Peri Gilpin
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| Peri Gilpin | |
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| Born | Peri Kay Oldham May 27, 1961 Waco, Texas, USA |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1988–present |
Peri Gilpin (born Peri Kay Oldham on May 27, 1961 in Waco, Texas) is an American actress best known for her role as Roz Doyle on the U.S. television series Frasier from 1993 until 2004. Along with the principal cast, Gilpin won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2000.
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[edit] Family
Peri Gilpin was reportedly named after the squirrel "Perri" from a Disney True Life Adventures documentary.[1] She is the daughter of the late Jim O'Brien, a well-known radio and television personality in Philadelphia, where he served until his death in a skydiving accident in 1983, and Sandra Jo Hauck. Since Hauck's death from cancer, Gilpin has led efforts for cancer research.[2] Peri's sister, Patti Jo Wynne, and her step-siblings by her mother's second marriage, Marc and April Gilpin, are also actors.
[edit] Marriage
She married the realist painter Christian Vincent on July 31, 1999. The couple had twins, Stella and Ava, born via a surrogate mother on May 7, 2004.[3]
[edit] Education
She was born in Waco, Texas, but was raised in Dallas, where she graduated from Skyline High School. Peri studied acting at the University of Texas at Austin and the British-American Academy in London. She began using the name "Peri Gilpin" after becoming an actress.
[edit] Career
She and Frasier co-star Jane Leeves run a production company, Bristol Cities, whose latest project was a pilot called "Minister of Divine" for FOX in a US remake of the British sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, with Kirstie Alley in a lead role. The pilot was never picked up by the network.
Gilpin is the voice actress for the character Jane Proudfoot in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. She also provides the voices of Desiree in the Nickelodeon animated television series, Danny Phantom, Volcana in Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited, Hecate in Hercules: The Animated Series, and Kate Corrigan in the Hellboy animated films. She was the voice actress for several Wells Fargo and Johnsonville Meats TV commercials.
More recently Gilpin has appeared on the television series Medium and Desperate Housewives. She has a supporting role in the television series Make It or Break It. She has also appeared on Law and Order, in both the original and Law and Order: Criminal Intent. She starred alongside Teri Polo in the Lifetime movie, For the Love of a Child.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Character | Type |
| 1988 | 21 Jump Street | Fitzgerald | Series (guest) |
| 1990 | Matlock | Leslie Matthews | Series (guest) |
| 1991–1992 | Flesh 'n' Blood | Irene | Series (continuing role) |
| 1992 | Wings | Barbara #242 | Series (guest) |
| 1993 | Designing Women | Jade Herman | Series (guest) |
| 1993 | Cheers | Holly Matheson | Series (guest) |
| 1993–2004 | Frasier | Roz Doyle | Series (continuing role) |
| 1995 | Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story | Charlotte Parks | TV Movie |
| 1995 | Pride & Joy | Brenda | Series (guest) |
| 1996 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Rebecca Warfield | Series (guest) |
| 1996 | The Secret She Carried | Ellen Hayward | TV Movie (star) |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Lenore | Series (guest) |
| 1998 | The Lionhearts | Lana Lionheart | Voice |
| 1998 | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Raksha the Wolf | Voice |
| 1998 | Hercules: The Animated Series | Hecate | Voice |
| 1998 | Superman: The Animated Series | Volcana | Voice |
| 1999 | Spring Forward | Georgia | Film (supporting role) |
| 2000 | Baby Blues | Ms. Brennan | Series (guest) |
| 2000 | How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | Debra Salhany | Film (supporting role) |
| 2001 | Laughter on the 23rd Floor | Carol Wyman | TV movie (minor role) |
| 2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Officer Jane Proudfoot | Voice |
| 2003, 2004 | King of the Hill | Jo Rita, Mary Ellen | Voice |
| 2005 | Uncommon Sense | Tracy | TV movie (supporting role) |
| 2004, 2005 | Danny Phantom | Desiree | Voice |
| 2005 | Thru the Moebius Strip | Caroline Weir | Voice |
| 2005 | Women of a Certain Age | Dianne | TV movie (supporting role) |
| 2006 | For the Love of a Child | Sara O'Meara | TV movie (co-star) |
| 2006 | Hellboy: Sword of Storms | Professor Kate Corrigan | Voice |
| 2007 | Medium | Diane Benoit | Series (guest) |
| 2007 | Hellboy: Blood and Iron | Professor Kate Corrigan | Voice |
| 2007 | Desperate Housewives | Maggie Gilroy | Series (guest) |
| 2007 | Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness | Erin Teller | TV movie (co-star) |
| 2007 | Side Order of Life | Celia Hutchinson | Series (guest) |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Grace Pardue | Series (guest) |
| 2008 | Hellboy Animated: The Phantom Claw | Professor Kate Corrigan | Voice |
| 2009 | Make It or Break It | Kim Keeler | Series (continuing role) |
[edit] References
- ^ "Perri (1957) - Trivia". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050837/trivia. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
- ^ "USATODAY.com - Peri Gilpin broadcasts breast cancer awareness. Peri ensures that she rubs her nipples every night for 10 minutes as a cancer precaution.". http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2002/04/12-gilpin.htm. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
- ^ Jason Lynch, People magazine, "Happy Mothers' Days: First-Time Parents Peri Gilpin and Heidi Klum Welcome Their New Arrivals", May 7, 2004
[edit] External links
- Film Reference website
- Peri Gilpin at the Internet Movie Database
- Peri Gilpin at Yahoo! Movies
- Peri Gilpin at Allmovie
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