Lacey Chabert
| Lacey Chabert | |
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 Lacey Chabert, 2007 |
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| Born | Lacey Nicole Chabert September 30, 1982 Purvis, Mississippi, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Lacey Nicole Chabert (born September 30, 1982) is an American actress and voice actress. She first gained prominence as a child actress on television for her role as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five (1994-2000).[1] She has also provided the voice of Eliza Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys TV show (1998-2004) and two feature films, and Meg Griffin during the first production season of the animated sitcom Family Guy.[2] In film she has appeared in Lost in Space (1998), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Daddy Day Care (2003), and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls (2004).
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Early life [edit]
Chabert was born in Purvis, Mississippi, the daughter of Julie (née Johnson) and Tony Chabert. Her father, a French-speaker from Louisiana, is of mostly Cajun descent; he worked as a maintenance operations representative for an oil company.[3][4] She has a younger brother, and two older sisters. She was "World's Baby Petite" in the "World's Our Little Miss Scholarship Competition" of 1985.[5] In 1992 and 1993 she played Young Cosette in the Broadway production of Les Misérables.
Career [edit]
Chabert's first major role was as Claudia Salinger in Party of Five. Chabert made her debut to the big screen in the late 1990s starring as Penny Robinson in the fantasy-space thriller Lost in Space (1998). Since then, she has been the voice of Eliza Thornberry in the animated series The Wild Thornberrys, and has voiced Eliza in two movies, The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) and Rugrats Go Wild (2003). She then had a supporting role in the parody film Not Another Teen Movie playing Amanda Becker, a parody of Jennifer Love Hewitt's character Amanda Beckett from Can't Hardly Wait. She provided the voice for Aleu in Balto 2: Wolf Quest (2002) and she provided the voice of Meg Griffin for the first production season of the animated sitcom Family Guy (1999), after which Mila Kunis took over the role after Chabert became busy with school work and her duties on Party of Five.[2][6]
Chabert played the title role in The Brooke Ellison Story, a made-for-TV movie produced by Christopher Reeve, based upon a real-life quadriplegic woman who overcame many obstacles to graduate from Harvard. She starred in Mean Girls (2004) and the made for TV movie Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006) on ABC Family. She appeared in a 2006 remake of Black Christmas. She appeared in an episode of Ghost Whisperer opposite former Party of Five costar Jennifer Love Hewitt. She performed the voice of Princess Elise from the game Sonic the Hedgehog for the PS3 and Xbox 360. She also voiced Gwen Stacy in the animated series The Spectacular Spider-Man.
Chabert, along with with Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Amanda Seyfried, won the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team for Mean Girls. She won both the 1997 and 1998 Hollywood Reporter Annual YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series for Party of Five, and had been nominated three other times for work from 1999–2000.[7] The YoungStar awards honor the best film, TV and music performances made exclusively by six to eighteen-year-olds.
In 2007, Chabert starred in the pilot episode of the Fox comedy The Hot Years, which revolved around the lives of four female friends who live together. The pilot was not ordered to series by Fox. Chabert was featured as cover girl of the January 2007 issue of Maxim.[8]
Personal life [edit]
Chabert lives in Southern California, where she moved with her family in 1994 to begin work on Party of Five.
Filmography [edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1993 | Gypsy | Baby June | |
| 1997 | Anastasia | Young Anastasia | Singing voice only |
| 1998 | Lost in Space | Penny Robinson | |
| 2001 | Disney's House of Mouse | Tanya | Voice role |
| Not Another Teen Movie | Amanda Becker | ||
| Tart | Eloise Logan | ||
| 2002 | Hometown Legend | Rachel Sawyer | |
| The Scoundrel's Wife | Florida Picou | ||
| The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Eliza Thornberry | Voice role | |
| 2003 | Rugrats Go Wild | ||
| Daddy Day Care | Jenny | ||
| 2004 | Mean Girls | Gretchen Wieners | |
| Shadow of Fear | Allison Henderson | ||
| 2005 | Dirty Deeds | Meg | |
| 2006 | High Hopes | Cindy | |
| Fatwa | Noa Goldman | ||
| A New Wave | Julie | ||
| The Pleasure Drivers | Faruza | ||
| Black Christmas | Dana Mathis | ||
| 2007 | Being Michael Madsen | Vanessa Rapaport | |
| 2008 | Sherman's Way | Marcy | |
| Reach for Me | Sarah | ||
| 2009 | The Lost | Jane | |
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Sandra | ||
| 2010 | In My Sleep | Becky | |
| 2010 | Thirst | Noelle | |
| 2011 | A Holiday Heist | Jennifer | |
| 2012 | Slightly Single in L.A. | Dale Squire | |
| The Ghost of Goodnight Lane | Dani | ||
| Imaginary Friend | Emma Turner | ||
| 2013 | Telling of the Shoes | Abby | |
| Anything is Possible | Maggie | ||
| Scarecrow | Kristen | ||
| Sanitarium | Ms. Lorne | ||
| 2014 | The Lost Tree | Jenna | |
| Non-Stop |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | A Little Piece of Heaven | Princess, or 'Hazal' | |
| 1992–1993 | All My Children | Bianca Montgomery | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Best Learning Songs Video Ever! | Voice role | |
| Best Busy People Video Ever! | Voice role | ||
| Gypsy | Baby June | TV film | |
| 1994–2000 | Party of Five | Claudia Salinger | 142 episodes |
| 1994 | Best Silly Stories and Songs Video Ever! | Voice role | |
| Best Sing-Along Mother Goose Video Ever! | Voice role | ||
| Gargoyles | Bobbi Porter / Kim | 2 episodes | |
| 1996 | ABC Afterschool Special | Carly Gallagher | 1 episode |
| Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (TV series) | Bobbi Porter / Kim | 2 episodes | |
| Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Girl / Kids / Tiffany | 4 episodes | |
| 1997 | Redux Riding Hood | Little Red | Voice role |
| Babes in Toyland | Jill | ||
| Journey Beneath the Sea | Merla | ||
| When Secrets Kill | Jenny Newhall | TV film | |
| 1997–1998 | Hey Arnold! | Ruth P. McDougal | 2 episodes |
| 1998–2004 | The Wild Thornberrys | Eliza Thornberry / Additional Voices / Cub | 85 episodes, Voice |
| 1998 | Stories From my Childhood | Jenny | 1 episode |
| The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Young Vitani | Voice role | |
| An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Tanya | Voice role | |
| Hercules | Callista | Voice | |
| 1999 | An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Tanya | Voice role |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas | Cindy | Voice role | |
| 1999–2000 | Family Guy | Meg Griffin / Jan Brady | 12 episodes |
| 2001 | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | Eliza Thornberry | Voice role |
| Nicktoons Racing | Eliza Thornberry | Voice role | |
| 2002 | Balto: Wolf Quest | Aleu | Voice role |
| The Proud Family | 1 episode, voice role | ||
| Strong Medicine | Mary | 1 episode | |
| Jackie Chan Adventures | Cheerleader 2 | 1 episode, voice role | |
| The Drew Carey Show | Grace | 1 episode | |
| 2004 | The Brooke Ellison Story | Brooke Ellison | TV film |
| 2005 | American Dragon: Jake Long | Jasmine | 1 episode, voice role |
| Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Surthanna | 1 episode, voice role | |
| 2005–2006 | Bratz | Kaycee | Voice role |
| 2006 | She Said/He Said | TV film | |
| Hello Sister, Goodbye Life | Olivia Martin | Television movie | |
| Ghost Whisperer | Donna Ellis | 1 episode | |
| 2007 | Me, Eloise | 1 episode, voice role | |
| What If God Were the Sun? | Jamie Spagnoletti | TV film | |
| 2008–2009 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Gwen Stacy | Voice role (main cast) |
| 2009 | The Lost | Jane | TV film |
| Glenn Martin, DDS | Amish girl | 1 episode, voice role | |
| 2010 | Elevator Girl | Liberty (Libby) Taylor | TV film |
| 2011–present | Young Justice | Zatanna Zatara | Voice role (guest star episodes 15 & 18, main cast episodes 19–present) |
| 2011 | Mike DA Mustang | Angel | TV film |
| Allen Gregory | Beth | Voice role | |
| Transformers: Rescue Bots | Danielle "Dani" Burns | Voice role | |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic | Mako | Voice role | |
| 2012 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Quake | Voice role |
| Matchmaker Santa | Melanie Hogan | TV film | |
| 2013 | Robot Chicken | Carly Shay | Voice role |
| Baby Daddy | Dr. Amy Shaw | 2 episodes |
Other media [edit]
- Les Misérables (1992–1993) Broadway Production ... young Cosette
- The Broadway Kids (1995) Audio CD (voice) ... The Broadway Kids Sing Broadway
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) video game (voice) ... Princess Elise
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011) video game (voice) ... Mako
References [edit]
- ^ Mendoza, N.F. (1994-10-23). "The 'sparkle' that holds Fox's 'Party of Five' together is called Lacey". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- ^ a b Daniel Robert Epstein. "Interview with Seth MacFarlane, creator of The Family Guy". UGO.com. Retrieved 2009-01-04.[dead link]
- ^ "Vibe chat". Lacey Chabert.com. 1998. Retrieved 2006-11-24.
- ^ "Lacey Chabert Biography (1982–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ "Where Are They Now?". Ourlittlemiss.com. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ http://info.sonicretro.org/Lacey_Chabert_interview_by_GameSpy_%28October_6,_2006%29
- ^ Chabert's awards on IMDB
- ^ Fontoura, Maria (January 2007). "Jessica Hundley". Maxim Magazine Online. Archived from the original on 2007-01-20. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
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- 1982 births
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from Mississippi
- American child actresses
- American Christians
- American film actresses
- American musical theatre actresses
- American people of French descent
- American soap opera actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- American video game actresses
- American voice actresses
- Cajun people
- Living people
- People from Lamar County, Mississippi
- Young Artist Award winners
