Eliza Schneider
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| Eliza Jane Schneider | |
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| Born | February 3, 1978 |
| Official site | http://www.elizaschneider.com/ |
| Notable roles | Beakman's World , South Park |
Eliza Jane Schneider (born February 3, 1978) (age 29) is an American actress, songstress, oral historian, playwright, and voice-over artist.
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[edit] Biography
The daughter of a Native American law attorney, she spent her formative years on a Chippewa Reservation with her two older brothers. Her father was a math and drama teacher at the School of Arts high school in Rochester, New York, where she graduated as salutatorian. She also participated in a theater program at Northwestern University's National High School Institute and graduated from UCLA as a world arts and cultures major. For her senior thesis, she made a cross-country road tour in a former ambulance studying regional dialects. Based on her research, she developed and performed original one woman shows entitled "`I'm Not Weird' -- American Perspectives" and "Freedom of Speech." Her other solo plays, "USA 911" won her inclusion in the California Arts Council’s Touring Artist’s Roster, and "Road Trip" won a Drama-logue Critic’s Award for Outstanding Performance.
Eliza Schneider has collected over 1000 recordings of dialects from across the world, several of which are used in her CDs and award-winning multiple character solo shows.
She sings, plays violin, guitar and piano, and speaks French and Russian. She was also the lead vocalist in the rock bands "It's My Party!" and "Jazzbabies" and has performed with the bands Honeypig and Jewish punk band, Gefilte Fuck. She also performs as Blue Girl, her avant-garde alter ego, self-described as "a goddess from the 16th dimension” painted blue from head to toe. Her Blue Girl performance won her inclusion in the LA New Times "Best of LA 2000" issue.
She made her television debut as Sheila Brentwood in the CBS Saturday morning comedy The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys (for which she also wrote music) with Howie Mandel.
She then starred on the children's educational show Beakman's World as Liza, Beakman's laboratory assistant.
She succeeded voice actress Mary Kay Bergman (after Bergman's 1999 suicide) as the lead female voice actor on the animated cartoon series South Park, a position she held until 2003.
[edit] Partial filmography
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (video game) (2006) Elizabeth Swann
- Kingdom Hearts II (2006) (video game) — Elizabeth Swann
- Finding Nemo (2003) (additional voices)
- How to Get Laid at the End of the World (1999)
[edit] Television
- Girlfriends (Season 2)
- Episode: "Sister, Sista" (2002) (as Lynn Searcy's sister, Tanya)
- Spy TV
- Episode 1.2 (as various characters)
- Beakman's World (1994-1995) (as Liza)
- Black Tie Affair (1993)
- The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys (1992) (as Sheila Brentwood)
- Squirrel Boy (as the voice of Martha)
