# Eliza Schneider

Eliza Jane Schneider is an American actress, singer, playwright, dialect coach and dialectologist. She has appeared on television and as a voice over actress on video games and animations. She also performs various musical and stage shows.

## Early life and television work

Schneider spent her formative years on a Chippewa reservation in Bemidji, Minnesota with her two older brothers in a mostly Jewish family. She moved to New York at the age of 8. Her father became a math and drama teacher at the School of Arts High School in Rochester, New York, where she graduated as salutatorian. Her mother was an attorney for the reservation. She started playing violin, which she learned from her grandfather, learning the Suzuki method, after seeing L Shenkar. When she was sixteen, she was in her first musical group, IT'S MY PARTY! From ages 7–20, she went to Jewish summer camp, becoming a counselor, and started performing on stage. By the time she was in the fourth grade she began writing and performing her own plays, because the teacher told her that she would only be allowed to stage a play if she "wrote, produced, directed." Four years later she was chosen for a part in Annie; Schneider's parents would not let her tour with the troupe after being cast. She participated in a theater program at Northwestern University's National High School Institute and graduated from UCLA in 1994 as a world arts and cultures major.
While in college she continued going to auditions and got the role of Sheila Brentwood in the television series The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys. For the show she was allowed to cast the actors who played her parents. After the show got canceled, she replaced Alanna Ubach as the assistant and co-host for the second and third seasons of Beakman's World.

## Dialect research and stage shows

For her college senior thesis, Schneider made a cross-country road tour in a former ambulance studying regional dialects. During her research into accents, she "visited all the English-speaking countries in the world, conducting more than 7,000 interviews over all." From the interviews she created a one-woman show called Freedom of Speech in which she tells the stories of 34 people in their voices. The various quotes are combined into a story. When interviewed about the shows by Western Washington University newspaper The Western Front, she explained that "People in America today are scared to speak up and tell their perspective on what our nation is or where it is going... I wanted to repeat the peoples' words verbatim so the audience could develop their own perspective." Using a semi-autobiographical approach, Schneider links the quotes and stories together, saying "it’s really a love story about a petulant girl who starts out hating America for perpetuating hate. She begins collecting sounds and winds up falling in love with her country." The show won the 2003 New York International Fringe Festival award for "Best Solo Show".
Her ensuing solo show, Words of the Prophets, is composed partially of quotes from "homeless people all over the world."
In 2008, Schneider wrote a play called "Sounds of Silence: A Documentary Puppet Musical Farce" about the 2004 United States election voting controversies in Ohio.

## Music and voiceover work

When explaining about her dialect and musical interest she said: "You know how they talk about a photographic memory? That’s not actually how my mind works. It’s aural. I remember what I hear...when I try to do a piece onstage, I hear the next words [they actually said]. I hear the rest of the monologue. It takes every bit of strength and intellect that I have to control that." In a 2013 interview, she explained that "to me, music, voice, voices of the people, play writing, dialect, language, violin – it all springs from the same well of fascination with sound."
Schneider also provided voice acting on the popular animated comedy South Park. Alongside Mona Marshall, she replaced Mary Kay Bergman in many roles following her death by suicide. In 2003, while Marshall continued to provide voices, Schneider left over the show's producers' refusal to extend her a union contract. She was replaced by April Stewart in 2004. During this time, Schneider was part of Honey Pig, an all-female country music trio.

## Personal life

Schneider and her partner, Roger Ray, have a son named Raiden Daniel. Schneider is working as a violin instructor for her son and other children.
In 2012, Schneider joined the cast of Spider Baby the Musical for a San Diego performance, playing the role of Emily Howe.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993–1995 | Beakman's World | Liza | |
| 1997 | Johnny Bravo | Lola (voice) | Episode: "Berry the Butler" |
| 1999–2003 | South Park | Various characters (voice) | |
| 2002 | The Zeta Project | Jenny (voice) | Episode: "The Wrong Morph" |
| 2002 | Girlfriends | Tanya | Episode: "Sister, Sister" |
| 2003 | Invader Zim | Moofy (voice) | Episode: "The Girl Who Cried Gnome" |
| 2007 | Squirrel Boy | Martha (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Popzilla | Various characters (voice) | |
| 2011 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Paula von Gunther, Georgette Taylor (voice) | Episode: "The Scorn of the Star Sapphire!" |
| 2015–2016 | Sanjay and Craig | Various voices | |
| 2018 | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Mrs. Cuddles (voice) | Episode: "Mrs. Cuddles" |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Foodfight! | Sweet Older Lady (voice) | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2004 | The Bard's Tale | Additional voices |
| 2004 | EverQuest II | Additional voices |
| 2006 | Neopets: Petpet Adventures: The Wand of Wishing | Earth Fairy Guardian |
| 2006 | Kingdom Hearts II | Elizabeth Swann |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow | Elizabeth Swann, Nassau Villager |
| 2006 | Saints Row | Stilwater Resident |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Elizabeth Swann |
| 2007 | Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer | Teen, Gnome, Lienna |
| 2009 | Shadow Complex | Claire Duncan |
| 2009 | Assassin's Creed II | Rebecca Crane |
| 2009 | Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time | Valkyrie |
| 2010 | Dragon Age: Origins | Various voices |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | White Queen, Red Flower, Rosemary |
| 2010 | Blade Kitten | Justice Kreel, Terra-Gin |
| 2010 | Fallout: New Vegas | Female Sorrow |
| 2010 | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood | Rebecca Crane |
| 2010 | Assassin's Creed Revelations | Rebecca Crane |
| 2010 | Yogi Bear | Campers |
| 2010 | The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest | Eowyn |
| 2010 | Epic Mickey | Additional voices |
| 2011 | Captain America: Super Soldier | Hydra Forces |
| 2011 | Call of Juarez: The Cartel | Additional voices |
| 2011 | Saints Row: The Third | Additional voices |
| 2011 | Final Fantasy XIII-2 | Additional voices |
| 2012 | Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning | Windemere Maid |
| 2012 | Diablo III | Additional voices |
| 2012 | Assassin's Creed III | Rebecca Crane |
| 2013 | Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time | Miss Decibel |
| 2013 | The Last of Us | Additional voices |
| 2013 | Saints Row IV | Additional voices |
| 2013 | Grand Theft Auto V | Additional voices |
| 2013 | Infinity Blade III | Additional voices |
| 2013 | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Rebecca Crane |
| 2014 | Diablo III: Reaper of Souls | Female Necromancer |
| 2014 | Skylanders: Trap Team | Mags, Bat Spin |
| 2014 | Lego Ninjago: Nindroids | Nya |
| 2015 | Final Fantasy Type-0 HD | Arecia Al-Rashia |
| 2015 | Skylanders: SuperChargers | Mags, Bat Spin |
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Nya/Samurai X |
| 2015 | Assassin's Creed Syndicate | Rebecca Crane |
| 2015 | Call of Duty: Black Ops III | Additional voices |
| 2016 | Lego Marvel's Avengers | Pepper Potts |
| 2016 | Final Fantasy XV | Additional voices |
| 2017 | Prey | Mikhaila Ilyushin |
| 2017 | LawBreakers | Bomchelle |
| 2017 | Middle-earth: Shadow of War | Humans |
| 2017 | Agents of Mayhem | Agent Rama |
| 2019 | Kingdom Hearts III | Elizabeth Swann |
| 2020 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | Rebecca Crane |
| 2023 | Disney Speedstorm | Elizabeth Swann |
| 2023 | DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing | Bridget |