From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nicole Sullivan
Nicole Sullivan
Nicole Sullivan Early life
Sullivan was born in Manhattan, New York, the daughter
of Edward C. Sullivan, a New York State assemblyman.[1]
She took dance classes at age 7 and performed in Off
Broadway and Broadway productions with the First All-
Children’s Theatre. Sullivan’s mother, a business woman,
and her father, 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. During high school Nicole was class
treasurer throughout her junior year. She played soccer
in high school, recorded statistics for the boys’ basketball
team and was a member of student council.
After graduating from Middleburgh in 1987,[2] she at-
tended Northwestern University as a theatre major. She
studied William Shakespeare, Harold Pinter, Anton
Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen and Greek tragedies, while work-
Sullivan in 2003 ing two jobs to pay her way through college and writing
plays and sketches for the student theatre. Sullivan spent
Born Nicole Julianne Sullivan her junior year in London, studying at the British Ameri-
April 21, 1970 (1970-04-21)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
can Drama Academy and became a member of the Green-
wich Shakespeare Company. Sullivan graduated from
Occupation Actress, comedian, voice artist Northwestern with honors, then moved to Los Angeles
Years 1990 – present before getting sporadic guest-starring roles.
active
Spouse Jason Packham (m. 2006–present) Career
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Nicole Sullivan" Location:
(linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
MADtv
Nicole_Sullivan) Sullivan was among the original cast members on MADtv
when it premiered in 1995. She created numerous char-
Nicole Julianne Sullivan (born April 21, 1970) is an Amer- acters; her most popular was the mean-spirited Vancome
ican actress, comedian and voice artist. Sullivan is best Lady. Sullivan’s other characters included X-News re-
known for her six seasons (1995–2001) on the sketch porter Amy, dimwitted Antonia, Eracists leader Debbie,
comedy series MADtv and five seasons (2001–2005, 2007) News at 6’s Diane Lawyer-Trabajo (pronounced "treba-
on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. lyo"), racist country singer Darlene McBride, and Latina
She has played a recurring character on Scrubs and bimbo Lida. Sullivan appeared with Michael McDonald in
voices the villainous Shego in Disney’s Kim Possible, Drew a MADtv sketch about making an audition tape to appear
from Cartoon Network’s The Secret Saturdays, and Louise on Law & Order that mocked their acting prowess; she lat-
on the ABC Family series Slacker Cats. She had recurring er guest-starred in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
voice roles on Family Guy and voiced "Franny Robinson" episode "Contact". Sullivan was featured in the Nov/Dec
in Disney’s Meet the Robinsons. From 2008 to 2009, Sullivan 2009 issue of Making Music Magazine.[3]
starred in the Lifetime TV show Rita Rocks. Currently, she
voices Marlene in the TV show The Penguins of Madagascar Impersonations
and starred on the CBS sitcom $#*! My Dad Says as Bon- Sullivan’s impersonations included Britney Spears, Drew
nie Goodson. Barrymore, Justin Timberlake, Hillary Clinton, Mary-Kate
Olsen, Jennifer Aniston, Nancy Reagan, Meg Ryan, Celine
Dion, Melanie Griffith, Jenna Elfman, Uma Thurman,
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kim Cattrall, Beth Broderick, Anne
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Robinson, Helen Hunt, Edie Falco (as Carmela Soprano 2010/06/24/futurama-rama-welcome-back-to-the-
from The Sopranos), Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton, and Lu- world-of-tomorrow/. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
cille Ball (as Lucy Ricardo in a trio of I Love Lucy parodies), [6] "Celebrity Parents : Celebrity Parents News and
and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Photos". dailypress.com.
http://www.dailypress.com/entertainment/
Voice acting projects sns-200910261234mctnewsservbc-tv-tinsel-
Sullivan was originally cast as Turanga Leela, one of the mct25677oc,0,832436.story. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
main characters in the animated series Futurama, which [7] Sarah Chalke, on Sarah Chalke’s ’Genius’ Son Loves
premiered in 1999.[4] Due to a casting change, Katey Sagal Bananas (2009-08-31). "Meet Beckett Edward
was instead given the role before the series even aired.[5] Packham! – Moms & Babies – Moms & Babies -
Sullivan has voiced Marlene the Otter on The Pen- People.com". Celebrity-babies.com.
guins of Madagascar, a spin-off series from the successful http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/10/07/meet-
hit movies, Madagascar and Madagascar Escape 2 Africa, beckett-edward-packham/. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
which aired on Nickelodeon, Shego on Kim Possible; Joan
of Arc on Clone High; Mira Nova on Buzz Lightyear of Star External links
Command; and Joan on the Family Guy episode, "I Take
Thee Quagmire", along with several other one time voic- • Nicole Sullivan at the Internet Movie Database
es on the show. Sullivan has also starred in a pilot called, • Nicole Sullivan’s video interview with The Futon
Me and My Needs, that was rejected by ABC. She played Critic
Franny Robinson in Meet the Robinsons. Also, Sullivan was Persondata
a voice actor in the Monsters, Inc. video game. Name Sullivan, Nicole
Alternative names Sullivan, Nicole Julianne
Personal life Short description Actress, Comedienne, Voice artist
Sullivan is married to actor Jason Packham.[6] They have Date of birth April 21, 1970
two sons named Dashel and Beckett .[7] The Packham Place of birth Manhattan, New York, U.S.
family currently lives in California.
Date of death
Sullivan won the first edition of Celebrity Poker Show-
down. Her charity was Alley Cat Allies, a nonprofit advo- Place of death
cacy organization dedicated to transforming communi-
ties to protect and improve the lives of cats, which re-
ceived $100,000 as a result of her victory. She has most
recently become the latest in a long line of celebrities to
endorse the Jenny Craig weight loss system after losing
35 pounds while on the program as of October 2009.
Selected filmography
References
[1] "Nicole Sullivan Biography (1970–)".
Filmreference.com. 1970-04-21.
http://www.filmreference.com/film/96/Nicole-
Sullivan.html. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
[2] [1]
[3] "Features – Garage Groove".
Makingmusicmag.com.
http://www.makingmusicmag.com/features/
09nov04.html. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
[4] Ken P. (2005-08-22). "IGN Interviews Billy West".
http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/652/652770p1.html.
Retrieved 2005-08-22.
[5] Itzkoff, Dave (2010-06-24). "‘Futurama’-Rama:
Welcome Back to the World of Tomorrow". The New
York Times. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/
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Film
Year Film Role Notes
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Be- Mira Nova (Voice) Direct-to-DVD re-
gins lease
2002 The Third Wheel Sally Uncredited
2005 Guess Who Liz Klein
Sesame Street’s All-Star Alphabet Letter A Direct-to-DVD re-
lease
2006 The Ant Bully Ant #9 Voice
2007 Meet the Robinsons Franny Voice
2008 Superhero Movie Julia Riker
2009 Black Dynamite Patricia Nixon
17 Again Naomi
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1991 Herman’s Head Young Woman 1 episode
1994 Party of Five Terry 1 episode
Models Inc. Elaine 1 episode
1995–2001 MADtv Various roles 140 episodes
1997 The Drew Carey Show Diane Pulaski 1 episode
Fired Up Debbie 3 episodes
1999 Suddenly Susan Claire Teevens, Nate’s Ex-wife 1 episode
2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jen Caulder 1 episode
Titus Carol 1 episode
2000–2001 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Mira Nova (Voice) 60 episodes
2000–2002 Baby Blues Bizzy the Baby-Sitter (Voice) 3 episodes
2000–present Family Guy Various characters (Voice) 22 episodes
2001 According to Jim Alicia 1 episode
2001–2007 The King of Queens Holly Shumpert 49 episodes
2001–2009 Scrubs Jill Tracy 6 episodes
2002–2003 Clone High Joan of Arc/Marie Curie 13 episodes
(Voice)
2002–2007 Kim Possible Shego (Voice) 40 episodes
2003 Less than Perfect Deirdre Bishop 2 episodes
Miss Match Rachel 1 episode
2004 Crank Yankers Esperanza Thomas (Voice) 1 episode
2005 Monk Janet Novak 1 episode
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama Shego (Voice) Television movie
Lilo & Stitch: The Series Shego (Voice) 1 episode
Hot Properties Chloe Reid 13 episodes
2006 American Dad! Janice (Voice) 1 episode
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Boston Legal Joan Rubin 1 episode
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers Gerri (Voice) 2 episodes
2007 Raines Carolyn Crumley 7 episodes
My Boys Kimmie 2 episodes
Slacker Cats Louise (Voice) 2 episodes
Head Case Herself 2 Episodes
2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nancy Twicker 1 episode
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Miss Klotz 1 episode
2008–2009 The Secret Saturdays Drew Saturday (Voice) 21 episodes
Rita Rocks Rita Clemens 40 episodes
2009 Leverage Heather Moscone 1 episode
True Jackson, VP Kreuftlva 1 episode
2009–present The Penguins of Madagascar Marlene (Voice) 37 episodes
2010 Numb3rs Nancy Hackett 1 episode
$#*! My Dad Says Bonnie Main cast
The Doctors Herself Guest
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