Debi Derryberry is an American voice actress who has provided voices for a number of animations and video games.

Biography

Derryberry was born in Indio, California to a family of Hungarian Jewish descent. Her grandparents were Holocaust survivors. She attended Indio High School and the

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, where she majored in kinesiology. Her first role was as Skeeter in '' Hey Vern, It's Ernest!'' along with

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in 1988. Her voice roles include the title character from the first CGI film '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' and its CGI TV series ''

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'', Nergal Jr. from ''

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'', Jay Jay, Herky, Savannah, and Revvin' Evan from ''

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'' (Following the death of

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), Tad on various

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'' series, Wednesday in ''

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'' cartoon, Jackie in '' Bobby's World'', Draculaura in ''

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,'' and Maureen Murphy in ''

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''. She is the voice of Clay in the

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segments presented in the early 2000s. In English language dubs of anime, she provided the voice of

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in the ''

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'' series. She received a Best Actress in a Comedy award at the American Anime Awards for her work as Zatch in ''

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'' and for Chica's Magic Rainbow in ''FNAF World Update 2''. Aside from her work as a voice actress, she worked on the 1993 film ''

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'' as the stunt double for Jesse in some shots that showed Keiko who played Willy. Derryberry has provided the voices of a series of characters, mostly those of young boys and tomboyish girls. In addition, Derryberry has also provided voice-over for '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'', as the voice of

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in the 1990s animated version of ''

'', Weenie and Catrina on ''

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'',

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's little brother Jake on ''

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'',

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in the ''

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'' video game series, and Clay in some

segments. She has also done voice work for comedic English language adaptations of

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titles such as ''

'' in which she plays the titular character, his evil twin Zeno,

, Yugi, and various other characters from several versions of the anime series ''

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''. She also played as the voice of

's mascot, Clay. Derryberry was the founder and lead singer for the indie country band Honey Pig, writing and producing most of the songs on their two CDs. Currently, she is focusing on a children's music career with her CDs "What a Way to Play" and "Very Derryberry", having won a number of industry awards. She is an advocate for animals and has hosted at her North Hollywood home a fundraiser for the benefit of orangutans as an endangered species, under the Orang Utan Republik charitable foundation. She is married to Harvey Jordan and has a son. They live in

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Filmography

Animation

Anime

Film

Feature films

Direct-to-video and television films

Video games

Live action

Theme parks

Other roles

* The character ''

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'' in Alka-Seltzer commercials. * The character '' Zack Putterman'' in Duracell commercials.

References

; Book references *

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Derryberry, Debi Living people Actresses from California American television actresses American video game actresses American voice actresses Date of birth missing (living people) People from Indio, California Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses