| Stephanie | |
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Julianna Rose Mauriello as Stephanie in LazyTown |
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| First appearance | Welcome to Lazy Town |
| Portrayed by | Julianna Rose Mauriello |
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| Aliases | Pinky, Pink Girl |
| Gender | female |
| Family | Mayor Milford Meanswell (Uncle) |
Stephanie (played by Julianna Rose Mauriello)[1] is a fictional main character from the children's television show LazyTown. She inspires the citizens of LazyTown to stay active. She has pink hair and is often referred to as 'Pinky' by Trixie. She came to town to visit her uncle, Milford Meanswell, the mayor of LazyTown. At first, no matter how much Stephanie tried, she couldn't get the others to play along, so she asked for Sportacus' help. When Sportacus finally arrived, the whole town worked together to make LazyTown the best place to live. The show always ends with Stephanie performing a song and dance routine to "Bing Bang," the show's ending theme, which begins with the lyrics "Bing, bang, diggiriggidong."[2]
In the Icelandic version of LazyTown, the character is called Solla.
She was played by Kimberly Pena in LazyTown Live! The Pirate Adventure, a stage production that toured throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2009.[3]
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Stephanie is a sweet, optimistic girl who serves as the audience's point of entry to LazyTown: the new arrival, a stranger who's trying to figure out the place. Sympathetic and curious, she is an aspiring dancer. Because she wasn't raised in LazyTown, Stephanie doesn't struggle with basic health issues like the other children in the show. Instead, she is trying to figure out how to stay true to what feels right for her while surrounded by the unhealthy behaviors of her new friends. Stephanie is positive, curious, affable, and able to learn from her mistakes. She sees her life as a grand adventure. When the chips are down, she holds to her motto: "There's always a way."[4]
Stephanie tends to wear a pink dress with white tights, pink socks, white and pink trainers and a pink hairband. Her outfit, though, changes from time to time. For example, in "LazyTown Goes Digital" and "Energy Book", she wears pink leggings with her usual dress. She also wears tracksuits and other items of clothing but they are always pink (save for a few items of clothing). Her hair is dyed pink and in a classic bob style. All her accessories are also pink. She is often seen carrying a pink purse with a heart on it, in which she carries her pink diary.
Child development authors Lyn Mikel Brown and Sharon Lamb assert that "Stephanie, the eight-year old on the fitness and health-focused show Lazy Town... is especially interesting. While she seems almost over-the-top stereotypical, with her pink hair, pink clothes, pink room, pink everything, she also plays sports, thinks on her feet, and loves computer games. She makes pink a power color but is the only girl on the show."[5]
Magnús Scheving, creator of the show, described his working relationship with Julianna Rose Mauriello, the actress who played Stephanie in the television series: "When LazyTown started, she was nine years old, now she is getting much older.... [She] came from New York, she was in musicals and also at school. She learnt the Icelandic language in just nine months... LazyTown is produced in Iceland. It is an extremely difficult language, just like English... I've never seen anything like it; she is amazing."[6]
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