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Debi Derryberry
Derryberry at the Grand Rapids Comic-Con Spring Fling Road Trip in Kalamazoo, Michigan on April 13, 2024.
Born
Debi Greenberg[1]

(1960-09-27) September 27, 1960 (age 64)[2]
Indio, California, U.S.
Alma materUCLA[3]
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
SpouseIan Hall
Children1[4]
Websitedebiderryberry.com

Debi Derryberry (born September 27, 1960)[2][5] is an American voice actress who has provided voices for a number of animations and video games. She played Jimmy Neutron in the film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and the television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.[3]

Biography

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Derryberry was born in Indio, California to a family of Hungarian Jewish descent. Her grandparents were Holocaust survivors.[6] After graduating from Indio High School in 1978,[1] she attended the University of California, Los Angeles where she majored in kinesiology.[3] After college, she moved to Nashville to become a country singer.[7]

Her first acting role was as Skeeter in Hey Vern, It's Ernest! along with Jim Varney, which was filmed n 1987. She was also a body double for Scott Menville in Ernest Goes to Camp (1987). Scott's mother, Dorothy Menville, convinced Debi to try her hand at voice-overs. She sent her demo to several agents and casting directors, among whom Ginny McSwain who convinced Debi to move back from Nashville to California and cast her as Jackie on Bobby's World.

Her voice roles include the title character from the first CGI film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and its CGI TV series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Wednesday in Hanna-Barbera's The Addams Family, Tinker Bell on Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates, Nergal Jr. in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Jay Jay, Herky, Savannah, and Revvin' Evan from Jay Jay the Jet Plane (Following the death of Mary Kay Bergman), Tad on various LeapFrog animated videos and DVD's from 2003 to 2004, Coco Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot series, Draculaura in Monster High, and Maureen Murphy in F is for Family.

Derryberry was the voice of Clay in the Playhouse Disney segments presented in the early 2000s. In English language dubs of anime series, she provided the voice of Ryo-Ohki in Tenchi Muyo. She received a Best Actress in a Comedy award at the American Anime Awards for her work as Zatch in Zatch Bell! and for Chica's Magic Rainbow in FNAF World Update 2.[8][9][10]

Aside from her work as a voice actress, Derryberry worked on the 1993 film Free Willy as the stunt double for Jesse in some shots that showed Keiko who played Willy. She 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 Wednesday Addams in the 1990s animated version of The Addams Family, Weenie and Catrina on Oswald, Taz's little brother Jake on Taz-Mania, Coco Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot video game series, and Clay in some Playhouse Disney segments.

She has also done voice work for comedic English language adaptations of anime titles such as Zatch Bell! in which she plays the titular character as well as his evil twin Zeno, and Ryo-Ohki, Yugi, and various other characters from several versions of the anime series Tenchi Muyo!.

Personal life

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Derryberry lives with her husband Ian Hall and son in Toluca Lake, California.[11]

Filmography

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Animation

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List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source[12]
1990–98 Bobby's World Jackie Resume
1991–95 Taz-Mania Jake [13]
1992–93 The Addams Family Wednesday Addams
1994 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Various characters [9]
1995 Life with Louie Jeannie Harper [9]
What-A-Mess Daughter [9]
1996–99 Jumanji Judy Shepherd Resume
1997 Johnny Bravo Various characters [9]
Cow and Chicken
Bad Baby Eubie / Kelly
1998 CatDog Various characters [9]
Runaway Rocketboy! Jimmy Neutron Pilot
2000 South Park Miss Information
2001 Oswald Weenie, Catrina, others [9]
2001–05 Jay Jay the Jet Plane Jay Jay, Savannah, Herky, Revvin Evan replacing Mary Kay Bergman
2001–02 Grim and Evil Various characters Resume
2002–06 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius Jimmy Neutron, Amber, Nissa, others [9]
2002 Fillmore! Various characters
2002–07 Playhouse Disney Clay Host Resume
2003–08 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Nergal Jr [9]
2003–2004 LeapFrog video series Tad (character)
2003 Castle in the Sky Sheeta (Young), Madge, Additional Voices Disney dub
2004–06 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour Jimmy Neutron crossover episodes [9]
2004 Stroker and Hoop Jack's Girl, Miss Squash Casserole
2005 Danger Rangers Emily, Mark
2006 Curious George Various characters Resume
2010–13 Planet Sheen Princess Oomlout (Second Face) [9]
2012–13 Monster High Draculaura [9]
2014 TripTank Billy Episode: "Ricky the Rocketship" / "Show for All Ages" [9]
2015 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Various characters
2015–21 F Is for Family Maureen Murphy, Philip Bonfiglio, Bridget Fitzsimmons, others [3]
2017 Hanazuki: Full of Treasures Various characters [9]
Buddy Thunderstruck Muncie, others
Ben 10 Simon Sez, Camperhead #2
2019 Care Bears: Unlock the Magic Cheer Bear, Love-a-Lot Bear, Robbie [14]
Tigtone Helpy [15]
2020 Blaze and the Monster Machines Zuzu Episode: "The Great Space Race"

Anime

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List of dubbing performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source[12]
1993–95, 2005 Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVAs Ryo-Ohki 3 OVA series and specials, as Marie Cabbit [13]
1996–98 Tenchi Universe series Ryo-Ohki, Mitsuki [13]
1999–2000 Tenchi in Tokyo Ryo-Ohki, Yugi
2005–07 Zatch Bell! Zatch, others
2015 Sailor Moon Diana VIZ dub
Sailor Moon Crystal
Glitter Force Candy Netflix series Facebook[16]
2017 Glitter Force Doki Doki Maya Aida Tweet[17][18]

Film

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Feature films

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List of voice performances in feature films
Year Title Role Source[12]
1992 Aladdin Additional voices
1995 Babe Puppies [9]
Toy Story Aliens, Troll, Voice on Intercom at Pizza Planet, additional voices
1997 Cats Don't Dance Additional voices
1999 Toy Story 2 Aliens, Amy
2001 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Jimmy Neutron Resume
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Diatryma Mom [9]
2008 Horton Hears a Who! Who Mom [9]
2013 Despicable Me 2 Additional Voices
2021 Sailor Moon Eternal Diana Resume
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Additional Voices
2025 The Colors Within Totsuko's Mother [19]

Direct-to-video and television films

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List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source[12]
1995 The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit Flopsy, Mopsy, Hopsy, Cottontail, Fluff
1996 Dot & Spot's Magical Adventure Dot [9]
Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love Ryo-Ohki
1998 O' Christmas Tree Tree, Chipmunk
1999 The Nuttiest Nutcracker Marie, Fritz
2000 Whispers: An Elephant's Tale Whispers
2001 Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Annette
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Girl
2003 Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure Fern [9]
The Animatrix Child [9]
2005 The Muppet Movie Various characters Disney video release Resume
2006 Casper's Scare School History Teacher, Banana Lady [9]
2009 Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas Gnocchi
2010 The Legend of Secret Pass Shelby
2012 Monster High: Ghouls Rule Draculaura
2013 Monster High: 13 Wishes
2014 Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action!
Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games Runt
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Stenographer
Monster High: Freaky Fusion Draculaura
Alpha and Omega 4: The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave Runt
2015 Alpha and Omega 5: Family Vacation
Monster High: Haunted Draculaura
Monster High: Boo York, Boo York
2016 Norm of the North Little Girl
Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef Draculaura
Alpha and Omega 6: Dino Digs Runt
Barbie: Dreamtopia Otto's Mom
Welcome to Monster High Draculaura
Trolland Jessica, Adrian, Kid #1
Alpha and Omega 7: The Big Fureeze Runt
2017 Monster High: Electrified Draculaura
Alpha and Omega 8: Journey to Bear Kingdom Runt

Video games

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List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
1990 Ys I & II Feena English Language Version [9]
2000 Orphen: Scion of Sorcery Dortin, Jado
2001 Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Coco Bandicoot
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Jimmy Neutron
Final Fantasy X Fayth
2002 Jay Jay the Jet Plane: Jay Jay Earns His Wings Jay Jay, Herky, Savannah, Revvin' Evan
Jay Jay the Jet Plane: Sky Heroes to the Rescue
Jay Jay the Jet Plane: High-Flying Sky Circus
Nickelodeon Party Blast Jimmy Neutron
2003 Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits Bebedora [9]
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion Jimmy Neutron
Crash Nitro Kart Coco Bandicoot, Polar [9]
Final Fantasy X-2 Fayth [20]
2004 Tales of Symphonia Noishe, Seles Wilder [9]
Crash Twinsanity Coco Bandicoot, Young Dr. Cortex
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies Jimmy Neutron
2005 Killer7 Love Wilcox
Crash Tag Team Racing Coco Bandicoot
Nicktoons Unite! Jimmy Neutron
2006 Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing
Ape Escape 3 Monkey Pink (NTSC-U version) [9]
Over the Hedge Kid
Yakuza Haruka Sawamura
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island Jimmy Neutron
2007 Crash of the Titans Coco Bandicoot
Nina Cortex DS version only
Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots Jimmy Neutron
2008 God of War: Chains of Olympus Calliope
Crash: Mind over Mutant Coco Bandicoot
SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom Jimmy Neutron [9]
2010 No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Matt Helms, Mimmy
White Knight Chronicles Rocco
God of War III Calliope
2011 White Knight Chronicles II Rocco
2012 Nicktoons MLB Jimmy Neutron Nintendo 3DS version only
Street Fighter x Tekken PAC-MAN
2013 The Wonderful 101 Luka Alan Smithee, Young Will [9]
2014 Guild Wars 2 Taimi, others [21]
2016 FNaF World Chica's Magic Rainbow [9]
2017 Mobius Final Fantasy Elder Moogle [22]
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Coco Bandicoot, Tawna Bandicoot [9]
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Young William Blazkowicz [9]
2019 Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled Coco Bandicoot, Baby Coco, Nina Cortex, Pasadena O'Possum
2020 Genshin Impact Tubby, Sedene, Delaroche English Language Version [23][24]
2021 Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! Coco Bandicoot, Nina Cortex, Fake Coco [25]
2022 Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway Jimmy Neutron [26]
2023 The Sims 4 Infants [27]
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 Jimmy Neutron [28]
2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Additional voices [29]
Granblue Fantasy: Relink Maglielle [9]


Live action

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List of acting performances in television
Year Title Role Notes Source
1988 Hey Vern, It's Ernest! Skeeter / Willie the Robots Friend / Alien Child
1999 Party of Five Mrs. Pinchon Episode: "Fate, Hope and Charity"
2008–09 iCarly Principal Ted Franklin's Assistant 3 episodes
List of acting performances in theatrical films
Year Title Role Notes Source
1993 Free Willy Jesse (stunt double only) Uncredited
2007 Jekyll Cancer Patient
2018 Gamers Anonymous Phyllis
List of acting performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source
1990 Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again Midge Mason Television film
2004 Comic Book: The Movie Debbie Newman

Theme parks

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List of voice performances in theme park rides
Year Title Role Notes Source
1993 Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress Patricia [12]
2003 Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast Jimmy Neutron

Other roles

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References

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  1. ^ a b Fessier, Bruce (August 18, 2006). "Not just for children Derryberry is a familiar voice on TV". The Desert Sun. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Hiernonymus, Clara (February 21, 1988). "Production's Scout': Small and determined". The Tennessean. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Biography". Debiderryberry.com. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "Happy Hanukkah! 🕎 Here's my son River, Kiwi, and I on the 2nd night of Hanukkah a few years ago. Homemade potato latkes, dreidels, and gelt! Fun!⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ #holidaylove #holidayfun #holidaymood #hanukkah #chanukah #voiceover #voiceoveractor #voiceovers #voiceoverartist". facebook.com.
  5. ^ "Debi Derryberry on X: "Yes it's true, Sept 27 is my #birthday"". Twitter. September 27, 2017.
  6. ^ Derryberry, Debi [@DebiDerryberry] (April 12, 2018). "My grandfather and grandmother AKA Bubbie and Zeidi escaped being gassed to death. They came to the USA from Hungary and joined hundreds of thousands of other brave and frightened immigrants. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverForget #NeverAgain" (Tweet). Retrieved December 1, 2022 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Debi Derryberry Talks About Being the Voice of Jimmy Neutron and Her Passion Project, Baby Banana". July 16, 2021.
  8. ^ Macdonald, Christopher (February 27, 2007). "American Anime Awards Updates". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Debi Derryberry (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. January 27, 2010. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  10. ^ Liu, Ed (July 30, 2013). "Toonzone Interviews Voice Actor Debi Derryberry". Toonzone.net. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  11. ^ Anderson, Jenna (January 10, 2019). "Neighborhood Voices". Toluca Lake. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g "Resume - Debi Derryberry". DebiDerryberry.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  13. ^ a b c "Celebrity Parents Magazine: Debi Derryberry Issue - Celebrity Parents Magazine". Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  14. ^ Derryberry, Debi [@DebiDerryberry] (August 20, 2020). "So exciting when I get a toy and it has one of my voices! 🎶Share of love, care of love🎶 Who else loves the @carebears? #voiceover #voiceoveractor #carebears https://t.co/T79DmYbfQq" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 16, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022 – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Testimonials - Debi Derryberry". Debiderryberry.com. April 14, 2019. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  16. ^ Derryberry, Debi (November 2, 2015). "Get ready for Glitter Force! I'm Candy the mascot". Facebook. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  17. ^ Derryberry, Debi [@DebiDerryberry] (July 20, 2017). "Aug 18. Glitter Force Doki Doki will air on @netflix! I star as Maya along with @stephaniesheh @MelissaFahn & @ericalindbeck! #GlitterForce" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ Ressler, Karen (July 19, 2017). "'Glitter Force Doki Doki' Listed for August 18 on Netflix". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  19. ^ GKids [@GKIDSfilms] (December 4, 2024). "Additional Cast (2/2): Debi Derryberry - Totsuko's Mother Noelle McGrath - Headmistress Susanne Blakeslee - Sister Juri Stephanie Sheh - Ballet Instructor Eileen Stevens - Sister Hiyoko" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ^ "Final Fantasy X-2 (2003 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  21. ^ "Guild Wars 2 Living World Behind the Voice: Debi Derryberry". Guild Wars 2 Living World Behind the Voice. October 5, 2018. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  22. ^ Square Enix Business Division 1. Mobius Final Fantasy. Square Enix. Scene: Closing credits, 4m in, English Voice Actors. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ Derryberry, Debi [@DebiDerryberry] (November 20, 2021). "Did you know that Tubby and Diona from #GenshinImpact are friends in real life? 😂 So much fun hanging out with @DinaSherman the other day! #voiceover #voiceoveractor https://t.co/W7wFZ4Eavj" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2022 – via Twitter.
  24. ^ "Do you play Genshin Impact? #genshinimpact #videogames #voiceover #videogamevoiceactor #genshinimpactnpc #genshinimpactvoiceactors #greenscreen".
  25. ^ Derryberry, Debi [@DebiDerryberry] (September 11, 2020). "@Canadianguyehh @ronman1998 Sorry for the confusion! I was misinformed when I said yes a few weeks ago. I am not Coco for the new game, but I am Coco for the mobile game" (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ Derryberry, Debi [@DebiDerryberry] (October 15, 2022). "He's baaaaaaaack.... #NickKartRacers #JimmyNeutronRevival @NickKartRacers https://t.co/ZZZD3PllaT" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022 – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "Debiderryberry on TikTok".
  28. ^ https://twitter.com/DebiDerryberry/status/1684648954535743489 [bare URL]
  29. ^ "Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
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