Sherri Saum

Sherri Saum is an American actress best known for her co-lead role as Lena Adams Foster in the Freeform drama series The Fosters (2013–2018), as well as for her guest star role in its spinoff Good Trouble (2019–present). She has also appeared in television shows such as Beggars and Choosers, Rescue Me, In Treatment, and Locke & Key. Saum was born in Dayton, Ohio, to a German mother and an African-American father. She began her career as a model and later transitioned into acting. Saum has also had roles in soap operas such as Sunset Beach and One Life to Live. She attended Ohio State University and New York University.