Dana Gaier is an American actress who voiced

Edith Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and var ...

in the ''Despicable Me'' franchise. Gaier was raised in

Livingston, New Jersey Livingston is a township in Essex County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the township's population was 29,366, reflecting an increase of 1,975 (+7.2%) from the 27,391 counted in the 2000 Census. In 2019, the Population Estimates Prog ...

. She got into acting after accompanying her older sister to an audition after her mother couldn't find a babysitter and brought her along. Gaier moved to

Burbank, California Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank has a population of 107,337. The city was named after David Burbank, who ...

around 2013 and has been a student at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the Californ ...

."Dana Gaier Interview"
''Naluda Magazine'', July 2017. Accessed December 29, 2017.

Filmography

* ''

Despicable Me ''Despicable Me'' is a computer-animated media franchise centering on Gru (Despicable Me), Gru, a reformed super-villain (who later becomes a father, husband, and secret agent), and his yellow-colored Minions (Despicable Me), Minions. It is p ...

'' (2010) - Edith (voice) * '' Despicable Me Minion Mayhem'' (2012) - Edith (voice) * ''

Despicable Me 2 ''Despicable Me 2'' is a 2013 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. The sequel to ''Despicable Me'' (2010), it is directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, and ...

'' (2013) - Edith (voice) * '' Despicable Me 3'' (2017) - Edith (voice) * ''

The Ice Cream Truck ''The Ice Cream Truck'' is an American psychological horror/thriller film, written and directed by Megan Elizabeth Freels Johnston, granddaughter of crime writer Elmore Leonard, and starring Deanna Russo, John Redlinger, Emil Johnsen, Hilary Ba ...

'' (2017) - Brie *'' Ernesto's Manifesto'' (2019)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaier, Dana Actresses from New Jersey American child actresses American film actresses American voice actresses Living people People from Burbank, California People from Livingston, New Jersey University of California, Los Angeles alumni 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people)