Diana Cherkas
Diana Cherkas
actor & writer
Diana is a NYC-based actor on stage, on screen, and in the voiceover booth.
Diana often gets cast as people who appear to be one way, hiding a wildly different personality underneath. In one upcoming raunchy comedy series, her "quiet but serious business woman shows us that deep down, she can bury a body if she needs to." In an hour-long drama, her sweet suburban wife and mother turned out to be a manipulative and murderous mastermind.
Whether she's playing a smart and ambitious Lawyer, hard-nosed Journalist, Millennial Mom, or Supportive Wife, her character always manages to be in charge. Diana brings humor to everything she does, both on an off screen — the subtle humor of real life, witty sarcastic banter, or full-on physical farce.
"Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does." - Bill Nye
resume & reel
Download Diana's resume, or view it on Actors Access or Casting Networks.
Diana's film & TV reel features scenes from Gail's New Boyfriend, Syzygy, LOLA, Skipping Stones, The Taxidermist and I'd Kill For You. For additional media, including sketch comedy, head on over to her YouTube channel.
what's new
cast as Elmire in Tartuffe at Centenary Stage Company
shot a Co-star in The Food That Built America
For a season 5 episode of the popular History Channel / A+E show
LOLA named a finalist for Best Comedy Short at Raindance NY
Screened as an Official Selection in November, at the first ever Raindance event in NY
comedy writing
Diana writes original comedic television and web series solo, as well as with her long-time writing partner Ilene A. Fischer. Original series concepts have placed or screened at Raindance NY, Women’s Comedy Film Festival, NYC Web Fest, Chain NYC Film Festival, Broad Humor Film Festival, iTVFest, and CineStory. For more about the projects they are actively developing, visit Waxing Gibbon Entertainment.
Diana was a contributing writer to New Media Comedy Worldwide, including 1 pilot script for DC Comics and 4 Instagram TV series, one of which regularly garnered 20k+ views per episode. She was also a writer/founding member of Stuff Films, a sketch comedy collective; collaboratively conceived, researched, developed, and wrote dozens of sketches for live sketch/variety shows. Stuff Films was featured at the PIT’s NYC Sketchfest 2012.
about Diana
Diana graduated of LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts (aka. the “Fame” school) and studied at Moscow Art Theatre School in Moscow, Russia, before earning her B.S. from Georgetown University in Management of Information Systems. To support her acting habit, she embraced her nerdy side as a copy editor, then copywriter, and finally creative director at advertising agencies. Much of her writing work is in pharma, for healthcare professionals, and would likely gross you out or depress you. Her favorite has been creating newsworthy podcast scripts for major national newspapers, concepting and producing original animated explainer videos, and collaborating on branding clients with brilliantly creative minds. For more about her work achievements, head over to LinkedIn.
When she's not working, which is infrequent, Diana can be found cuddling a cat, eating everything, or crafting with her family.
contact
For media or hiring inquires, Diana can be reached at diana.cherkas@gmail.com or 347-453-8005.
For print/commercial work, please reach out to Charlie Winfield of FFT Model Management at 212-686-4343.
