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Lacey Nicole Chabert (born September 30, 1982) is
an American film and television actress.
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Biography
Early
life
Chabert was born in Purvis, Mississippi on
September 30, 1982 to Julie and Tony Chabert, who is a French-speaking Cajun
from Louisiana.[1] She has a brother, T.J., and two sisters, Wendy and Crissy,
as well as a dog, Abu. Chabert was Miss Jr. Mississippi.
Career
Chabert made her start as Cosette in Les Misérables
on Broadway. Chabert was a member of the Broadway Kids which included Christy
Carlson Romano , Chris Trousdale , and Greg Raposo. She was originally selected
to play the role of "Young Lily" in the movie Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991),
but bailed out for unknown reasons. Chabert became famous worldwide for her role
as Claudia Salinger in the TV drama Party of Five. Since 1998, she has been the
voice of Eliza Thornberry in the animated series The Wild Thornberrys; she also
voiced Eliza in two Wild Thornberrys movies, The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
and Rugrats Go Wild! (2003). In addition, she also provided the voice of Meg
Griffin in the animated cartoon Family Guy, for thirteen episodes from
1999-2000. Lacey also had a role in The Brooke Ellison Story, a made-for-TV
movie produced by Christopher Reeve, in which she played Brooke Ellison, based
upon a real-life quadriplegic woman who overcame many obstacles to graduate from
Harvard. She also starred in Daddy Day Care (2003), as Gretchen in Mean Girls
(2004) and the made for TV movie Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006) on ABC
Family. She recently finished filming a remake of the classic horror movie Black
Christmas which will be released around Christmas time. She also performed the
voice of Princess Elise from the game Sonic the Hedgehog for the PS3 and Xbox
360.
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's 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. The
YoungStar awards honor the best film, TV and music performances made exclusively
by 6 to 18 year olds and are voted on by the Hollywood Reporter readers.
Personal life
Chabert lives in Southern California, where she
moved with her family in 1994 when she began work on Party of Five. She is a
practicing Christian, stating, "Yes, I am a Christian. Jesus is the center of my
life and I give God the glory for everything, for all my success".[2]
She has been a fan of the Sonic the Hedgehog games
since she was 9 years old.
In 1998, Chabert was among celebrities dishing out
$250 meals in the fifth-annual Celebrity Server Dinner at the Palm Restaurant in
L.A., with proceeds benefiting Victory over Violence.
She is "an avid photographer" and "a strong
supporter of programs that encourage teens to spend their time creatively and
productively", judged and promoted Eastman Kodak Company's "The Yearbook Click",
a national in-school photography contest for the 1999-2000 school year.
Her last name, which is French, is pronounced
"shuh-BEHR."
Lacey is of French and Scottish descent.
Selected filmography
Sherman's Way (2006) .... Marcy
She Said/He Said (2006)
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) .... Princess Elise
Be My Baby (2006) .... Tiffany
Accidental Murder (2006) .... Libby
Black Christmas (2006) .... Dana Mathis
Bratz Genie Magic (2006) .... Kaycee
Bratz Rock Angelz (2005) .... Kaycee
Dirty Deeds (2005) .... Meg
Fatwa (2005) ... Noa Goldman
The Brooke Ellison Story (2004) .... Brooke Ellison
Mean Girls (2004) .... Gretchen Wieners
Rugrats Go Wild! (2003) (voice) .... Eliza
Thornberry
Daddy Day Care (2003) .... Jenny
Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002) .... Aleu
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) (voice) ....
Eliza Thornberry
Not Another Teen Movie (2001) .... Amanda Becker
Tart (2001) .... Eloise Logan
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
(2000) (voice) .... Tanya Mousekewitz
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
(1999) (voice) .... Tanya Mousekewitz
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1999) (voice) ....
Cindy
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) (voice) ....
Young Vitani
Lost in Space (1998) .... Penny Robinson
Anastasia (1997) (singing voice) .... Young
Anastasia
Selected television credits
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006) TV Movie
Bratz (2005) TV Series (voice) .... Kaycee
The Drew Carey Show (2003) TV Series .... Grace
(single episode)
Family Guy (1999) TV Series (voice) .... Meg
Griffin (Season 1 - 1999-2000)
The Wild Thornberrys (1998) TV Series (voice) ....
Eliza Thornberry (main character, all episodes)
Hey Arnold! (1996) TV Series (voice) .... Ruth P.
McDougal (1996-1997)
Party of Five (1994) TV Series .... Claudia
Salinger
All My Children (1970) TV Series .... Bianca
Montgomery #3 (1993)
Footnotes
1. Vibe chat. Lacey Chabert.com (1998). Retrieved
on 2006-11-24.
2. Lost In Space star Lacy Chabert. Lacey
Chabert.com (1998-04-07). Retrieved on 2006-11-24.
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