DIANA CHERKAS is an actor and writer, born and raised in Queens, NY. A graduate of LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts (aka. the “Fame” school), she studied at Moscow Art Theatre School in Moscow, Russia, before earning her B.S. from Georgetown University in Management of Information Systems.

On screen and stage, as in life, Diana is an off-beat, sarcastic, fast-talker who comes across as either perfectly put together or a spastic hot mess, depending on what moment you catch her in.

After studying improv and sketch comedy at UCB, she began writing and performing sketches with NEW MEDIA COMEDY and STuFF, which was last seen live at the PIT’s Sketchfest. Branching into longer form, she studied TV and web series writing at Gotham and Primary Stages ESPA. Her first web series, LOLA, has been making the festival rounds.

To support her acting habit, she embraced her nerdy side as a copy editor, then copywriter, at advertising agencies. Much of her writing work is in pharma, for healthcare professionals, and would likely gross you out or depress you.

When she's not on set, she's cooking as extravagantly as her tiny kitchen allows, and eating her way through New York, one takeout restaurant at a time.