Katherine Elaine Soucie (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress and voice actress known for playing Linka in Captain Planet & the Planeteers, Lola Bunny in Space Jam, Fifi La Fume in Tiny Toon Adventures, Bea in Mighty Max, Dexter's Mom in Dexter's Laboratory, Maddie Fenton in Danny Phantom, Phil, Lil and Betty DeVille in Rugrats, Sally Acorn in Sonic the Hedgehog, Kat Harvey in The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper and Kanga in the Winnie the Pooh franchise.
Biography
Soucie was born in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] In 1971 she graduated from Valley Forge High School.[2]
She first studied acting under drama teacher Manu Tupou. After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she began a successful career on the New York stage.
In the late 1970s, Soucie appeared in several television "movies of the week", including The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel. However, she soon experienced disappointment with the physical restrictions of on-camera acting. 1986 came her first voice-over job, for three different girls on Rambo: The Force of Freedom. Having started her voice acting career, the following year, Soucie played Janine Melnitz on The Real Ghostbusters, taking over the role from Laura Summer.
Filmography
Live-Action Dubbing
Puppet Shows
- The Book of Pooh (2001-2004) - Kanga
Films
- Little Indian, Big City (1994) - Additional Voices
Animation Dubbing
Animated Series
- The Real Ghostbusters (1986-1991) - Janine Melnitz (Redub; various eps)
- The Magician (1997) - Angel, Faceless, Mona Malone, Eldin Tyrole (ep. 4), Zeline (ep. 5), Zelda (ep. 7, 13), Old Woman (ep. 7), Scarax the Sorceress (ep. 8), Nausica (ep. 9), Nesh Divine (ep. 14), Demonia Deadly (ep. 14), Yukiko (ep. 15), Ava Cheron (ep. 17), Belinda (ep. 20), Jojo (ep. 25), Ulene (eps. 25, 33), Junior (ep. 31), Natasha (ep. 31), Sally Blade (ep. 36), Bodycount (ep. 36)
- Space Goofs (1997-2006) - Woman, Hank's wife (ep. 52)
- Rayman: The Animated Series (1999) - Betina (3rd voice; ep. 4), Nurse (ep. 3)
- Totally Spies! (2001-2013) - Stella (1st voice; eps. 36-37), Hat Shop Worker (ep. 13), Shirley Rogers (ep. 13), Toll (ep. 13), Salon Worker #1 (ep. 29), Salon Worker #2 (ep. 29), Sister #2 (ep. 29), Mrs. Lewis (ep. 36), Jason Hightower (ep. 37)
- Origami Warriors (2004) - Jasmine, Teacher
- Winx Club (2004-2019) - Countess Cassandra, Nurse Ofelia (Nickelodeon Dub)
Anime Dubbing
Anime
- Crayon Shin-chan (1992-present) - Shin Nohara, Misty Nohara (Vitello Dub)
Anime Films
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988) - Mrs. Ogaki (Buena Vista Dub)
- Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) - Kiki's Mother (Buena Vista Dub)
- The Animatrix (2003) - Masa, Pudgy, Sara
Video Game Dubbing
- Dark Cloud 2 (2002) - Elena, Sirus
- Kingdom Hearts (2002) - Sora's Mother, Sally, Shock
- Kingdom Hearts II (2006) - Sally, Shock
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013) - Additional Voices
- World of Final Fantasy (2016) - Vivi
References
- ↑ Thomas S. Hischak (2011), Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary, McFarland & Company, p. 197, ISBN 978-0-7864-6271-1
- ↑ https://www.classmates.com/siteui/people/kathy-soucie/4000183990461
External Links
- Kath Soucie on the Internet Movie Database
- Kath Soucie at Anime News Network's encyclopedia