Nicole Sullivan

**Nicole Julianne Sullivan** (born April 21, 1970) is an American actress, voice artist and comedian. Sullivan is best known for her six seasons (1995–2001) on the FOX sketch comedy TV series *MADtv* and five seasons (2001–2005, 2007) playing the role of Holly Shumpert on the CBS-TV sitcom *The King of Queens*.

## Career

Nicole played a recurring character, Jill Tracy, on the ABC-TV sitcom series *Scrubs* and voiced the villainous Shego in Disney's *Kim Possible*. She had recurring voice roles on Family Guy and voiced "Franny Robinson" in Disney's *Meet the Robinsons*. From 2008 to 2009, Nicole starred in and was the lead of her own Lifetime television series *Rita Rocks*. Also, from 2008-13, she voiced the character Marlene in the Nickolodeon animated series *The Penguins of Madagascar*. Sullivan played Jules' (Courteney Cox) therapist, Lynn Mettler, on the ABC-TV comedy series *Cougar Town*. Recently, she portrayed Lyla in the Disney channel original movie *Let It Shine*. In 2013, she starred in the short-lived Nickelodeon sitcom *Wendell and Vinnie* as Wilma Basset.

### MADtv

Sullivan was among the original cast members on *MADtv* when it premiered in 1995. She created numerous characters; her most popular was the mean-spirited Vancome Lady. Sullivan's other characters included *X-News* reporter Amy, dimwitted Antonia, Eracists leader Debbie, *News at 6'*s Diane Lawyer-Trabajo (pronounced "trebalyo"), racist country singer Darlene McBride, and Latina bimbo Lida. Sullivan appeared with Michael McDonald in a *MADtv* sketch about making an audition tape to appear on *Law & Order* that mocked their acting prowess; she later guest-starred in the *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* season one episode "Contact". Sullivan was featured in the Nov/Dec 2009 issue of Making Music Magazine.

### Voice acting projects

Sullivan was originally cast as Turanga Leela, one of the main characters in the FOX animated TV series *Futurama* but the role was recast with Katey Sagal before the show went to air.

Sullivan has voiced Marlene the Otter on *The Penguins of Madagascar* – a spin-off series from the successful hit movies *Madagascar*, *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa*, and *Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted* – which aired on Nickelodeon, Shego on *Kim Possible*; Joan of Arc on *Clone High*; Mira Nova on *Buzz Lightyear of Star Command*; and Joan on the *Family Guy* episode, "I Take Thee Quagmire", along with several other one time voices on the show. Sullivan has also starred in a pilot called *Me and My Needs* that was rejected by ABC. She played Franny Robinson in *Meet the Robinsons*. Also, Sullivan was a voice actor in the *Monsters, Inc.* video game. She played Luna in the 2007 video game *Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters*. In 2012, she also provided the voice of Supergirl in *Super Best Friends Forever*, a series of animated shorts which aired on Cartoon Network's DC Nation block. She is currently reprising the role of Supergirl in the follow-on series DC Super Hero Girls.

## References

1. ↑ Features – Garage Groove. Makingmusicmag.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved on July 3, 2011.
2. ↑ Ken P. (August 22, 2005). IGN Interviews Billy West. Retrieved on August 22, 2005.
3. ↑ David Itzkoff (June 24, 2010). ‘Futurama’-Rama: Welcome Back to the World of Tomorrow. Retrieved on July 8, 2010.
4. ↑ MTV Geek – Interview: Becoming ‘Super Best Friends Forever’ With Lauren Faust. Geek-news.mtv.com (March 2, 2012). Retrieved on November 4, 2012.
5. ↑ Barr, Calvin (February 15, 2019). “DC Super Hero Girls”: Sweet Justice Trailer Previews Cartoon Network Series.