The queer star who broke out on shows like Freeform’s 'Good Trouble’ now finds herself at the top of the call sheet: “We are used to supporting. We’ve been bras for years and now we’re the tits!”
As is all too common for women of color and LGBTQ+ talent, Cola, since showing up onscreen a half-decade ago, has played her share of supporting roles, occupying the comedic relief, the zany best friend and the claustrophobic space in between. But, in a one-month span this summer, she will have not one but two movies in theaters:Not always explicitly interested in performance but predisposed to entertain, Cola spent her high school years in L.A.
In 2014, Cola took a job at L.A. station 97.1 FM, at first handing out promotional stickers on the street and eventually working her way up to on-air segments with then-morning show host Carson Daly, who tapped Cola after she went viral with her videos on TikTok forebearer Vine. By the time she got her own Sunday night show, she was being cast in her first major project, the Joey Soloway Amazon series, starring Kathryn Hahn and Kevin Bacon.
From left: Sabrina Wu, Ashley Park, Sherry Cola and Stephanie Hsu in a scene from the Lionsgate summer filmAnd while Lolo’s sexuality isn’t explicitly stated onscreen, Cola, who is bisexual, will not be surprised if audiences view the character as being gay. “It oozes through my pores. Everything I touch turns to queer,” Cola says with a laugh. While it’s not explicit to the story,is filled with queer talent like Cola and Wu, who identifies as nonbinary.
Cola is aware of the unique position she finds herself in this summer. “I feel lucky to be a part of these two incredible films that show AAPI folks in a different way,” she says. “Moving forward, how can I do anything that’s not equally as intentional?” The actor takes a beat to think about what she just said: “That’s too deep. That’s like an Elton John lyric.”, a raunchy theatrical studio comedy led by Asian female and nonbinary stars, is, by its very existence, historic.
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