Melissa Disney

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| name = Melissa Disney

| image = Melissa Disney on VO Buzz Weekly.jpg

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| nationality = American

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Voice actress
writer

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| years_active = 1995–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Ryan Paul James|2010}}

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Melissa Disney is an American voice actress and writer. She is most known as the voice of the titular character in the Nickelodeon animated series As Told by Ginger. Disney's other voice roles include Vivi Ornitier in Kingdom Hearts II, Menagerie in Superman vs. The Elite, and Imoen in the Baldur's Gate series.

Early life

Disney is the granddaughter of silent film actress Toy Gallagher.{{Cite web |last=Disney |first=Melissa |date=August 23, 2021 |title=Rediscovering Toy Gallagher |url=https://www.melissadisney.com/blog/2021/8/23/rediscovering-toy-gallagher |access-date=May 7, 2025 |website=Melissa Disney |language=en-US}} She has often claimed to be a distant relative of American film producer and businessman Walt Disney.{{cite web |last=Mackelden |first=Amy |date=June 27, 2017 |title=The 'As Told By Ginger' Voice Actor Looks Nothing Like Her Character |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/this-is-what-the-as-told-by-ginger-voice-actor-looks-like-irl-66897 |website=Bustle}} {{Cite news |date=August 27, 2010 |title=CYT Alum Melissa Disney, The Official Voice Of The 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417024004/https://cytglobal.com/cytblog/cyt-alum-melissa-disney-the-official-voice-of-the-2010-primetime-emmy-awards/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=June 27, 2018 |work=CYT Times}}

Career

Disney is one of a small number of women who do voice-over work for film trailers. The trailer for Gone in 60 Seconds, which she voiced in 2000, was one of the first by a major film studio to use a female voice.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=C. Molly|title=Lake Bell's New Movie Asks Why More Women Aren't Used to Narrate Movie Trailers|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lake-bells-a-world-asks-602872|accessdate=February 11, 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 9, 2013}}

She voiced the title character Ginger Foutley in the animated series As Told by Ginger. She is also known for her role as Elora the Faun in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! and Courtney Gears (a parody of Courtney Love and Britney Spears) in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal.

She appeared as the character Melinda Chisney in Lake Bell's directorial debut In a World..., a film about voice artists.{{cite news |last=Scott |first=A.O. |date=August 8, 2013 |title=All Those Voices: Can You Hear Her Now? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/09/movies/lake-bell-stars-in-her-directing-debut-in-a-world.html |accessdate=February 11, 2014 |newspaper=The New York Times}}{{cite news|last=Jacobs|first=Matthew|title=Lake Bell Talks 'In A World,' Mastering Accents, Voice-Over Sexism And William Shatner's Uniqueness|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/07/lake-bell-in-a-world_n_3719882.html|accessdate=February 11, 2014|newspaper=HuffPost|date=August 7, 2013}}

Personal life

Disney is married to actor and writer Ryan Paul James. They were married on October 15, 2010, in San Diego, California.{{cite web|url=http://ryanpauljamesproductions.com/|title=Ryan Paul James' Productions - Ryan Paul James Productions|website=ryanpauljamesproductions.com}}{{cite web|url=http://ryanpauljamesproductions.com/melissa-disney/|title=Ryan Paul James Productions - Melissa Disney|last=Andy Isaacson|website=ryanpauljamesproductions.com}}

Filmography

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1996

|Reasons of the Heart

|Crystal

1998

|Rusty: A Dog's Tale

|Boo (voice)

|{{cite web |title=Melissa Disney (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Melissa-Disney/ |access-date=May 26, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} 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.

2000

|The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus

|Gardenia, Village Girl (voice)

2000

|Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

|Bobbi "Blade" Sommer (voice)

|Direct-to-video

2001

|The Trumpet of the Swan

|Billie (voice)

2003–2009

|Hermie and Friends series