as a Vietnamese Parlor Worker, Ca$h (2010) as an Asian Woman, Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) as Dr. Susan Lee, and Losing Isaiah (1995) as an ER Nurse.
On television she has appeared in Chicago Med (2016–2025) as School Principal Debby Parker, Boss (2011) as a Clerk, Chicago Hope (1997) as Marrienne Colton, and other series. Hamada has a background in Chicago theatre; she performed in John Heuer's play Innocent Thoughts, Harmless Intentions at the Next Theatre Company.
