Cherry Chevapravatdumrong


Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, also known as Cherry Cheva, is an American author, screenwriter, comedian, producer, and lawyer. She was an executive producer of Family Guy and a co-executive producer of The Orville and Resident Alien.
She co-wrote and produced the 2023 film Joy Ride.
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Early life and education

Cherry Chevapravatdumrong was born to a Thai family in 1977, in Columbus, Ohio, and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, graduating from Huron High School in 1995, where she took several AP classes, editing the school's newspaper and played in orchestra. She majored in psychology at Yale University, where she wrote for The Yale Record, the college's humor magazine.
She later earned a Juris Doctor degree from New York University Law School, where she wrote for the comedic Law Revue. During law school, she spent her summers working at law firms and her winter breaks waiting tables at her parents' restaurant.

Career

Chevapravatdumrong moved to Los Angeles to pursue writing. Before working on Family Guy, she was a writer's assistant on the CBS series Listen Up She released two young adult novels, She's So Money and DupliKate, under the name Cherry Cheva.

''Family Guy''

Chevapravatdumrong was at one time the only female writer on Family Guy, and also a co-executive producer. Her last name was used in its entirety in the episode "And I'm Joyce Kinney" as the real last name of Joyce Kinney. When asked why she changed her name, Joyce responds "because they would never let that name on TV."
In the episode "Jesus, Mary and Joseph!" Peter breaks the fourth wall by rearranging the letters of her name in the opening credits to say "Chemotherapy vanguard vCr".
In the episode "Dead Dog Walking", Peter again breaks the fourth wall by saying that her address is 11700 Hollywood Way, North Hollywood, CA 91065, and that she is also a lawyer.
In the episode "No Giggity, No Doubt", Peter lists her name among examples of people who should go on an excursion with Meg: "Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, that's how that name is pronounced."
In the episode "The Bird Reich", Stewie lists her name among several others as examples of "Family Guy writers who wrote books, and nobody's ever heard of them".

Episodes

As writer:
As executive story editor:
As story editor:
As co-producer:

''The Orville''

She also worked with Seth MacFarlane on the sci-fi series The Orville.
  • "Firestorm"
  • "Home"
  • "Sanctuary"
  • "Mortality Paradox"

Other work

Chevapravatdumrong co-wrote and produced the 2023 film Joy Ride.

Books