Grey Griffin

DeLisle at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2020

**Grey DeLisle** (/dəˈlaɪl/; born August 24, 1973), sometimes credited as **Grey Griffin**, is an American voice actress, comedian and singer-songwriter. Her roles include Vicky from *The Fairly OddParents*, Samantha "Sam" Manson from *Danny Phantom*, Mandy from *The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy*, Frankie Foster, Duchess and Goo from *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends*, Ingrid Giraffe, Nurse Gazelle and Lupe Toucan from My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Riley Daring from *The Replacements*, Frida Suarez from El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Azula from *Avatar: The Last Airbender*, Yumi Yoshimura from *Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi*, Kimiko Tohomiko from *Xiaolin Showdown*, Lily Loud from *The Loud House*, Queen Butterfly and Jackie Lynn Thomas from *Star vs. the Forces of Evil*, Kitty Katswell from T.U.F.F. Puppy, Wubbzy from *Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!* and Prince Puppycorn from *Unikitty!.* As of 2001, she is the voice of Daphne Blake in the *Scooby-Doo* franchise. In video games, she voices characters such as Amanda Valenciano Libre in *Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker*, Jacqueline Natla in the *Tomb Raider* series, Catwoman in the *Batman: Arkham* series, and Nova in *StarCraft* series and *Heroes of the Storm*. On September 27, 2018, she released her debut comedy act, titled "My First Comedy Special".

On November 10, 2019, *The Simpsons* producers announced that DeLisle would replace Russi Taylor as the voice of Martin Prince and Sherri and Terri, after Taylor's death in July 2019.

## Biography

### Early life and career

DeLisle was born in Fort Ord, California, to truck driver George Van Oosbree and singer Joanna Ruth. Her parents separated when she was young. She has one younger brother. DeLisle's mother became a born-again Pentecostal when she was eleven and she was later raised by her maternal grandmother, Eva Flores, a vocalist who performed with salsa musician Tito Puente. She credits her father's love of country music as the biggest influence on her musical taste. She attended Chula Vista High School in the same graduating class as Mario Lopez. In her late teens, she started singing old gospel tunes, and entered the world of comedy on the advice of a friend. In her comedy routine, DeLisle imitated voices. Her impressions earned the attention of a casting director and was advised to take up voice acting. At this time, she went back to her musical ambitions but also took classes in voice-overs. She soon began working with talent agent Sandy Schnarr.

In the *Scooby-Doo* franchise, DeLisle began voicing Daphne Blake with the direct-to-video film *Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase*, a role she inherited from her friend and teacher Mary Kay Bergman following the latter's suicide. She later said of Bergman, "It was an interesting turn of events to get to play Daphne, but I'm so glad that I have the role, and I was glad that I was able to carry that on for her. She set the bar very high." DeLisle also credited the work for helping her maintain her music career, stating "I think Daphne just saved country music." In 2019, Warner Bros. announced that Amanda Seyfried would be voicing Daphne in the animated film *Scoob!* instead of DeLisle. Both DeLisle and Matthew Lillard, the voice of Shaggy Rogers since 2010, were upset about not being contacted about the decision to recast their roles for the film.

DeLisle has also done some modeling; she appears on the cover art for the 2017 Nintendo Switch game *1-2-Switch* as the woman on the upper-right corner, with her nose doctored to be larger than it actually is.

### Personal life

Her first marriage was to Christopher DeLisle in 1992. The two later divorced in 1993.[*citation needed*] In 2002, she married Murry Hammond of the country band Old 97's; their courtship and wedding were featured in an episode of *A Wedding Story*. She gave birth to their son Jefferson Texas "Tex" Hammond in 2007. They divorced in 2010. She later met Jared Griffin through Twitter, and the two married on June 27, 2012. The couple's son Harlan was born in 2014, and a daughter named Mariposa followed in 2016. Their marriage ended the following year.

## Credits

**Disclaimer: Sorry, there were too many roles to list off, so we listed the more noteworthy roles this actor/actress does**

### The Loud House

* Lily Loud
* Geo
* Zach Gurdle
* Carlitos Casagrande
* Mrs. Bernardo
* Flat Tire
* Girl #2 (1)
* Zombie Girl
* Twin girls
* Giggles
* Leon
* Coach Keck
* Buttery Voiced Narrator

## Trivia

* According to Griffin, she was told by Lara Jill Miller about the show's auditioning and that Lily had yet to be cast. Despite being 11 times older than the character, she still managed to do convincing baby sounds; this was enough to not only convince creator Paul Winchell to give her the role, but also have her voice the hamster Geo. This made her the first child actress in any of Winchell's shows to voice both a baby and a pet.
* At 11 years old, Grey Griffin was the second-youngest voice actress hired for the show, the youngest being both Jessica DiCicco and Liliana Mumy, who were actually infants at the time their voices were used for Lily.
* With a total of 50 roles each, Griffin and Lara Jill Miller did the second-most roles in *The Loud House*, the most being done by Frank Welker at 75.
* Griffin, Mel Blanc, Dom DeLuise, Lara Jill Miller and Frank Welker were the only actors to appear in every episode of *The Loud House*.
* Both Griffin and Lara Jill Miller were mentored by Paul Winchell himself on voice acting and vocal range.