Kath Soucie

**Katherine Elaine Soucie** (born February 20, 1967) is an American actress and voice actress known for playing Linka in *Captain Planet & the Planeteers*, Lola Bunny in *Space Jam*, Fifi La Fume in *Tiny Toon Adventures*, Bea in *Mighty Max*, Dexter's Mom in *Dexter's Laboratory*, Maddie Fenton in *Danny Phantom*, Phil, Lil and Betty DeVille in *Rugrats*, Sally Acorn in *Sonic the Hedgehog*, Kat Harvey in *The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper* and Kanga in the *Winnie the Pooh* franchise.

## Biography

Soucie was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

She first studied acting under drama teacher Manu Tupou. After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she began a successful career on the New York stage.

In the late 1970s, Soucie appeared in several television "movies of the week", including *The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel*. However, she soon experienced disappointment with the physical restrictions of on-camera acting. 1986 came her first voice-over job, for three different girls on *Rambo: The Force of Freedom*. Having started her voice acting career, the following year, Soucie played Janine Melnitz on *The Real Ghostbusters*, taking over the role from Laura Summer.

## Filmography

### Animation Dubbing

#### Animated Series

* *The Real Ghostbusters* (1986-1991) - Janine Melnitz (Redub; various eps)
* *The Magician* (1997) - Angel, Faceless, Mona Malone, Eldin Tyrole (ep. 4), Zeline (ep. 5), Zelda (ep. 7, 13), Old Woman (ep. 7), Scarax the Sorceress (ep. 8), Nausica (ep. 9), Nesh Divine (ep. 14), Demonia Deadly (ep. 14), Yukiko (ep. 15), Ava Cheron (ep. 17), Belinda (ep. 20), Jojo (ep. 25), Ulene (eps. 25, 33), Junior (ep. 31), Natasha (ep. 31), Sally Blade (ep. 36), Bodycount (ep. 36)
* *Space Goofs* (1997-2006) - Woman, Hank's wife (ep. 52)
* *Rayman: The Animated Series* (1999) - Betina (3rd voice; ep. 4), Nurse (ep. 3)
* *Totally Spies!* (2001-2013) - Stella (1st voice; eps. 36-37), Hat Shop Worker (ep. 13), Shirley Rogers (ep. 13), Toll (ep. 13), Salon Worker #1 (ep. 29), Salon Worker #2 (ep. 29), Sister #2 (ep. 29), Mrs. Lewis (ep. 36), Jason Hightower (ep. 37)
* *Origami Warriors* (2004) - Jasmine, Teacher
* *Winx Club* (2004-2019) - Countess Cassandra, Nurse Ofelia (Nickelodeon Dub)

### Anime Dubbing

#### Anime

* *Crayon Shin-chan* (1992-present) - Shin Nohara, Misty Nohara (Vitello Dub)
* *Cutie Honey* - Honey Kisaragi, Jimmy Hayami (Phuuz Dub)

#### Anime Films

* *My Neighbor Totoro* (1988) - Mrs. Ogaki (Buena Vista Dub)
* *Kiki's Delivery Service* (1989) - Kiki's Mother (Buena Vista Dub)
* *The Animatrix* (2003) - Masa, Pudgy, Sara

### Video Game Dubbing

* *Dark Cloud 2* (2002) - Elena, Sirus
* *Kingdom Hearts* (2002) - Sora's Mother, Sally, Shock
* *Kingdom Hearts II* (2006) - Sally, Shock
* *Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII* (2013) - Additional Voices
* *World of Final Fantasy* (2016) - Vivi

## External Links

* Kath Soucie on the Internet Movie Database
* Kath Soucie at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

1. ↑ https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-203352/kath-soucie-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people
2. ↑ Thomas S. Hischak (2011), *Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary*, McFarland & Company, p. 197, ISBN 978-0-7864-6271-1