Lacey Chabert

Name:             Lacey Nicole Chabert

Date of Birth:  September 30, 1982

Place of Birth: Purvis, Mississippi, U.S

Lacey Nicole Chabert  is an American actress and voice actress, known for her roles as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five and as Gretchen Wieners in the movie Mean Girls.Lacey Chabert has also provided the voice of Eliza Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys TV show and two feature films, and Meg Griffin during the first production season of the animated sitcom Family Guy.

Early Life

Chabert was born in Purvis, Mississippi, the daughter of Julie and Tony Chabert. Lacey Chabert father is a French-speaking Cajun from Louisiana who worked as a maintenance operations representative for an oil company.Lacey Chabert has a younger brother, T.J., and two older sisters, Wendy and Crissy, one of whom owns a restaurant in Purvis.

Career

Chabert made her debut to the big screen in the late 1990s starring as Penny Robinson in the fantasy-space thriller Lost in space (1998). Since then, she has been the voice of Eliza Thornberry in the animated series The Wild Thornberrys, and has voiced Eliza in two movies, The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) and Rugrats Go Wild (2003). Lacey Chabert provided the voice of Meg Griffin for the first production season of the animated sitcom Family Guy (1999), after which Mila Kunis took over the role.
  Chabert played the title role in The Brooke Ellison Story, a made-for-TV movie produced by Christopher Reeve, based upon a real-life quadriplegic woman who overcame many obstacles to graduate from Harvard. Lacey Chabert starred in Mean Girls (2004) and the made for TV movie Hello Sister, Goodbye Life (2006) on ABC Family. Lacey Chabert appeared in a 2006 remake of Black Christmas. Lacey Chabert appeared in an episode of Ghost Whisperer opposite former Party of Five costar Jennifer Love Hewitt. Lacey Chabert  performed the voice of Princess Elise from the game Sonic the Hedgehog for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Lacey Chabert also voiced Gwen Stacy in the animated series The Spectacular Spider-Man.

Chabert won the 2005 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team for Mean Girls, shared with Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Amanda Seyfried. Lacey Chabert  won both the 1997 and 1998 Hollywood Reporter Annual YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series for Party of Five, and had been nominated three other times for work 1999–2000.The YoungStar awards honor the best film, TV and music performances made exclusively by six to eighteen-year-olds.

In 2007, Chabert starred in the pilot episode of the Fox comedy The Hot Years, which revolved around the lives of four female friends who live together. The pilot was not ordered to series by Fox. Chabert was featured as cover girl of the January 2007 issue of Maxim.

Personal Life

Chabert lives in Southern California, where she moved with her family in 1994 when she began work on Party of Five. Lacey Chabert was "World's Baby Petite" in the "World's Our Little Miss Scholarship Competition" of 1985.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 

Film 1991 Little Piece of Heaven, AA Little Piece of Heaven Princess, or 'Hazal'  

1997 Redux Riding Hood Little Red Voice role 

Babes in Toyland Jill 

Journey Beneath the Sea Merla 

Anastasia Young Anastasia Singing Voice Only (Animation) 

1998 Lion King II: Simba's Pride, TheThe Lion King II: Simba's Pride Young Vitani Voice role 

Lost in Space Penny Robinson  

1999 We Wish You a Merry Christmas Cindy Voice role 

2000 An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island Tanya Mousekewitz 

An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster 

2001 Not Another Teen Movie Amanda Becker  

Tart Eloise Logan  

2002 Hometown Legend Rachel Sawyer  

Balto II: Wolf Quest Aleu Voice role 

Scoundrel's Wife, TheThe Scoundrel's Wife Florida Picou  

Wild Thornberrys Movie, TheThe Wild Thornberrys Movie Eliza Thornberry Voice role 

2003 Rugrats Go Wild 

Daddy Day Care Jenny  

2004 Mean Girls Gretchen Wieners  

Shadow of Fear Allison Henderson  

The Brooke Ellison Story Brooke Ellison Main role 

2005 The Pleasure Drivers Faruza  

Nice Guys Cindy aka High Hopes 

Dirty Deeds Meg  

2006 Be My Baby Tiffany  

Fatwa Noa Goldman  

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman Crista North Voice role 

Black Christmas Dana Mathis  

Hello Sister, Goodbye Life Olivia Martin  

2007 New Wave, AA New Wave Julie  

Being Michael Madsen Vanessa Rapaport  

2008 Thirst Noelle  

Sherman's Way Marcy  

Reach for Me Sarah  

2009 Lost, TheThe Lost Jane  

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Sandra  

In My Sleep Becky  

2010 Flights of Fancy Sandy Pre-production 

Slightly Single in L.A. Dale Squire  

Elevator Girl Liberty (Libby) Taylor  

Year Title Role Notes 

Television 1991 Star Search with Ed McMahon Jr Vocal Finalist  

1993 All My Children Bianca Montgomery #3  

Gypsy Baby June Television movie 

1994–2000 Party of Five Claudia Salinger  

1996–1997 Hey Arnold! Ruth P. McDougal 2 episodes 

1997 When Secrets Kill Jennie Newhall Television movie 

1998–2004 Wild Thornberrys, TheThe Wild Thornberrys Eliza Thornberry Voice role 

1999, 2011 Family Guy Meg Griffin Voice role, (Season 1 Production) (Uncredited) 

Rayman: The Animated Series Betina Voice role, 1 episode 

2002 Punk'd Herself  

2003 Drew Carey Show, TheThe Drew Carey Show Grace 1 episode 

2004 The Brooke Ellison Story Brooke Ellison Television movie 

2005 American Dragon: Jake Long Jasmine Voice role, 1 episode 

2005–2006 Bratz Kaycee Voice role 

2006 Hello Sister, Goodbye Life Olivia Martin Television movie 

Ghost Whisperer Donna Ellis 1 episode, Love Still Won't Die 

2007 What If God Were the Sun? Jamie Spagnoletti Television movie 

2008–2009 Spectacular Spider-Man, TheThe Spectacular Spider-Man Gwen Stacy Voice role (main cast) 

2011–present Young Justice Zatanna Zatara Voice role (recurring) 

2011 Allen Gregory Beth Voice role