Felicia Day
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| Born | Kathryn Felicia Day June 28, 1979 [1] Huntsville, Alabama, United States |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001-present |
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| http://www.feliciaday.com/ | |
Kathryn Felicia Day[2] (born on June 28, 1979[1]) is an American actress, known for her work as "Vi" on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and for parts in movies such as Bring It On Again and June, as well as the Internet musical, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Day is also the star, script writer and producer of the original web series The Guild, a show loosely based on her life as a gamer. She also starred in the Dragon Age Web Series; Dragon Age: Redemption, which she wrote. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Web Television.[3]
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[edit] Personal life and education
Day began her acting career at the age of 7 when she starred as Scout in a local production of To Kill a Mockingbird. She studied operatic singing and ballet professionally, performing at concerts and competitions nationwide. Home-schooled throughout much of her childhood, she began college at the age of 16.[4] An accomplished violinist,[4] Day was accepted to the Juilliard School of Music but chose to attend the University of Texas at Austin on a full scholarship in violin performance. She double majored in mathematics and music performance.[5][6] Day was a National Merit Scholar (1995)[7] and graduated as valedictorian of her class.[4][6]
She is an avid player of a wide variety of video game genres. Much of her work on The Guild web series was based on her personal experience with video games.[8]
[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
After graduation, Day moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She landed several roles in various short and independent films, as well as commercials and guest spots on television shows, including Undeclared and Maybe It's Me. These parts propelled her to larger roles: a part in the film Bring It On Again, the starring role in June, and a recurring guest spot as potential Slayer Vi on television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a recurring role that is still occasionally utilized in that show's eighth season comic book series.
[edit] The Guild
Day is the creator, writer, and star of The Guild, a web series which started airing its fifth season in July 2011. The first season was primarily hosted on YouTube where it garnered millions of views.[9] Its second season premiered on Microsoft's three major video channels Xbox Live, MSN Video and The Zune Marketplace after Microsoft made a deal with The Guild, allowing Day, her cast, and her crew to receive financial remuneration for their work. Day also created a song and music video called "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar", featuring the cast dressed up as their in-game personae. The final moments of the music video itself also detailed that the release date for the 3rd season of Day's The Guild would be August 25, 2009. A second song and video "Game On" was released prior to the premiere of the 4th season of The Guild.
The Guild has won multiple awards, including the Greenlight Award for Best Original Digital Series Production at the South by Southwest festivals,[10] the YouTube Video Award for Best Series,[11] the Yahoo! Video Award for Best Series,[12] and 2009 Streamy Awards for Best Comedy Web Series, Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series, and Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series.[13]
[edit] Other work
In July 2008, Day starred as Penny in the three-part web based musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (created by Joss Whedon, who also created Firefly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer in which Day has a minor role as the potential slayer Vi during the seventh season).[14] Day was featured as a patient in the episode "Not Cancer" of the medical drama House,[15] and had a guest starring role in the sci-fi drama Dollhouse's unaired episode "Epitaph One",[16] as well as its series finale "Epitaph Two."[17] In 2008, Day was featured in a series of commercials for Sears.[18] [19] She also appeared in the first of the revitalized Cheetos commercials.[20] In the series Lie to Me, on the episode called "Tractor Man", airing December 14, 2009, Day sang a song called "White Lie" alongside Brendan Hines.[citation needed] Day starred in the Syfy film adaption of the saga Little Red Riding Hood, called Red;[21] it was produced by Angela Mancuso.[22]
Day also starred in Guild co-star Sandeep Parikh's web-series The Legend of Neil, in which she portrayed a Fairy. She sings in the second season musical episode, in which she obliquely references her history of internet musicals.
Day lent her voice to the character Veronica Santangelo in the video game Fallout: New Vegas.
In February 2011, Day announced that she would be starring in a new web miniseries. Called Dragon Age: Redemption, it is based on the Dragon Age video games made by BioWare[23] and aired on October 10, 2011.[24] She also voices the elf Tallis, the protagonist of the Dragon Age downloadable content "Mark of the Assassin".
[edit] Awards
In September 2008, TV Week included her in their list of Top 10 Web Video Creators.[25]
During the inaugural Streamy Awards held in Los Angeles on March 28, 2009, Day received the award for the "Best Female Actor in a Comedy" for her work as protagonist Cyd Sherman in The Guild, and won the same award again in 2010.[26] She was also recognized for her work on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog in 2009.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Delusional | ??? | unknown part |
| 2001 | Strings | ??? | unknown part |
| 2002 | They Shoot Divas, Don't They? | Call Girl | TV movie/Supporting Lead |
| House Blend | Pam | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Backslide | Maddie | |
| 2004 | The Mortician's Hobby | Tiffany | |
| Bring It On Again | Penelope | ||
| June | June Marie Jacobs | TV movie/Lead | |
| Final Sale | Felicia | Lead | |
| 2005 | Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder | Emily | TV movie/Lead |
| Warm Springs | Eloise Hutchinson | TV movie/Supporting Lead | |
| Short Story Time | Felicia | ||
| 2006 | God's Waiting List | Trixie | |
| 2007 | Splitting Hairs | Sugar Girl | |
| 2008 | Prairie Fever | Blue | |
| Dear Me | Pipsy | Lead | |
| 2010 | Red: Werewolf Hunter | Virginia Sullivan | Lead |
| 2011 | Rock Jocks | Alison | Lead |
[edit] TV series/internet productions
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Emeril | Cherie | |
| 2002 | Maybe It's Me | Cookie | |
| 2003 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Vi | 8 episodes |
| For the People | Nicole | ||
| Century City | Sheryl | 1 episode | |
| 2004 | One on One | Sarah | |
| Strong Medicine | Jesse's Friend | ||
| 2005 | Monk | Heidi Gefsky | "Mr. Monk Gets Drunk" / 1 episode |
| 2006 | Windfall | Danielle | 2 episodes |
| Love, Inc. | Natalie | ||
| 2007-present | The Guild | Cyd Sherman/Codex | Web series / All episodes |
| 2008-2010 | The Legend of Neil | Fairy | Web series / 5 episodes / Musical Reference of her Career |
| 2008 | House | Apple | "Not Cancer" / 1 episode |
| Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | Penny | Joss Whedon web series / All episodes | |
| 2009 | Roommates | Alyssa | 3 episodes |
| My Boys | Heather | 1 episode | |
| Dollhouse | Mag | 2 episodes: "Epitaph One" and "Epitaph Two: Return" | |
| IRrelevant Astronomy | Felicia Day | 1 episode: "Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide" | |
| Lie To Me | Ms. Angela | 1 episode: "Tractor Man" | |
| Three Rivers | Jeni | 1 episode: "A Roll of the Dice" | |
| 2010 | The Webventures of Justin & Alden | Herself | |
| Generator Rex | Annie | 1 episode: "Operation: Wingman" | |
| 2011 | Dragon Age: Redemption | Tallis | |
| Eureka | Dr. Holly Marten | ||
| Generator Rex | Annie | 1 episode: "Haunted" | |
| The Big Chew | Marjorie | YouTube production |
[edit] Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Rock of the Dead | Mary Beth | game character voice over |
| Fallout: New Vegas | Veronica Santangelo | game character voice over | |
| 2011 | Guild Wars 2 | Zojja | game character voice over (Still in development as of September 2011) |
| Dragon Age II: Mark of the Assassin | Tallis | game character voice over |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Blum, Matt (2010-06-28). "Happy Birthday Felicia Day!". Wired. http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/06/happy-birthday-felicia-day. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- ^ Felicia's College Resume, Archive of "utexas.edu/~felicia/personal.html"
- ^ "International Academy of Web Television Names Inaugural Chairman and Board of Directors" (Press release). IAWTV. 2009-12-14. http://iawtv.org/press/Announcing-the-IAWTV-Board-12-14-09.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ^ a b c Day, Felicia. "Felicia Day (Home Page)". About. http://feliciaday.com/. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ^ Trapani, Gina."How Dr. Horrible's Felicia Day Gets Things Done", LifeHacker. August 4, 2008.
- ^ a b Hryb, Larry (2009-01-25). "Major Nelson : Show #306 : Felicia Day, RE5 and enforcement on Xbox LIVE". Felicia Day interview (23:37–41:30). MajorNelson.com. http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/01/25/show-306-felicia-day-re5-and-enforcement-on-xbox-live.aspx. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ "Scholars You May Know". National Merit Scholarship Corporation. http://www.nationalmerit.org/scholars_you_may_know.php. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
- ^ "Gaming Nexus Interview 2/18/2009". Retrieved December 24, 2009.
- ^ Daisy Whitney (2008, March). "Popular but Not Profitable". TelevisionWeek, 27(8), 3,28. Retrieved November 5, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1454502881).
- ^ Press Release. "The Guild And "Knock Off" Take Top Honors At The Greenlight Awards", ON Networks Inc. March 11, 2008. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.
- ^ 2007 Youtube Video Awards, List of 2007 Winners. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.
- ^ "The Yahoo! Video Awards: The Results!", Yahoo Video Blog. March 21, 2008. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.
- ^ 2009 Streamy Awards
- ^ Whedonesque : Comments on 15781 : Neil Patrick Harris working with Joss Whedon?
- ^ House Episode 5.02 - Not Cancer - Press Release, FoxFlash. September 23, 2008. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.
- ^ 13 facts about 'Epitaph One,' the 'lost' episode of 'Dollhouse', The Watcher, Chicago Tribune, July 6, 2009.
- ^ "Dollhouse Epitaph Two: Return". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1537130/.
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- ^ YouTube of Cheetos Commercial, November 26, 2008.
- ^ Felicia Day Sees Red When it Comes to Werewolves on Syfy
- ^ New Syfy Saturday Original Movie To Star Felicia Day ("The Guild", "Dr. Horrible") in Re-Imagining of "Little Red Riding Hood"
- ^ Felicia Day Blog Archive: Dragon Age: Redemption
- ^ Late Night With Jimmy Fallon — Dragon Age: Redemption Trailer
- ^ "Poised to Leap". (2008, September). TelevisionWeek, 27(23), 1, 25–26. Retrieved November 5, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1570740411).
- ^ 2010 Winners - The Streamy Awards
- Further Reading
- Schramm, Mike. (Aug. 24, 2009) BlizzCon 2009: WoW.com interviews Felicia Day. (part 2)
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Felicia Day |
- Felicia Day Online - official website and blog
- Felicia Day at the Internet Movie Database
