Jessica Di Cicco
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Jessica Sonya DiCicco is an American
actress
, voice actress
, and singer, perhaps best known for her voice acting in animated television series and video games.
, DiCicco and her sister Katie were raised on Manhattan
, New York City
. DiCicco's birth was announced in both Variety
and US Magazine since her father, Bobby DiCicco
, was a popular actor. At age seven, DiCicco was selected by Marlo Thomas
in favor of thousands of other school children to appear on the ABC
special Free To Be a Family. When she was ten years old, she was cast by Francis Ford Coppola
in The Godfather Part III
as an unnamed child. She had a small role as young Cindy Zagarella in the 1993 film Household Saints
at age thirteen. At age sixteen, DiCicco was a photographer for New York Magazine.
miniseries Witness to the Mob
and in the Disney film In the Nick of Time
. Besides from her numerous appearances in television and commercials, DiCicco has worked on stage with several prestigious repertory companies. In 1999, DiCicco and her co-stars in the Nickelodeon
pilot Bus No. 9 were nominated a Young Artist Award
, but lost to The Sweetest Gift. She also starred in the miniseries As Our Schoolbus Turns. Nickelodeon noted her versatile voice and casted her as the voice of Noggin from 1998 to 2002 to launch the Noggin network. She was also the voice of Miguzi on Cartoon Network
.
As a voice actress, DiCicco had lead roles on The Emperor's New School
, The Buzz on Maggie
, Loonatics Unleashed
, and Shuriken School
. She had recurring roles on The Replacements, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
, American Dragon: Jake Long
, Bratz
, and All Grown Up!
. She co-starred as Shelby in the DreamWorks
film Over the Hedge
and is currently the voice of Gwen on Amy Poehler
's television series for Nickelodeon, The Mighty B!
. DiCicco was the voice of Master Viper in the Kung Fu Panda
short film Secrets of the Furious Five
. She was nominated a Daytime Emmy
in 2008 for her performance as Malina on The Emperor's New School, but lost to Eartha Kitt
from the same series.
DiCicco has also contributed to several video games, including Psychonauts
, Kingdom Hearts II
, Hot Shots Tennis, and Pimp My Ride
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
, voice actress
Voice acting
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...
, and singer, perhaps best known for her voice acting in animated television series and video games.
Early life
Born in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, DiCicco and her sister Katie were raised on Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. DiCicco's birth was announced in both Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
and US Magazine since her father, Bobby DiCicco
Bobby Di Cicco
Bobby Di Cicco is an American actor. He has starred in several films since the 1970s, but has mostly been involved in television work such as The A-Team. His early work includes the film 1941 by Steven Spielberg, in which he plays one of the main characters, 'Wally Stephens'...
, was a popular actor. At age seven, DiCicco was selected by Marlo Thomas
Marlo Thomas
Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas is an American actress, producer, and social activist known for her starring role on the TV series That Girl . She also serves as National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
in favor of thousands of other school children to appear on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
special Free To Be a Family. When she was ten years old, she was cast by Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors...
in The Godfather Part III
The Godfather Part III
The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American gangster film written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola. It completes the story of Michael Corleone, a Mafia kingpin who tries to legitimize his criminal empire...
as an unnamed child. She had a small role as young Cindy Zagarella in the 1993 film Household Saints
Household Saints
Household Saints is a 1993 film starring Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Lili Taylor. It was based on the novel by Francine Prose and directed by Nancy Savoca. The film explores the lives of three generations of Italian-American women over the course of the latter-half of the 20th century...
at age thirteen. At age sixteen, DiCicco was a photographer for New York Magazine.
Career
At age eighteen, DiCicco appeared in the NBCNBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
miniseries Witness to the Mob
Witness to the Mob
Witness to the Mob is a made for TV film which premiered on May 10, 1998.-Plot:Film follows the rise of Sammy Gravano in ranks of NY Cosa Nostra, his turning to government witness in legal trials of John Gotti and his life in Witness protection program....
and in the Disney film In the Nick of Time
In The Nick Of Time
In the Nick of Time is a 1991 Christmas television film directed by George T. Miller.-Plot:The old Santa Claus has seven days to find the new Santa Claus and pass the torch to him. The only problem is the new Santa Claus is a curmudgeon who lost his wife and his will to live...
. Besides from her numerous appearances in television and commercials, DiCicco has worked on stage with several prestigious repertory companies. In 1999, DiCicco and her co-stars in the Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
pilot Bus No. 9 were nominated a Young Artist Award
Young Artist Award
The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...
, but lost to The Sweetest Gift. She also starred in the miniseries As Our Schoolbus Turns. Nickelodeon noted her versatile voice and casted her as the voice of Noggin from 1998 to 2002 to launch the Noggin network. She was also the voice of Miguzi on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
.
As a voice actress, DiCicco had lead roles on The Emperor's New School
The Emperor's New School
The Emperor's New School is an American animated television series that airs on Disney Channel, ABC Kids, and Disney XD and is produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show is based on the characters from The Emperor's New Groove and its direct-to-video sequel Kronk's New Groove...
, The Buzz on Maggie
The Buzz on Maggie
The Buzz on Maggie was an American animated television series which originally aired for 21 episodes between June 2005 and May 2006. The series focuses on Maggie Pesky, a tween fly, that aspires of becoming a rock star, but many episodes focus on her daily life.The series was created by Dave...
, Loonatics Unleashed
Loonatics Unleashed
Loonatics Unleashed is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that ran on the Kids' WB for two seasons from 2005 to 2007 in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, Kids Central in Singapore, Cartoon Network's Boomerang in Australia, Cartoon Network in the UK,...
, and Shuriken School
Shuriken School
Shuriken School is an Spanish-French-British animated series that first aired on August 20, 2006 on Nickelodeon and then on YTV a few weeks later. It has also been airing on Jetix in the UK since February 2006, as well as on CITV. In the United States, the show aired on Nicktoons Network and...
. She had recurring roles on The Replacements, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is Nickelodeon's first ever flash animation series produced for Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Network. The first screening of the show was on January 19, 2007 in the first ever Nickelodeon Creative Summit held in San Juan, Puerto Rico as a special treat for the...
, American Dragon: Jake Long
American Dragon: Jake Long
American Dragon: Jake Long is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show had premiered on January 21, 2005 and ended on September 1, 2007. The show currently airs on Disney XD in the United States...
, Bratz
Bratz (TV series)
Bratz is a computer-animated television series, based on a line of toy dolls of the same name. It is produced by Mike Young Productions and MGA Entertainment, and premiered on 4Kids TV on the Fox Television Network.-Plot:...
, and All Grown Up!
All Grown Up!
All Grown Up! is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó. After the success of All Growed Up, the Rugrats 10th anniversary special, Nickelodeon commissioned All Grown Up! as a spin-off series based on the episode.The series ran from April 12, 2003 to August...
. She co-starred as Shelby in the DreamWorks
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. is an American animation studio based in Glendale, California that creates animated feature films, television program and online virtual worlds...
film Over the Hedge
Over the Hedge (film)
Over the Hedge is a 2006 computer animated family action comedy film based on the characters from United Media comic strip of the same name. Directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick, and produced by Bonnie Arnold, it was released in the United States on May 19, 2006.The film was produced by...
and is currently the voice of Gwen on Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler
Amy Meredith Poehler is an American comedian, actress and voice actress. She was a cast member on the NBC television entertainment show Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2008. In 2004, she starred in the film Mean Girls with Tina Fey, with whom she worked again in Baby Mama in 2008. She is...
's television series for Nickelodeon, The Mighty B!
The Mighty B!
The Mighty B! is an American animated television series co-created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girlscout that believes she will become a superhero called the Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge...
. DiCicco was the voice of Master Viper in the Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American computer-animated action comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures...
short film Secrets of the Furious Five
Secrets of the Furious Five
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five is an Annie Award-winning animated short produced by DreamWorks Animation which serves as a semi-sequel to the animated feature film Kung Fu Panda and appears on a companion disc of the original film's deluxe DVD release...
. She was nominated a Daytime Emmy
35th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards was held on Friday, June 20, 2008 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, and was televised in the United States on ABC. Creative Arts Emmy Awards were presented seven day earlier on June 13 at the Frederick P...
in 2008 for her performance as Malina on The Emperor's New School, but lost to Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Mae Kitt was an American singer, actress, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby." Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the...
from the same series.
DiCicco has also contributed to several video games, including Psychonauts
Psychonauts
Psychonauts is a platform video game created by Tim Schafer, developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Majesco. The game was released on April 19, 2005, for the Xbox, April 26 for Microsoft Windows and June 21 for PlayStation 2. It was released on Steam on Oct 11, 2006, as an "Xbox...
, Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts II
is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Buena Vista Games and Square Enix in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console...
, Hot Shots Tennis, and Pimp My Ride
Pimp My Ride (video game)
Pimp My Ride is a simulation/racing game published by Activision. This game is based on the popular MTV show. It was released in 2006 for the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 consoles. In the game, players are challenged to pimp out their friends' cars by Xzibit, transforming...
.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III The Godfather Part III The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American gangster film written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola. It completes the story of Michael Corleone, a Mafia kingpin who tries to legitimize his criminal empire... |
Child | |
| 1993 | Household Saints Household Saints Household Saints is a 1993 film starring Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Lili Taylor. It was based on the novel by Francine Prose and directed by Nancy Savoca. The film explores the lives of three generations of Italian-American women over the course of the latter-half of the 20th century... |
Young Cindy Zagarella | |
| 1998 | Bus No. 9 | Jessica | TV movie |
| Witness to the Mob Witness to the Mob Witness to the Mob is a made for TV film which premiered on May 10, 1998.-Plot:Film follows the rise of Sammy Gravano in ranks of NY Cosa Nostra, his turning to government witness in legal trials of John Gotti and his life in Witness protection program.... |
Karen | TV movie | |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge Over the Hedge (film) Over the Hedge is a 2006 computer animated family action comedy film based on the characters from United Media comic strip of the same name. Directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick, and produced by Bonnie Arnold, it was released in the United States on May 19, 2006.The film was produced by... |
Shelby | Voice |
| 2007 | Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas | Opal | Voice / TV movie |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five Secrets of the Furious Five Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five is an Annie Award-winning animated short produced by DreamWorks Animation which serves as a semi-sequel to the animated feature film Kung Fu Panda and appears on a companion disc of the original film's deluxe DVD release... |
Young Viper | Voice / Short film |
| Unstable Fables: Goldilocks & 3 Bears Show | Misty | Voice | |
| 2010 | Einstein Pals | Millie | Voice / Direct-to-video |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks is a children's television series. The show is animated using computer-generated imagery and broadcast in the United States on PBS Kids from 2003–2008, currently WMBC, and Univision ; in Ireland on RTÉ Two, as part of The Den; in Australia on... |
Gerdie | Voice / "Dannan's American Cousin" (season 3, episode 5) |
| 2005-2007 | All Grown Up! All Grown Up! All Grown Up! is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó. After the success of All Growed Up, the Rugrats 10th anniversary special, Nickelodeon commissioned All Grown Up! as a spin-off series based on the episode.The series ran from April 12, 2003 to August... |
Wally | Voice / Recurring role |
| Loonatics Unleashed Loonatics Unleashed Loonatics Unleashed is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that ran on the Kids' WB for two seasons from 2005 to 2007 in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, Kids Central in Singapore, Cartoon Network's Boomerang in Australia, Cartoon Network in the UK,... |
Lexi Bunny | Voice / Main role | |
| 2005-2006 | The Buzz on Maggie The Buzz on Maggie The Buzz on Maggie was an American animated television series which originally aired for 21 episodes between June 2005 and May 2006. The series focuses on Maggie Pesky, a tween fly, that aspires of becoming a rock star, but many episodes focus on her daily life.The series was created by Dave... |
Maggie Pesky | Voice / Main role |
| 2006-2008 | The Emperor's New School The Emperor's New School The Emperor's New School is an American animated television series that airs on Disney Channel, ABC Kids, and Disney XD and is produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show is based on the characters from The Emperor's New Groove and its direct-to-video sequel Kronk's New Groove... |
Malina | Voice / Main role |
| 2006 | Frances | Frances | Voice / Main role |
| Shuriken School Shuriken School Shuriken School is an Spanish-French-British animated series that first aired on August 20, 2006 on Nickelodeon and then on YTV a few weeks later. It has also been airing on Jetix in the UK since February 2006, as well as on CITV. In the United States, the show aired on Nicktoons Network and... |
Okuni / Ami / Kita | Voice / Main role | |
| Bratz Bratz (TV series) Bratz is a computer-animated television series, based on a line of toy dolls of the same name. It is produced by Mike Young Productions and MGA Entertainment, and premiered on 4Kids TV on the Fox Television Network.-Plot:... |
Roxxi / Fiana / Sheridan | Voice / Recurring role | |
| Danger Rangers | Manny / Moe | Voice / "Medicine Mix Up" (season 1, episode 5) | |
| 2007 | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is Nickelodeon's first ever flash animation series produced for Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Network. The first screening of the show was on January 19, 2007 in the first ever Nickelodeon Creative Summit held in San Juan, Puerto Rico as a special treat for the... |
Davi Rococo | Voice / Recurring role |
| American Dragon: Jake Long American Dragon: Jake Long American Dragon: Jake Long is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show had premiered on January 21, 2005 and ended on September 1, 2007. The show currently airs on Disney XD in the United States... |
Danica | Voice / Recurring role | |
| 2008 | Toot & Puddle | Opal | Voice / Main role |
| The Replacements | Celebrity Starr | Voice / "Hollywoodn't" (season 2, episode 10) | |
| 2008-present | The Mighty B! The Mighty B! The Mighty B! is an American animated television series co-created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girlscout that believes she will become a superhero called the Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge... |
Gwen | Voice / Main role |
| 2008-2009 | Random! Cartoons | Gloom / Fuzzy Animal #1 | Voice / "Sparkles and Gloom" (season 1, episode 7) |
| Smart Alec / Plasma Tot | Voice / "Hero Heights" (season 1, episode 4) | ||
| 2010 | Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake... |
Jenny | Voice / "Aye, Aye Captain" (season 7, episode 15) |
| 2011 | Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games Tinker Bell and the Pixie Hollow Games Pixie Hollow Games is a half-hour TV special broadcast in 2011, based on the Disney Fairies franchise, produced by DisneyToon Studios. It features the voices of Mae Whitman, Brenda Song, Megan Hilty, and others, as Tinker Bell and the other fairies of Pixie Hollow in Never Land, taking part in an... |
Lilac | Voice / Main Role |
| Video games | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Midnight Club: Street Racing Midnight Club: Street Racing Midnight Club: Street Racing is a racing arcade game, developed by Angel Studios and published by Rockstar Games. The game focuses on competitive street racing and the import scene, later popularised by The Fast and the Furious movies... |
Announcer for the New York level | |
| 2003 | Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure is a sports video game released by Toys For Bob. It utilizes the same game engine as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 by Neversoft and features characters from Toy Story, The Lion King and Tarzan.-Gameplay:... |
Skater Girl | |
| 2005 | Psychonauts Psychonauts Psychonauts is a platform video game created by Tim Schafer, developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Majesco. The game was released on April 19, 2005, for the Xbox, April 26 for Microsoft Windows and June 21 for PlayStation 2. It was released on Steam on Oct 11, 2006, as an "Xbox... |
Franke Athens | |
| 2006 | Kingdom Hearts II Kingdom Hearts II is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Buena Vista Games and Square Enix in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console... |
Olette | |
| Pimp My Ride Pimp My Ride (video game) Pimp My Ride is a simulation/racing game published by Activision. This game is based on the popular MTV show. It was released in 2006 for the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 consoles. In the game, players are challenged to pimp out their friends' cars by Xzibit, transforming... |
Marcia | ||
| 2007 | Hot Shots Tennis | Ashley | |
| Bratz 4 Real Bratz 4 Real Bratz: 4 Real is a video game of the Bratz franchise for the Nintendo DS and Windows/Macintosh. It is based on the Bratz: The Movie.... |
Roxxi / Fianna | ||
| 2010 | White Knight Chronicles: International Edition | Additional Voices | |
| Final Fantasy XIII Final Fantasy XIII is a console role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. Released in 2009 in Japan and 2010 in North America and PAL regions, it is the thirteenth major installment in the Final Fantasy series... |
Additional Voices | ||
| Resonance of Fate Resonance of Fate Resonance of Fate, known in Japan as , is a console role-playing game developed by tri-Ace and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released on January 28, 2010 in Japan, on March 16, 2010 in North America and on March 26, 2010 in Europe.-Gameplay:Resonance of Fate... |
Leanne | ||
| 2011 | Rise of Nightmares Rise of Nightmares Rise of Nightmares is a survival horror video game developed and published by Sega for the Xbox 360. The game was revealed at the 2010 Tokyo Game Show, and is designed specifically for Kinect. It is the first M-rated Kinect game released.... |
Monica | |