Debi Derryberry

Debi Derryberry
Born September 27, 1967 (1967-09-27) (age 44)
Indio, California, U.S.
Other names Debbie Derryberry, Debby Derryberry
Occupation Voice actress
Actress
Singer
Composer
Years active 1986–present
Spouse Harvey Jordan
Website
http://www.debiderryberry.com

Debi Derryberry (born September 27, 1967) is an American voice actress, singer, composer and kids' entertainer who won an American Anime Award.

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History

Debi Derryberry is mainly known as the voice of Jimmy Neutron,[1] the boy genius who saves the world from evil aliens on the hit Nickelodeon animated series of the same name. The film version was nominated for an Academy Award.

Aside from her work as a voice actress, she swam with the killer whale Keiko for the 1993 film Free Willy and was the stunt double for the young actor in the film.

Derryberry has provided the voices of a series of characters, mostly young boys and tomboyish girls, with her warm, chipper tones. In addition to the voice of hero of the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and voice-over roles for Ice Age 2, she is the voice of Wednesday Addams in the 1990s animated version of The Addams Family, Weenie and Catrina on Oswald and Coco Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot video game series.

Derryberry also does some voicework for numerous English language adaptations of anime titles such as Zatch Bell! in which she plays the titular character and his evil twin Zeno, and Ryo-Ohki, Yugi, and various other characters from several versions of the anime series Tenchi Muyo!.

Aside from voice acting, Debi was the founder and lead singer for the indie country band Honey Pig, writing and producing most of the songs on their two CDs. Currently she is focusing on a children's music career with her CDs "What A Way To Play" and "Very Derryberry", having won a number of industry awards.

She is an advocate for animals and has hosted at her North Hollywood home a fundraiser for the benefit of orangutans as an endangered species, under the Orang Utan Republik charitable foundation. She also played the part of Draculaura (daughter of Dracula) in kid series Monster High along with Draculaura's BMFF (Best Monster Friends Forever) Frankie Stein (the daughter of Frankenstein) and Clawdeen Wolf (the daughter of The Werewolf).

Filmography

Television animation

Live-action television

Theater animation

Video games

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268397/

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