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Grey DeLisle | |
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| Born | Erin Grey Van Oosbree (1973-08-24)August 24, 1973 (age 52) Fort Ord, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1983–present |
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| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Anna Brisbin (niece)[1] |
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| Website | greydelislegriffin |
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Grey DeLisle (/dəˈlaɪl/; bornErin Grey Van Oosbree; August 24, 1973),[2] sometimes credited asGrey DeLisle-Griffin orGrey Griffin, is an American voice actress, comedian, and singer-songwriter. As a voice actress DeLisle is highly adept in both comedy and drama and is known for various roles in animated productions and video games. Delisle was one of the recipients of theGrammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album for being one of the contributing musical artists for the compilation albumBeautiful Dreamer in 2005. In 2022, she was nominated for theChildren's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated Program for her work onThe Loud House.
Her best known roles areDaphne Blake in theScooby-Doo franchise since the year 2000, Emily Elizabeth Howard inClifford the Big Red Dog, Lorraine "Lor" MacQuarrie inThe Weekenders, Vicky the Babysitter and her sister Tootie inThe Fairly OddParents, Miranda inW.I.T.C.H., Kimiko Tohomiko inXiaolin Showdown,Mandy inThe Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Francis "Frankie" Foster inFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Sam Manson onDanny Phantom, Shrinking Rae and Monster Girl inInvincible, Ming Hua inThe Legend of Korra and especiallyAzula inAvatar: The Last Airbender. Although her work in Japanese anime hasn't been extensive, she is best known for being the english dub voice of Tomoe inAfro Samurai: Resurrection, Setsu Oiwa inWhen Marnie Was There and Taeko's Mother inOnly Yesterday.
On September 27, 2018, she released her debut comedy act, titledMy First Comedy Special.[3] On November 10, 2019,The Simpsons producers announced that DeLisle would replaceRussi Taylor as the voice ofMartin Prince andSherri and Terri, after Taylor's death in July 2019.[4]
DeLisle was born inFort Ord, California, to truck driver George Van Oosbree and singer Joanna Ruth,[2] and grew up in a Mexican-American household.[5] She has described herself as "a 75% white woman raised by my Mexican grandma".[6] Her parents separated when she was young.[7] She has two brothers.[8][9] DeLisle's mother became aborn-againPentecostal when she was eleven and she was later raised by her maternal grandmother, Eva Flores, a vocalist who performed withsalsa musicianTito Puente.[2] She credits her father's love of country music as the biggest influence on her musical taste. She attendedChula Vista High School in the same graduating class asMario Lopez.[10] In her late teens, she started singing old gospel tunes, and entered the world of comedy on the advice of a friend. In her comedy routine, DeLisleimitated voices. Her impressions earned the attention of a casting director and she was advised to take up voice acting. At this time, she went back to her musical ambitions but also took classes in voice-overs. She soon began working with talent agent Sandy Schnarr.[11][12]
As of October 2024, DeLisle has voiced over 2,058 roles in 533 titles, as well as dozens of bit parts in 45 titles in which she is credited with "additional voices".
In theScooby-Doo franchise, DeLisle began voicingDaphne Blake with the direct-to-video filmScooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, inheriting the role from her friend and teacherMary Kay Bergman following the latter's suicide.[11] She later said of Bergman, "It was an interesting turn of events to get to play Daphne, but I'm so glad that I have the role, and I was glad that I was able to carry that on for her. She set the bar very high."[11] DeLisle also credited the work for helping her maintain her music career, stating "I think Daphne just saved country music."[13] In 2019,Warner Bros. announced thatAmanda Seyfried would be voicing Daphne in the animated filmScoob! instead of DeLisle.[14] Both DeLisle andMatthew Lillard, the current voice ofShaggy Rogers were upset about not being contacted about the decision to recast for their roles for the film.[15][16] Around the time of the film's release, DeLisle said that she did not bear any hard feelings towards Seyfried or her performance in it.[17]
Her first marriage was to Christopher DeLisle in 1992. The two later divorced in 1993 after she accidentally confessed to cheating on him.[18] In 2002, she married Murry Hammond of thealt-country bandOld 97's; their courtship and wedding were featured in an episode ofA Wedding Story.[2][19] She gave birth to their son Jefferson Texas "Tex" Hammond in 2007.[20] They divorced in 2010. She later met Jared Griffin through Twitter, and the two married on June 27, 2012.[21][22] The couple's son Harlan was born in 2014,[23] and a daughter named Mariposa followed in 2016.[24] Their marriage ended the following year.[25]
Her niece is YouTuberAnna Brisbin.[1]
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