Long before her career in Film and Television, Sherry attended Tyrrell Elementary and Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School with classmate, Janis Joplin and worked for her mother at Port Arthur Business College after High School Graduation.
Son, Kai Thorup, is a Location Manager and Writer, working in Atlanta, GA. He is known for his work on Cape Fear (1991), Taken 3 (2014), I, Tonya (2017), Superfly (2018), Coming 2 America (2021) and more.