Alyson Stephanie Court^[2] (born November 9, 1973)^[1] is a Canadian actress. She began her career as a child actress, she made her first television role as herself inMr. Dressup (1984–1994) and later made her first film role as Ruthie inSesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985). Court continued to appear in educational productions, landing the lead role of Loonette the Clown on the seriesThe Big Comfy Couch (1993–2002).^[3]

As a voice actress, Court has appeared in several animated series, mostly notably as Lydia Deetz inBeetlejuice (1989–1991) andJubilee inX-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997). She was also the original voice ofClaire Redfield in theResident Evil franchise, voicing the character for all of her appearances fromResident Evil 2 (1998) toResident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (2012).^[4][5]

Alyson Stephanie Court was born on November 9, 1973 inToronto,Ontario, Canada to a mother who ran theCanadian Opera Company.^[2][1]

Court first appeared as Ruthie inSesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird and later as herself inMr. Dressup in 1984. In 1988, she was in the pilot for the seriesMy Secret Identity as Caroline, neighbor toJerry O'Connell's character. Court played Loonette the Clown, the main character of the seriesThe Big Comfy Couch, for the first six seasons before leaving the show to focus on raising her child.^[6][7]

From 2000 to 2003, Court was the host of the morning children's programming block onCBC,Get Set for Life (nowCBC Kids).

Court appeared inThis Hour Has 22 Minutes (season 24, episode 3), a Canadian television show where she reprised her role as Loonette the Clown in a comedic sketch on the2016 clown epidemic.^[8]

Court voiced summer camper Dawn in the 1986 animated filmCare Bears Movie II: A New Generation and Emily Elizabeth in theClifford's Fun with... videotape series from 1988 to the early 1990s. Among her animated series voice acting roles are Malani the Ewok in the animated television programStar Wars: Ewoks (her first animated role when she was 11), and Lydia Deetz (originally played byWinona Ryder) in theanimated adaptation of the 1988 filmBeetlejuice. She voiced Terri Cloth onThe Garbage Pail Kids animated series of 1987–1988. In 1992, she voicedJubilee inX-Men: The Animated Series and Nora Mouse in the animated seriesTimothy Goes to School. She was also voice of Trina Riffin in theCartoon Network/Teletoon seriesGrojband, Malani the Ewok inEwoks, Amber inSilver Surfer, Megan Clark inThe Amazing Spiez!, Wendy Wyndlee inInspector Gadget, Arkayna Goodfey/Mysticon Dragon Mage in theNickelodeon/YTV seriesMysticons, Queen Martha in theNick Jr. Channel programMike the Knight and Poodle in theYTV programAlmost Naked Animals. During 2006 and 2007, she was the voice of Dahlia in the animated seriesSkyland. She voices Coco in the animated showUrban Vermin, and was the voice of Pixx in the animated showUltraforce. She also voiced Windy Woo fromThe Naughty Naughty Pets. She recently voicedAbscissa inX-Men '97.^[9]

In video games, she provided the voice ofClaire Redfield inResident Evil 2,Resident Evil – Code: Veronica,Resident Evil: Degeneration,^[10]Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles,^[11][12] andResident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Court did not reprise her role as Claire inResident Evil: Revelations 2 orthe 2019 remake ofResident Evil 2, as she sounded too young to voice the older mature Claire in the former and the third-party localization team overseeing voice acting/motion capture chose to go with non-union voice actors for the latter.^[13][14] In addition, she directed the voice-over and motion-capture portions of the spin-off titleResident Evil Outbreak, which did not feature Claire. In addition to voice acting, Court was also involved in the localization process of several Capcom games in North America. Among the most noteworthy wereMega Man X5 in 2001, in which she was directly responsible for the decision to rename the initial eight Maverick bosses to reference members ofGuns N' Roses, meant as a tribute for her then husband's love for the band.^[15] In 1998, Court reprised her role as Jubilee inMarvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.

Court married Erik Suzuki, a formerCapcom voice andvideo game localization director, in 2000.^[15] They divorced in 2005.^[15] Court has a son named Blaede.^[16] In March 2018, Court became engaged to comic book creator Z.M. Thomas.^[17][18] On July 1, 2019, Court announced her marriage to Thomas.^[19]

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