Nicole Sullivan
Nicole Sullivan | |
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 Nicole Sullivan | |
| Born | Nicole Julianne Sullivan |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, voice actress, comedian |
| Years active | 1991-present |
Nicole Julianne Sullivan (born April 21, 1970) is an American actress, voice actress, and comedienne.
Sullivan is best known for her six seasons on the sketch comedy series MADtv and four seasons on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. She also played a recurring character on Scrubs. She voices Shego in the Kim Possible television series, and Louise—the owner of the cat Buckley—on the ABC Family series Slacker Cats. She also has recurring voice roles on Family Guy.
Personal life
Sullivan was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Madonna, an antiques dealer, and Edward C. Sullivan, a New York State assemblyman of German origins.[1] She is of Irish, Swedish, Norwegian and German ancestry. She took dance classes at the age of seven, and performed in Off Broadway and Broadway productions with the First All-Children’s Theatre. Sullivan's mother, an antiques dealer, and her father, a politician who represented Manhattan's 69th Assembly District in the New York State Assembly from 1977 to 2002, moved the family upstate to Middleburgh, New York in 1982. While at middle school, she did well enough academically to skip a grade, and later at high school was treasurer during her junior year and class president during her senior year. She played soccer in high school, recorded statistics for the boys’ basketball team and was a member of student council.
After graduating as Middleburgh High School's class valedictorian in 1987, she attended Northwestern University as a theatre major. She studied William Shakespeare, Harold Pinter, Anton Chekov, Henrik Ibsen, and Greek tragedies, while working two jobs to pay her way through college and writing plays and sketches for the student theatre. Sullivan spent her junior year in London studying at the British American Drama Academy and became a member of the Greenwich Shakespeare Company. Sullivan graduated Northwestern with honors, then moved to Los Angeles to write for and perform in comedy clubs and theatres with improv and sketch comedy troupes before getting sporadic guest-starring roles.
Sullivan is married to actor Jason Packham. On May 12, 2007, Sullivan gave birth to a son, Dashel Pierce Packham, via caesarean section.
Career
MADtv
Sullivan was among the original cast members on MADtv when it premiered in 1995. She created numerous characters; her most popular was the mean-spirited Vancome Lady. Sullivan's other characters included X-News reporter Amy, dimwitted Antonia, Eracists leader Debbie, News at 6's Diane Lawyer-Trabajo, fictional country singer Darlene McBride, insulting audience member Judith, and Latina bimbo Lida. Sullivan appeared with Michael McDonald in a MADtv sketch about making an audition tape to appear on Law & Order that mocked their acting prowess; she later guest-starred in the season-one Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Contact".
Sullivan's impersonations included Britney Spears, Drew Barrymore, Justin Timberlake, Hillary Clinton, Meg Ryan, Celine Dion, Melanie Griffith, and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Television Appearances
Sullivan has made appearances in the following shows:
- Baby Blues
- Boston Legal
- Crank Yankers
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Diagnosis Murder
- Fired Up
- Herman's Head
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Later (as guest and host)
- Less Than Perfect
- Family Guy
- Meet the Robinsons
- Miss Match
- Models Inc.
- Monk
- Party of Five
- Pepper Ann
- Suddenly Susan
- Titus
- Thank God You're Here (US TV series)
- Scrubs
- Kim Possible
- King of Queens
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 - 2001 | MADtv | Various Characters | Sketch Comedy |
| 2001 - 2005 | The King of Queens | Holly Shumpert | |
| 2004 | The Drew Carey Show | Diane | As a cocktail waitress who is married to Drew for a week. |
| 2005 | Hot Properties | Chloe Reid | |
| 2006 | Scrubs | Jill Tracy | Final appearance: "My Long Goodbye", but only as a pregnant ghost. |
| 2006 | Boston Legal | Joan Rubin | |
| 2007 | Raines | Carolyn | |
| 2007 | My Boys | Kim | As Kenny's pregnant girlfiend |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Fairfax Fandango | ||
| 2002 | Bar Hopping | Mara | |
| 2002 | The Third Wheel | Sally | |
| 2005 | Guess Who | Liz Klein | |
| 2005 | Barry Dingle | Ethel Shivers | |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend | Pregnant Make-Out Girl | |
| 2006 | One Sung Hero | Nancy Nosenchuck | |
| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons | Franny Robinson |
Voice acting projects
Sullivan has voiced Shego on Kim Possible, Joan of Arc on Clone High, Mira Nova on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and Joan on the Family Guy episode "I Take Thee Quagmire". Sullivan also starred in a pilot called Me and My Needs that was rejected by ABC. She plays Franny Robinson in Meet the Robinsons. Also, Sullivan was a voice actor in the Monsters, Inc. video game, but not in the film of the same name, despite what many sources state. She was originally cast in the cartoon series Futurama to play Turanga Leela, however, she was replaced by Katey Sagal by the time the show aired.
Currently, she voices the character of Louise on the ABC Family show Slacker Cats. Louise is the owner of Buckley, one of the two protagonists and the only major human character on the show.
Voice credits
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny | Various Characters | Video Game |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Various Voices | Animated Comedy TV Series |
| 2000 | Hey Arnold! | Suzie Kokoshka | |
| 2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Princess Mira Nova | |
| 2002 – 2007 | Kim Possible | Shego | |
| 2002 | Clone High | Joan of Arc | |
| 2006 | Brandy & Mr. Whiskers | Gerri | |
| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons | Franny Robinson | |
| 2007 | Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters | Luna, Computer voice | Video Game |
| 2007 | Slacker Cats | Louise |