Sandy Wolshin
- Actress
Sandy was born in Miami, Florida, the fourth of six children. For her
first nine years, she lived in Hialeah, Florida, a Cuban suburb famous
for its dog tracks. Hialeah offered great discounts on VA homes, and
her dad was able to purchase one for a few hundred dollars. If only
he'd purchased more than one; After traveling through the U.S. and
Mexico, her family eventually settled in Venice, California where she
attended high school, became a cheerleader and there was no turning
back. Little did she know that she was in the rookies trying out for
the pros. She kept cheering all the way to the NFL, where she was a
cheerleader for the Raiders for five years. With aspirations to be an
actress, she auditioned for a musical comedy review at Santa Monica
College and got a part in all the musical numbers, on the condition
she'd never try to bring her pom poms on stage. She quickly took to
being on stage. Looking for a vocation that would be more stable than
cheerleading, Sandy turned to stand-up comedy. Her first stand-up
performance involved playing the castanets and nothing else. Gradually
she mastered the art of telling jokes while clacking at the same time.
Slowly but surely she developed an act around being an NFL Cheerleader
and Jewish, and the guilt she felt for cheering for the Raiders instead
of owning the team. She has performed as a stand-up alongside some of
the greats, including Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno. Her versatility has
brought her to many venues, from Evening at the Improv to shows on
Black Entertainment Television and the Jewish Television Network. She
has performed at the Improv in Las Vegas and Tahoe, as well as for our
troops stationed at air force bases in Okinawa and Guam. Feature film
credits include Bob Fosse's Star 80. She is also the Producer, Writer
and Performer of the highly acclaimed one woman off off Broadway show,
The Rabbi and the Cheerleader
