Nicole Sullivan

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Nicole Sullivan

Nicole Sullivan
Born Nicole Julianne Sullivan
April 21, 1970 (1970-04-21) (age 38)
New York, New York,
United States
Occupation 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. She also has played a part in Walt Disney's Meet the Robinsons as Franny Robinson.

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[edit] Personal life

Sullivan was born in Brooklyn, 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.

[edit] Career

[edit] 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 (pronounced "trebalyo"), 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 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, John Travolta, Maury Povich, Torrie Wilson, Paris Hilton, and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

[edit] Television Appearances

Sullivan has made appearances in the following shows:

Year Title Role Other notes
1995 - 2001 MADtv Various Characters Sketch Comedy
2000 - 2002 Baby Blues Bizzy
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

[edit] 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
2008 Superhero Movie Rick Riker's Mother

[edit] 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," along with several other one time voices on the show. 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Nicole Sullivan Biography (1970-)

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