NICOLE SULLIVAN

'Nicole Julianne Sullivan' (born April 21, 1970) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian and occasional professional poker player, namely in the inaugural Celebrity Poker Showdown tournament, which she won.
Sullivan is best known for her six seasons on the sketch comedy series ''MADtv'' and four seasons on the CBS sitcom ''The King of Queens''. She also played a recurring character on ''Scrubs''. She provides her voice to Shego in the ''Kim Possible'' television series.
She has also provided voice work for animated sitcoms like ''Family Guy'' and ''Baby Blues'' and films such as ''Meet the Robinsons'' and ''The Ant Bully''. Among her recent appearances were on the short-lived sitcom ''Hot Properties'' and the detective series ''Raines''.

Contents

Biography

Career

MADtv

Characters

Television appearances

Filmography

Voice acting projects

External links

Biography

Of Irish, Swedish, Norwegian and German descent, Sullivan was born in Manhattan to Madonna and Edward C. Sullivan (no relation to Ed Sullivan of ''The Ed Sullivan Show''). She took dance classes at the age of seven, and performed in Off Broadway and Broadway productions with the First All-Children’s Theatre. Madonna, an antiques dealer, and Ed, a politician who represented Manhattan's 69th Assembly District in the New York State Assembly from 1977 to 2002 (possibly accounting for Nicole's interest in politics), wanted to raise her and her sister Jennifer in a quieter environment, and moved the family upstate to Middleburgh, New York in 1982. While at middle school, she did well enough academically to skip a grade, and later at high school was president of her class during her senior year. She was also treasurer in her junior year. Nicole played soccer in high school, recorded statistics for the boys’ basketball team and was a member of student council. After graduating as Middleburgh High School's class valedictorian in 1987, Nicole attended Northwestern University as a theatre major. She studied William Shakespeare, Harold Pinter, Anton Chekov, Henrik Ibsen, and Greek tragedies, all the while working two jobs to pay her way through college and writing plays and sketches for the student theatre. Sullivan spent her junior year in London studying at the British American Drama Academy and became a member of the Greenwich Shakespeare Company. Sullivan graduated Northwestern with honors, then moved to Los Angeles to write for and perform in comedy clubs and theatres with improv and sketch comedy troupes before getting sporadic guest starring roles. She is married to actor Jason Packham. On May 12, 2007, Sullivan gave birth to son, Dashel Pierce Packham, via c-section. He weighed 8lb. 12oz.

Career

MADtv

Sullivan was one of the first cast members on MADtv when it premiered in 1995. The show was successful and she became a breakout star thanks to the success. She created numerous memorable characters; her most popular was the mean-spirited Vancome Lady, who frequently appeared during her time on the show. Sullivan's other popular characters included ''X-News'' reporter Amy, handicapped Antonia, ''Eracists'' leader Debbie, ''News at 7's Diane Lawyer-Trabajo, fictional country singer Darlene McBride, insulting audience member Judith, and Latina bimbo Lida. Sullivan once made a skit with Michael McDonald on ''MADtv'' of a mock audition tape to get on ''Law & Order'' that mocked their acting prowess. She later guest-starred in the season-one '' episode "Contact".
Sullivan's impersonations included Britney Spears, Drew Barrymore, Justin Timberlake, Hillary Clinton, Meg Ryan, Melanie Griffith, and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Characters

★ Amy (''X-News'')

★ Antonia

★ Charlotte (''Anti-Depressercize Minute'')

★ Champagne (''The Stick Chicks'')

★ Darlene McBride

★ Debbie (''The Eracists'')

★ Diane Lawyer-Trabajo (''News at 6'')

★ Inga (''Hoppy Potty'')

★ Judith (''Literally'')

★ Lara Flynn Gellar/Destiny (''Pretty White Kids with Problems'')

★ Lida Rosario (''Lida and Melina'')

★ Mimi O'Malley (''The O'Malley's'')

★ Susan Caydel (''This Cold House'')

★ Sesame Street's The Letter "A" in "All Star Alphabet"

★ The Vancome Lady

Television appearances

Nicole has made appearances in the following shows:

★ ''Crank Yankers''

★ ''Diagnosis Murder''

★ ''Fired Up''

★ ''Herman's Head''

★ ''

★ ''Later (as guest and host)''

★ ''Less Than Perfect''

★ ''Miss Match''

★ ''Models Inc.''

★ ''Monk''

★ ''Party of Five''

★ ''Pepper Ann''

★ ''Suddenly Susan''

★ ''Titus''

★ ''Thank God You're Here (US TV series)''

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	''My Boys''	Kim	As Kenny's pregnant girlfiend
2007	''Raines''	Carolyn
2006	''Boston Legal''	Joan Rubin
2006	''Scrubs''	Jill Tracy	Final appearance: "My Long Goodbye", but only as a pregnant ghost.
2005	''Hot Properties''	Chloe Reid
2001 - 2005	''The King of Queens''	Holly Shumpert
2004	''The Drew Carey Show''	Diane	As a cocktail waitress who is married to Drew for a week.
1995 - 2001	''MADtv''	Various Characters	Sketch Comedy

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	''Meet the Robinsons''	Franny Robinson
2006	''One Sung Hero''	Nancy Nosenchuck
2005	''The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend''	Pregnant Make-Out Girl
2005	''Barry Dingle''	Ethel Shivers
2005	''Guess Who''	Liz Klein
2002	''The Third Wheel''	Sally
2002	''Bar Hopping''	Mara
1997	''Fairfax Fandango''

Voice acting projects

Sullivan has voiced Shego on ''Kim Possible'', Joan of Arc on ''Clone High'', Mira Nova on ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'', and Joan on the ''Family Guy'' episode "I Take Thee Quagmire". Sullivan also starred in a pilot called ''Me and My Needs'' that was declined by ABC. She also plays Franny Robinson in Meet the Robinsons. Also, Nicole was a voice actor in the ''Monsters, Inc.'' video game, but not in the film of the same name, despite what many sources state. She was originally cast in the cartoon series Futurama to play Turanga Leela, however, she was replaced by Katey Sagal by the time the show came to air.

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	''	Luna, Computer voice	Video Game
2007	''Meet the Robinsons''	Franny Robinson
2006	''Brandy & Mr. Whiskers''	Gerri
2002	''Clone High''	Joan of Arc (Clone High)
2002 – Present	''Kim Possible''	Shego
2000	''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command''	Princess Mira Nova
2000	''Hey Arnold!''	Suzie Kokoshka
1999	''Family Guy''	Various Voices	Animated Comedy TV Series
1997	''Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny''	Various Characters	Video Game

External links

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★ Nicole Sullivan at Planet MADtv

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