Charissa Wheeler

Actress/Musician Charissa Wheeler is the daughter of a minister and a music teacher from a small town in Southeastern Minnesota. As early as age 4, she commonly appeared in local performances as a young pianist and singer, thanks to the tutelage of her mother. With a BFA in Musical Theatre from Millikin University, Charissa got her start in Chicago, performing in original plays, improv shows, and sketch shows, in Chicago's numerous black box theatres. She also broke into the Chicago Indi film community as the unsuspecting secretary in the cult classic horror film, "The Promise Keeper". In Los Angeles, Charissa made her television debut on the show "On The Lot" (FOX), hosted by Director D.J. Caruso. Then Inside Edition revealed Charissa as the bride who fell into a pool in a well-known YouTube clip that has become an internet sensation with over 1 Billion views worldwide. This clip is commonly mistaken as real wedding day footage, but is actually taken from a scene in the movie "Chloe