Cheryl Arutt (born May 13, 1966) is a retired American commercial, print, television, and film actress and a clinical and forensic psychologist and media consultant. She co-hosts and is a regular member of the Behavior Bureau on HLN's panel show Dr. Drew On Call and appears as a psychological expert on ABC, the Fox News Channel, HLN and In Session.
Arutt started her film and video acting career at age four. As a teen she was dubbed "queen of the After School Specials" by her peers for her numerous roles in TV movies of that genre. She was discovered at age two when the casting director at Ted Bates Advertising Agency in New York City noticed her and convinced her mother to send her photo to an agent. She was signed on the spot by Rosemary Brian at the Mary Ellen White Agency and first appeared on TV in a Sarah Lee cake commercial at the age of three. Hundreds of commercials followed, as well as an appearance in A. R. Gurney's teleplay adaptation of John Cheever's short story, O Youth and Beauty, Arutt appeared in the soap operas: Secret Storm, Guiding Light, All My Children and As the World Turns. Modeling jobs included the cover of Seventeen magazine.