Jessica DICicco

**Jessica Sonya DiCicco** (/ˈdɪtʃiːkoʊ/; born June 10, 1980) is an American actress known for voicing in animated television series and video games. Some of her major voice roles in animation include Maggie in *The Buzz on Maggie* and Flame Princess in *Adventure Time*. She was the voice of Nickelodeon's educational channel block Noggin and Miguzi on Cartoon Network. She received a Daytime Emmy nomination for voicing Malina in *The Emperor's New School.*

## Early life

DiCicco was born on June 10th, 1980, in Los Angeles, California. Her father is television and film actor Bobby DiCicco.[4] Her family moved to New York City when she was young[4][5] and she was raised on the Upper West Side. In second grade, she was selected by Marlo Thomas to appear on the ABC special *Free to Be... A Family*.[6] She was also cast by Francis Ford Coppola in *The Godfather Part III* as an unnamed child,[4][7] and also had a guest role in *Kate and Allie*.[6] She had a small role as young Cindy Zagarella in the 1993 film *Household Saints*.[7] At age 15, she was the photographer on a cover story for *New York* magazine about prep school gangsters, which was published on December 1996.[8][6]

## Career

DiCicco attended Newhouse School at Syracuse University, hoping to learn more about production as she had done mostly on-camera work with Nickelodeon.[6] Before heading to college, she met a Newhouse alum and Nickelodeon producer Mike Pecoriello who offered her an opportunity to be the voice of a developing educational programming network called Noggin.[6] She agreed to do the work while being a student and offered to record promos from Syracuse.[6] She was the voice of Noggin throughout her college years, and graduated in 2002.[7][6] She was also the voice of Miguzi's Erin on Cartoon Network.[9]

In 1998, DiCicco appeared in the NBC miniseries *Witness to the Mob* and in the TV film *In the Nick of Time*.[7] Besides her appearances in television and commercials, DiCicco has worked on stage with several repertory companies. In 1999, DiCicco and her co-stars in the Nickelodeon pilot *Bus No. 9* were nominated a Young Artist Award, but lost to *The Sweetest Gift*.[10] She also starred in a miniseries called *As Our Schoolbus Turns*.[*citation needed*]

As a voice actress, DiCicco had lead roles on *The Buzz on Maggie*, *The Emperor's New School*, *Loonatics Unleashed*, and *Shuriken School*. She had recurring roles on *The Replacements*, *El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera*, *American Dragon: Jake Long*, *Bratz*, and *All Grown Up!*.[9] She co-starred as Shelby in the DreamWorks film *Over the Hedge* and voiced Gwen on Amy Poehler's television series for Nickelodeon, *The Mighty B!*.[9] DiCicco was the voice of Master Viper in the *Kung Fu Panda* short film *Secrets of the Furious Five*.[9] In 2012, she joined the Cartoon Network show *Adventure Time* in its third season, where she voiced Flame Princess; the show has now run over seven seasons.[11] She also voiced in *Pound Puppies* and *Gravity Falls*. She also voices Lynn and Lucy Loud in the Nickelodeon animated series, *The Loud House*. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2008 for her performance as Malina on *The Emperor's New School*, but lost to Eartha Kitt, who did Yzma in the same series.[12] Currently DiCicco provides the voice of Toby the cactus and the sounds of the mule Clementine on *Sheriff Callie's Wild West*.

DiCicco has also contributed to several video games, including *Psychonauts*, *Kingdom Hearts II*, *Hot Shots Tennis*, and *Pimp My Ride*.[9]