Liza del Mundo
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Liza del Mundo
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|3|8}}
| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1992–present
| children = Vivivan Vencer (daughter)https://twitter.com/YongChavezLA/status/1586447269011693569 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
| website =
}}
Liza del Mundo (born March 8, 1975) is an American voice actress.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eP72TCuAswC|last=Montoya|first=Carina|title=Filipinos in Hollywood|pages=6, 101–102|date=2008|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9780738555980|accessdate=July 9, 2020|via=Google Books}} She is best known for her roles as Hay Lin in the animated adaptation of W.I.T.C.H and as Polaris in the TV series Wolverine and the X-Men.
Early life
She was raised in the Rancho Penasquitos neighborhood of San Diego, California.
In 1993, Del Mundo graduated from Mount Carmel High School, where she wrote for the school newspaper and participated in student government. She went on to study communications at Cal State Northridge.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
Career
She worked for the Disney Channel as a voice host, notably in Toon Town Kids, and has been featured in several television commercials.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-27-tv-1827-story.html|last=Mendoza|first=N.F.|title="Toon Town Kids" offers a fun alternative to this broadcast major|website=Los Angeles Times |date=November 27, 1994|accessdate=July 9, 2020}} Among her notable voices are Hay Lin in W.I.T.C.H,{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC | title = Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 | edition=2d | first=Vincent |last=Terrace | isbn = 9780786486410 | publisher = McFarland | year = 2008 | page = 1186}} Natasha in Tutenstein, Wendy in Danger Rangers, Polaris in Wolverine and the X-Men,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMFTDwAAQBAJ|last=Perlmutter|first=David|title=Critic After Dark: A Review of Philippine Cinema|pages=712|date=May 4, 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781538103746|accessdate=July 9, 2020|via=Google Books}} and Laura, Andy's mother, on Maya & Miguel. She also portrayed as the title role Imelda Marcos in Imelda: A New Musical.
{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4vsMAQAAMAAJ|title=Filipinas Magazine: Vol. 14|pages=45–46|date=2005|publisher=Filipinas Publications|accessdate=July 9, 2020|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/article/25975|last=Aquino|first=Rowena|title=Imeldific!|date=June 23, 2005|accessdate=July 9, 2020}}
Personal life
Her daughter, Vivian Vencer, is also a voice actress.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|7211}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Del Mundo, Liza}}
Category:Actresses from San Diego
Category:American actresses of Filipino descent
Category:American voice actresses
Category:California State University, Northridge alumni
Category:21st-century American women
{{US-voice-actor-1970s-stub}}