Felicia Day

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Felicia Day

Born June 28, 1979 (1979-06-28) (age 28)
Huntsville, Alabama
Residence Los Angeles, California
Nationality USA
Occupation Actress
Website
http://www.feliciaday.net/

Felicia Day (born June 28, 1979 in Huntsville, Alabama) is an American actress, known for her work as "Vi" on TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and for parts in movies such as Bring It On Again and June. She is also the star, script writer and producer of the YouTube based web series The Guild, which won the Greenlight Award for Best Original Digital Series Production at the South by Southwest festivals,[1] the YouTube Video Award for Best Series,[2] and the Yahoo! Video Award for Best Series.[3]

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[edit] Personal life

Her father was a United States Air Force doctor. Day was home-schooled throughout her childhood and teenage years as her family moved from place to place throughout the South. She has one brother, Ryon Day, who is currently a software engineer. Day's acting career began at the early age of 7 when she starred as "Scout" in a local production of To Kill a Mockingbird. Day has also studied ballet professionally, as well as being an accomplished violinist, and has performed at nationwide concerts and competitions.

[edit] Education

Going straight from home-schooling to college at an early age, Day chose to major in mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, despite having been accepted to the Juilliard School of Music. She graduated with the highest honors, and was also the student speaker at her department's convocation.

[edit] Career

After graduation, Day moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She landed several roles in various short and independent films, as well as commercials and guest spots on television shows, including Undeclared and Maybe It's Me. These parts propelled her to larger roles: a part in the film Bring It On Again, the starring role in June, and a recurring guest spot as potential Slayer "Vi" on television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Day is the creator, star and writer of web series The Guild. It is hosted primarily on YouTube.

It has been reported that Day will be the ingenue in the web based musical Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, created by Buffy creator Joss Whedon.[4] The internet musical will also star Neil Patrick Harris as the villain and Nathan Fillion as the hero.

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Prairie Fever Blue post-production
Dear Me Pipsy Lead
2007 Splitting Hairs Sugar Girl
2006 God's Waiting List Trixie
2005 Mystery Woman:Vision of a Murder Emily TV movie/Lead
Warm Springs Eloise Hutchinson TV movie/Supporting Lead
Short Story Time Felicia
2004 The Mortician's Hobby Tiffany
Bring It On Again Penelope
June June Marie Jacobs TV movie/Lead
Final Sale Felicia Lead
2003 Backslide Maddie
2002 They Shoot Divas, Don't They? Call Girl TV movie/Supporting Lead
House Blend Pam TV movie
2001 Strings ??? unknown part
2000 Delusional ??? unknown part

[edit] TV Series/Internet productions

Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Guild Cid/Codex YouTube production/10 episodes
2006 Windfall Danielle 2 episodes
Love, Inc. Natalie
2005 Monk Heidi Gefsky
2004 One on One Sarah
Strong Medicine Jesse's Friend
2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vi 8 episodes
For the People Nicole
2002 Maybe It's Me Cookie
2001 Emeril Cherie

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ The Greenlight Awards | ON Networks
  2. ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
  3. ^ Yahoo! Video Blog » Blog Archive » The Yahoo! Video Awards: The Results!
  4. ^ Whedonesque : Comments on 15781 : Neil Patrick Harris working with Joss Whedon?

[edit] External links

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NAME Day, Felicia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH