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Christine Cavanaugh Biography

Birth Name:Christine Josephine Sandberg

Birth Place:Layton, Utah, United States

Profession Actress, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Was nominated for two Annie Awards for outstanding individual achievement for voice acting by a female performer for "Dexter's Laboratory" in 1997 and 1998
  • Won an Annie Award for outstanding individual achievement for voice acting by a female performer for "Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip" in 2000
  • Made her voice acting debut as David in the 1988 animated film "David and the Magic Pearl․"
  • Originally moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, but discovered voice acting after helping a friend by doing voices for her animated film school thesis
  • Quote: "I like animation art - the drawings․ And there are a lot of people inside of me․ With voice-overs, I get to be different people․"
  • Best known as a voice actor who voiced the title character in "Babe," Dexter in "Dexter's Laboratory" and Chuckie Finster in "Rugrats․"
  • In addition to her best known work, other notable voice-over roles included Oblina in "Aaahh!! Real Monsters" and Gosalyn Mallard in "Darkwing Duck․"
  • Identified with her "Rugrats" character Chuckie Finster because they both had a tendency to worry
  • In addition to her voice work, she appeared in live-action TV series like "The X-Files," "Salute Your Shorts," ER" and "Everybody Loves Raymond" before retiring in 2001

Awards

  • 1997Annie-Best Individual Achievement: Voice Acting by a Female Performer in a TV Production: nominated
  • 1998Annie-Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production: nominated
  • 1999OFTA Television Award-Best Voice-Over Performance: winner
  • 2000Annie-Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production: winner