Monica Lee Gradischek
{{short description|American actress}}
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Monica Lee Gradischek (born December 15, 1971) is an American actress and voice actress for animation, commercials, and video games as well as performing arts.
During her theater career, she played Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly!, starring Carol Channing. A review in 1996 called her characterization "a helium-voiced hoot".{{Cite news |last=Watts |first=James D. Jr. |date=September 30, 1996 |title=Review 'Hello, Dolly!' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-review-hello-dolly/162691334/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |work=Tulsa World |via=Newspapers.com}}
Film and television roles
- Sunshine – Emily "Sunshine" Miranda – (Winner Best Comedy, Mini DV Festival 2004, LA)
- Related – Co-Star
- As the World Turns – Recurring
- All My Children – Guest Star
- Duck – Co-Star
- Boom Man – Housewife from Hell
- Off the Leash – Self
- The Fresh Beat Band – Ms. Piccolo
- Wizards of Waverly Place – Lunch Lady
- Bones – Hair Customer
- Melissa & Joey – Woman
- The Mindy Project – Mrs. Molloy
- All the Way to the Top – Julia (also served as casting director)
- Hollywood – Lucille Reimann
=Animation=
- Squirrel Boy – Darlene
- Rocket Power – Various Children
- Sniz and Fondue – Bianca
- The Simpsons – Various Children
- Shrek 2 (Trailer) – Lead Singer
- Prickles, The Cactus (Pilot) (shown on What a Cartoon!) – Prickles
- Bad Jenny (Pilot) – Mom
Theater
- Bark! The Musical – Boo – (The Coast Playhouse)
- Mame – Cousin Fan – (Hollywood Bowl)
- Without a Net Improv – Member – (NYC Improv Group)
- About Face – Maggie – (BMI Theatre)
- Fireflies in the Sun – Linda – (Greenwich Theatre)
- Gatsby Concert – Lucinda the Maid – (Time Warner Theatre)
- Working – Waitress – (Circle in the Square Theatre)
- Annie – Lead role as Annie{{Cite news |date=June 24, 1987 |title=Jeannette girl stars in 'Annie' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-jeannette-girl-star/162691289/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |work=The Pittsburgh Press |via=Newspapers.com}}
=Broadway=
- Grease – Frenchy
- Hello, Dolly! – Minnie Fay
- More To Love – Maxine
Video games
- RTX Red Rock (2003) – I.R.I.S.
- Barbie Rapunzel – Rapunzel
- ABCmouse.com – Granny Franny
References
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External links
- [http://www.seemonicalee.com/ Official Website]
- {{IMDb name|id=1531745|name=Monica Lee Gradischek}}
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Category:American voice actresses
Category:People from Jeannette, Pennsylvania
Category:New York University alumni
Category:Actresses from Pennsylvania