Dionne Quan
OccupationVoice actress
Years active1995–2015
Notable work

Dionne Quan is an American retired voice actress, known for her roles as Kimi Watanabe in Rugrats and Trixie Tang in The Fairly OddParents.

Early life

Quan was born in Lexington, Massachusetts to Lori and Daryl Quan, who ran a sewing machine and vacuum store in Vallejo, California.[1] She is legally blind, having been born with optic nerve hypoplasia.[1] Quan grew up in San Francisco, California.[2]

When she was ten, her father heard a radio interview with a teacher who instructed students in voice-over acting, and he immediately enrolled Dionne for lessons.[3] She obtained her first voice work at the age of 14 for television commercials[1] and acted in high school productions.[4] Quan graduated from Benicia High School in 1998.[4]

Career

Quan was cast as Kimi Watanabe in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000),[5] her film debut.[6] She continued playing the role on the series itself, Rugrats,[7] Rugrats Go Wild (2003)[8] and the spinoff All Grown Up!.[9][10] Quan provided the voices of Trixie Tang in The Fairly OddParents[11] as well as Yasmin in the Bratz franchise.[4]

Due to her disability, Quan was given scripts written in Braille as opposed to standard lettering.[12][13]

Filmography

Film and television

Year Title Role Notes
1995–1996 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat Additional voices Uncredited
1998 Cow and Chicken Girl "Buffalo Gals/Cow and Chicken Reclining"
I Am Weasel Girl "I Am My Lifetime"
Adventures from the Book of Virtues Mari "Charity", Credited as Dione Quon
Oh Yeah! Cartoons Queen Rapsheeba
1998–2000 The Wild Thornberrys Shi Shou, additional voices "Dragon Me Along", "Gobi Yourself", "Black and White and Mom All Over", "Naimina Enkiyio"
2000–2006 Rugrats Kimi Watanabe Finster, additional voices
2000 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Kimi Watanabe Finster
2001 The Mummy Ishi "Eruption"
2001–2011 The Fairly OddParents Trixie Tang
2002 Jackie Chan Adventures Unnamed character "The King and Jade"
2003–2008 All Grown Up! Kimi Watanabe Finster
2003 Rugrats Go Wild
Clifford's Puppy Days Jenny "Celebrating Spring/Garden Delights", "Clifford's Clubhouse/Hup-Hup"
2005–2006 Bratz Yasmin
2005 Bratz: Rock Angelz
Kitty's Dish Lily
2006 Bratz: Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz Yasmin
Shorty McShorts' Shorts Kodama Twins "Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing"
Me, Eloise Yuko
Bratz: Genie Magic Yasmin
2013 Bratz Go to Paris: The Movie
2015 Curious George Lily, Aunt Ling "George's Curious Dragon Dance/Bowling for Bobolinks"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
1998 The ClueFinders Math Adventures The Village Girl
2000 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Kimi Watanabe Finster
2002 Rugrats: Royal Ransom Uncredited
2003 Rugrats Go Wild
2005 Bratz: Rock Angelz Yasmin
2006 Bratz: Forever Diamondz
2007 Bratz: The Movie
2007 Driver 76 Chen Chi [14]
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Singapore Townsfolk
2009 Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Suzy Tan

References

  1. ^ a b c Fields-Meyer, Thomas (December 11, 2000). "Baby Talk". People. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  2. ^ "Meet Dionne Quan". The Call-Leader. October 21, 2003. p. 10.
  3. ^ Kendrick, Deborah (January 27, 2002). "Blind actress on 'Rugrats'". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c "Little voices in her head". Vallejo Times-Herald. November 9, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Willis, John; Monush, Barry (March 25, 2002). Screen World 2001. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 147. ISBN 9781557834782.
  6. ^ Stein, Ruthe (November 17, 2000). "A Benicia Woman Gives Voice to a Brand-New Rugrat". San Francisco Gate. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  7. ^ Moran, Maria-Belen (February 20, 2001). "New 'Rugrats' character voiced by blind actress". Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. 10.
  8. ^ Beck, Jerry (October 28, 2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. p. 237. ISBN 9781569762226.
  9. ^ Shattuck, Kathryn (November 23, 2003). "FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; Just a Bunch of Big Babies". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  10. ^ Terrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 28. ISBN 9780786486410.
  11. ^ Perlmutter, David (May 4, 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 187. ISBN 9781538103746.
  12. ^ Behbehani, Mandy (April 15, 2008). "Vocal Hero". Marin Magazine. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  13. ^ Kent, Deborah (January 1, 2012). What Is Braille?. Enslow Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 9780766037700.
  14. ^ Sumo Digital; Ubisoft Reflections. Driver 76. Ubisoft. Scene: Ending credits, 2:32:09 in, Voice Actors.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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