Nichole Sakura

Acting

Nichole Sakura

Born 1989-12-15 · Santa Clara County, California, USA

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), Amanda in Shameless (2014-2016), and as Emily Davis in the horror video game Until Dawn developed by Supermassive Games. Sakura was born to a Japanese mother and an American father with Irish ancestry. She was raised in San Francisco and usually spent her summers as a child visiting relatives in Japan. 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. After college Sakura briefly attended classes at The Groundlings Theatre but was cut from the program, which she considered "devastating." 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. 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. The series followed a group of employees working at Cloud 9, a fictional big-box chain store in St. Louis, Missouri. She had voice roles in numerous animated film and television series, including Suzume, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Kiff, and Central Park. In 2023, she had a recurring role as a ghost named Jessica on CBS' sitcom Ghosts. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nichole Sakura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Hoppers poster
8.2

Scientists have discovered how to 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals. Animal lover Mabel seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world beyond anything she could have imagined.

Hoppers

2026

Project X poster
6.9

Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.

Project X

2012

Kiff Lore of the Ring Light poster
7.2

Kiff and her friends go on an adventure to destroy a ring light of immense power.

Kiff Lore of the Ring Light

2025

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain poster
6.2

When three friends who live together realize that they don't like their life trajectory, they set off to find a gold treasure that is rumored to be buried in the nearby mountain.

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

2023

Lazer Team 2 poster
5.8

After Woody goes missing while working on secret alien research, the former members of Lazer Team must come together to rescue their lost friend.

Lazer Team 2

2017

Man Up poster
6.0

Martin, a 19 year old slacker, has his life turned upside down when he gets his Mormon girlfriend pregnant so he moves in with his stoner best friend, Randall, who teaches him to be a man.

Man Up

2015

No artwork available
NR

Horror anthology.

Gore Mixtape

The Hole poster
NR

Despite living mere feet from one another, downstairs neighbor SYBIL and upstairs neighbor HUGO have never met. But worlds collide when a hole is cut open between their units to address a plumbing leak. Yearning for connection, Sybil can't resist climbing through the hole to spy on Hugo -- an act that will ultimately lead to broken bones and an unlikely friendship.

The Hole

2026

Teenage Cocktail poster
5.4

Feeling confined by their small town and overbearing parents, Annie and Jules hatch a scheme of running away. The only issue is, they need the money to get there. Jules suggests the couple try webcam modeling. Although she’s nervous at first, Annie can’t argue when the money starts rolling in. But as the girls soon find out, consequences can blindside you. Sometimes violently.

Teenage Cocktail

2016

Micro Budget poster
8.0

A mockumentary about an absolute moron attempting to make an independent film.

Micro Budget

2026

Ella poster
NR

Left behind by the same loved one, two Asian American youth search for connection in their small Midwestern town.

Ella

2019

Royal-ish poster
6.2

Lacey is an amusement park princess who befriends 8-year-old Rose, a real-life princess, and is recruited by her handsome father to travel to their kingdom and be the new governess.

Royal-ish

2025

Model Minority poster
4.6

Kayla, an underprivileged Japanese American 16 year old, endangers her promising future as an aspiring artist when she becomes involved with a drug dealer.

Model Minority

2012

The Finnish Line poster
6.0

Anya follows her father's footsteps in sled dog racing. In Finland, she enters his last race but her lead dog is injured. Teaming with Cole's dog, she battles her father's rival Monty while learning to trust her new canine partner to win.

The Finnish Line

2024

Daughter in a Box poster
NR

A seemingly independent woman moves her ailing parents into her home and finds herself back in the emotional constraints of her childhood.

Daughter in a Box

2026

Behind the camera