Lacey Chabert
Lacey Chabert | |
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| Born | Lacey Nicole Chabert |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Lacey Nicole Chabert (born September 30, 1982) is an American actress and vocal performer, best known for her roles as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls. She has also become famous for providing the voice of Meg Griffin in the animated sitcom Family Guy.
Biography
Personal life
Chabert was born in Purvis, Mississippi, the daughter of Julie, a homemaker, and Tony Chabert, a French-speaking Cajun from Louisiana who worked as a maintenance operations representative for an oil company.[1][2] She has a younger brother, T.J., and two older sisters, Wendy and Crissy, one of whom owns her own restaurant in Purvis. Chabert lives in Southern California, where she moved with her family in 1994 when she began work on Party of Five. Lacey was "World's Baby Petite" in the "World's Our Little Miss Scholarship Competition" of 1985.[3]
Career
Chabert made her start as young Cosette in Les Misérables on Broadway. Chabert was a member of the Broadway Kids which included Christy Carlson Romano, Chris Trousdale, Eden Riegel, and Greg Raposo. She was originally selected to play the role of "Young Lily" in the movie Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), but withdrew for unknown reasons. Chabert then landed the role of Bianca Montgomery on the ABC soap opera All My Children in 1993. Chabert became famous worldwide for her role as Claudia Salinger in the TV drama Party of Five, "I had to go through everything on that show — my first kiss, my first bra. I was 11 when it started," she said.[4] She gained fame for her portrayal of Penny Robinson in the 1998 film Lost in Space, based on the 1960s television show. Chabert played in Hometown Legend as Rachel Sawyer.
Since 1998, she has been the voice of Eliza Thornberry in the animated series The Wild Thornberrys, and has voiced Eliza in two movies, The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) and Rugrats Go Wild! (2003). She provided the voice of Meg Griffin for the first production season of the animated sitcom Family Guy (1999), after which Mila Kunis took over the role.[5] Chabert played the title role in The Brooke Ellison Story, a made-for-TV movie produced by Christopher Reeve, based upon a real-life quadriplegic woman who overcame many obstacles to graduate from Harvard. She starred in Mean Girls (2004) and the made for TV movie Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006) on ABC Family. She appeared in a 2006 remake of Black Christmas. She appeared in an episode of Ghost Whisperer opposite former Po5 costar Jennifer Love Hewitt, portraying a woman who looked like Melinda as a nod to fans who occasionally confuse the two stars. [6] She performed the voice of Princess Elise from the game Sonic the Hedgehog for the PS3 and Xbox 360. She provides Gwen Stacy's voice in the animated series The Spectacular Spider-Man, debuting in 2008.
Chabert won the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team for Mean Girls, shared with Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Amanda Seyfried. She won both the 1997 and 1998 Hollywood Reporter Annual YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series for Party of Five, and had been nominated three other times for work 1999-2000.[7] The YoungStar awards honor the best film, TV and music performances made exclusively by six to eighteen year olds.
In 2007, Chabert starred in the FOX comedy pilot The Hot Years, which revolved around the lives of four female friends who live together. The pilot was not ordered to series by FOX. Chabert was featured as cover girl of the January 2007 issue of Maxim.[4]
Personal beliefs and activities
Chabert has identified herself as Christian.[8] She recently stated that her faith in God and spending time with her family are important to her. [9]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Gypsy | Baby June |
| 1997 | When Secrets Kill | Jennie Newhall |
| Anastasia | Young Anastasia (Singing Voice) | |
| 1998 | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Young Vitani |
| Lost in Space | Penny Robinson | |
| 1999 | An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Tanya Mousekewitz (voice) |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas | Cindy (voice) | |
| 2000 | An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Tanya Mousekewitz (voice) |
| 2001 | Not Another Teen Movie | Amanda Becker |
| Tart | Eloise Logan | |
| 2002 | Hometown Legend | Rachel Sawyer |
| Balto II: Wolf Quest | Aleu | |
| The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Eliza Thornberry | |
| 2003 | Rugrats Go Wild! | Eliza Thornberry |
| Daddy Day Care | Jenny | |
| 2004 | The Brooke Ellison Story | Brooke Ellison |
| Mean Girls | Gretchen Weiners | |
| 2005 | Dirty Deeds | Meg |
| Fatwa | Noa Goldman | |
| The Pleasure Drivers | Faruza | |
| 2006 | Be My Baby | Tiffany |
| Black Christmas | Dana Mathis | |
| 2007 | What If God Were the Sun? | Jamie |
| 2008 | Sherman's Way | Marcy |
| 2009 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Jeanna (voice) |
| In My Sleep | Becky | |
| The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Bride |
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Star Search with Ed McMahon | Jr Vocal Finalist |
| 1993 | All My Children | Bianca Montgomery #3; 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Party of Five | Claudia Salinger (1994-2000) |
| 1996 | Hey Arnold! | Ruth P. McDougal (1996-1997) (2 episodes) (TV Series) |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Eliza Thornberry (1998-2004) (voice) (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Meg Griffin (Season 1 Production) (Voice) (Uncredited) |
| Rayman: The Animated Series | Betina (voice) (episode 3) | |
| 2003 | The Drew Carey Show | Grace (Single Episode) |
| 2004 | The Brooke Ellison Story | Brooke Ellison (TV Movie) |
| 2005 | American Dragon: Jake Long | Jasmine (voice) (Episode 2) |
| 2006 | Bratz | Kaycee (2006-Present) (Voice) |
| Hello Sister, Goodbye Life | Olivia Martin (TV Movie) | |
| Chaotic | Krystella (voice) (2006-Present, recurring role) | |
| 2007 | Ghost Whisperer | Donna Ellis (Episode; Love Still Won't Die) |
| What If God Were the Sun? | Jamie Spagnoletti (TV Movie) | |
| The Hot Years | Stevie (TV Series) | |
| 2008 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Gwen Stacy (TV Series) (Voice) |
Other Media
- Les Misérables .... young Cosette (1992-1994)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) video game (voice) .... Princess Elise
References
- ^ "Vibe chat". Lacey Chabert.com. 1998. Retrieved 2006-11-24.
- ^ Lacey Chabert Biography (1982-)
- ^ Where Are They Now?
- ^ a b Fontoura, Maria (January 2007). "Jessica Hundley". Maxim Magazine Online. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Daniel Robert Epstein. "Interview with Seth MacFarlane, creator of The Family Guy". UGO.com. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
- ^ Actress Archives
- ^ Chabert's awards on IMDB
- ^ http://lacey-chabert.dayah.com/text/Yahoo.html
- ^ www.hattiesburgamerican.com cited in Southern roots keep Chabert grounded in Hollywood
External links
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- Lacey Chabert at the Maxim Hot 100
- Lacey Chabert at Celebs Central
- 1982 births
- American child actors
- French Americans
- American Christians
- American film actors
- American musical theatre actors
- American soap opera actors
- American stage actors
- American television actors
- American voice actors
- American video game actors
- Cajuns
- Living people
- Mississippi actors
- People from Lamar County, Mississippi