The Bear’s fifth and final season introduces another member of the family portrayed by a major guest star, so who is behind Cheese?
**Warning – this article contains minor spoilers for The Bear Season 5.**
The Bear Season 5 is finally here and will bring the hit FX and Disney+ series to a thrilling conclusion.
With time rapidly running out, Carmy (played by Jeremy Allen White) about to quit and a storm raging outside, the stakes have never been higher for the team of dedicated and stressed out chefs.
Joining the award-winning lead actor White is a stellar cast, including Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Liza Colón-Zayas.
The series has also featured a number of guest stars, from Jamie Lee Curtis to Olivia Colman and even John Cena, with many of them expected to reappear in the epic finale.
Season 5’s second episode, titled Lamb, introduces yet another new member of the team in Terry Cheddario, nicknamed ‘Cheese’. So who plays her?
Who plays Cheese in The Bear Season 5?
Cheese is the niece of Nicholas Marshall (Brian Koppelman), whom everyone calls The Computer, a maths genius who becomes The Bear’s unofficial accountant to analyse where the restaurant is overspending.
In Season 5, Cheese tags along with Computer and Uncle Jimmy ‘Cicero’ Kalinowski (Oliver Platt) in an attempt to find a backer to sell the restaurant while the chefs battle through their toughest night of service yet.
She’s portrayed by actress Elsie Fisher, who is best known for her breakout role as teenager Kayla Day in Bo Burnham’s acclaimed directorial debut Eighth Grade.
In the film, Kayla is an anxious 13-year-old who struggles to find social acceptance in her last week of middle school before starting high school after the summer.
Fisher landed the role when she was just 13 herself and went on to win an incredible 17 major awards for her performance, including a Gotham Independent Film Award and a Critics’ Choice Movie Award.
She was also nominated for a Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award.
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Although Eighth Grade was her first major on-screen role, it wasn’t her first experience in the mainstream as she previously portrayed Agnes in the first two Despicable Me films.
In more recent years, she has starred in Netflix’s 2026 comedy hit Roommates, portrayed Katie Harris in the third and fourth seasons of HBO’s acclaimed drama Barry, and landed a recurring role in the second season of The Summer I Turned Pretty as Skye.
The Bear Season 5 is available to stream on Disney+.
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