Cheryl Puente

Cheryl Puente is a screenwriter from Philadelphia PA who’s currently based in Los Angeles. She started her career as an actress in NYC on STREET MEAT, a majorly LatinX Harold team born out of the UCB-NY, then starred as Lady Macbeth opposite James Marsters (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) at the Mermaid in London.

Cheryl’s since gotten her MFA from The American Film Institute Conservatory, and was the sole recipient of the Women in Film Scholarship. Cheryl’s original pilot SOLID GOLD made her a finalist in the Impact-Skydance one-hour premium TV incubator and the WB Writers Workshop, as well as a semi-finalist in the Warner Media Writers Program. Her spec script of the Amazon Prime series THE BOYS was also a semi-finalist in the TV Spec - Drama competition at the Austin Film Festival.

Development wise, Cheryl’s co-created a female-led spy feature franchise with DCM Berlin, a dance-feature franchise with StarCross Ent, and created a half hour rock-comedy series with TDP, both in London. Cheryl most recently was the Showrunner’s Assistant for LaToya Morgan, while LaToya co-created the HBO/MAX series DUSTER with JJ Abrams.

A member of the WGGB, IWC - LA, and IAA-USA, Cheryl’s currently in her fourth year of advising for the TV Writing: Core Elements class at Sundance Collab, and also teaches acting for film students at Art Division, Los Angeles. In January 2025, Cheryl taught a TV writing workshop for the students at EICAR-Paris.

Half Cuban and Half punk rock American, Cheryl writes weird, funny dramas for TV and film about working people with big hearts and hot tempers - often in the space of music, parties and chosen family.