Nichole Sakura

Nichole Sakura (formerly credited as Nichole Bloom) is a Japanese-American actress best known for her roles as Cheyenne Thompson in the NBC sitcom Superstore (2015–2021) and as Emily Davis in the horror video game Until Dawn developed by Supermassive Games.

Nichole Sakura
Alma mater	University of Southern California (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present

Early life

Sakura was born to a Japanese mother and an American father with Irish ancestry.^[1] She was raised in San Francisco and usually spent her summers as a child visiting relatives in Japan.^[2] She went to Santa Susana High School in Simi Valley and later attended the University of Southern California, from which she graduated after three years as a Theater major.^[3] After college Sakura briefly attended classes at The Groundlings Theatre but was cut from the program, which she considered "devastating."^[4]

Career

She had the recurring role of Amanda on Shameless from 2014 to 2016.

In 2015, Sakura starred in the music video for one of Phantoms’ two singles, “Broken Halo,” from their EP of the same name.^[5] Later that year, she was added to the main cast of the NBC sitcom Superstore as Cheyenne, a 17-year-old store employee who is pregnant at the start of the series.^[6] The series followed a group of employees working at Cloud 9, a fictional big-box chain store in St. Louis, Missouri.^[7]

She had voice roles in numerous animated film and television series, including Suzume, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Kiff, and Central Park.^[8][9] In 2023, she had a recurring role as a ghost named Jessica on CBS' sitcom Ghosts.^[10] In November that year, Sakura starred alongside troupe Please Don’t Destroy in the comedy film Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, directed by Paul Briganti and written by the former.^[11]

Personal life

Her stage name was originally Nichole Bloom (the last name derived from her Japanese name Sakura, for cherry blossom); she changed it to Nichole Sakura in August 2020,^[12] announcing through Instagram that she had changed her name for her acting credits to honor her mother and her Japanese heritage. She stated that she had taken her original stage name out of fear in being typecast into stereotypical Asian roles.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Everyday	Nichole O'Connor	Short film
2011	Carpool	Rachel	Short film
2012	Project X	JB's Girlfriend
	Model Minority	Kayla Tanaka
2013	Full Circle by Justin Chon	Nichole	Short film
2015	Man Up	Kayla
2016	Teenage Cocktail	Annie Fenton	Main role
2017	Lazer Team 2	Maggie Wittington
2023	Suzume	Suzume Iwato	Voice; Main role, English dub[13]
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain	Amy Murphy
2024	The Finnish Line	Elyse

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Teen Wolf	Rinko	2 episodes
	Grey's Anatomy	Leanne	1 episode
2014–2016	Shameless	Amanda	Recurring role; 17 episodes
2015–2021	Superstore	Cheyenne Thompson	Main cast; 106 episodes
2017–2019	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Carla, Pepelina, Nanini, Gecky, Bobo	Voice; 6 episodes
2018–2020	Robot Chicken	Various Characters	Voice; 2 episodes
2020	Big Hero 6: The Series	Olivia Mole	Voice; 1 episode
2021–2022	Maggie	Louise	Main cast; 13 episodes[14]
2021	Star Wars: Visions	Haru	Voice; Short film: The Village Bride: English language dub[15]
2022	Beavis and Butt-Head	Girl	Voice; 1 episode
2023	Central Park	(voice)	2 episodes
	Ghosts	Jessica	3 episodes
2023–present	Kiff	Terri Buns and Various roles	Voice; 25 episodes
2024	The Finnish Line	Elyse	Television film
2025	Royal-ish	Lacey Pope	Hallmark Channel Movie

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015, 2024	Until Dawn	Emily "Em" Davis	Also performed motion-capture

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Role	Notes
2015	"Broken Halo"	Phantoms