Emily Gray plays title lead in Nickelodeon’s “Olivia”…
(Burbank, CA) In Nickelodeon’s animated series “Olivia”, the piglet star may not oink, but ProScout OC event alum Emily Gray still hits all the right notes in voicing the highly popular animated series to life. The babyish voice of Olivia, with just a hint of whine, is pitch-perfect thanks to Emily.
Emily is pitch perfect as Olivia on Nickelodeon
Houston-born but San Diego raised, she attended ProScout in 2007 and snagged ten callbacks. After being signed by Osbrink Talent (LA), she’s appeared in numerous commercials, print ads – and is currently recording the second season of “Olivia” on Nickelodeon.
When her agent set up the Olivia audition, Emily pored over Olivia books while her mother drove from their San Diego home to Los Angeles. Although she had read the books prior to auditioning, Emily needed a refresher on Olivia’s “let-me-do-it” character, she said.
“I guess they believed I could manage a 6¾-year-old girl’s voice, so I got the part,” said Emily, who is well past picture books – she has completed the entire Twilight series. She turned age thirteen in December.
Emily identifies with Olivia’s optimism. “She’s outgoing, and she likes to try new things. She’s almost always happy,” Emily says, describing her title character. “I’m kind of like that. I try not to get discouraged a lot, but nobody can be perfect.”
Olivia’s character is a self-confident dynamo that wears black, red and white fashion and concocts imaginative schemes involving her family and friends. Many children know the series - the first Olivia book won the 2001 Caldecott Honor. Olivia went on to save the circus (2001), search for a missing toy (2003), form a band (2006) and help with Christmas (2007). In 2006, Olivia was featured on a U.S. stamp as part of the Favorite Children’s Book Animals collection and eventually became a popular merchandising character.
Nickelodeon has ordered 26 CGI-animated half-hour episodes to air weekday mornings, and the second season is underway.
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