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Nicole Julianne Sullivan (born April 21, 1970) is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian.
Nicole Sullivan is best known for her six seasons (1995-2001) on the sketch comedy series MADtv and five seasons (2001-2005, 2007) on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. She also played a recurring character on Scrubs. She voices the villainous Shego in Disney's Kim Possible television series, Drew from Cartoon Network's The Secret Saturdays, and Louise on the ABC Family series Slacker Cats.

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Nicole Julianne Sullivan (born April 21, 1970) is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian.
Nicole Sullivan is best known for her six seasons (1995-2001) on the sketch comedy series MADtv and five seasons (2001-2005, 2007) on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. She also played a recurring character on Scrubs. She voices the villainous Shego in Disney's Kim Possible television series, Drew from Cartoon Network's The Secret Saturdays, and Louise on the ABC Family series Slacker Cats. She also had recurring voice roles on Family Guy. She also has played a part in Disney's Meet the Robinsons as "Franny Robinson." In October 2008, Sullivan starred in the Lifetime TV show Rita Rocks. She also has played a part in Disney's Chelsea Daniels of the Diamond as "Lenda Baxter."
Early life
Sullivan was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Madonna, an antiques dealer, and Edward C. Sullivan, a New York State assemblyman. She is of Irish, Swedish, Norwegian and German ancestry. She took dance classes at age 7 and performed in Off Broadway and Broadway productions with the First All-Children’s Theatre. Sullivan's mother, a business woman, and her father, who represented Manhattan's 69th Assembly District in the New York State Assembly from 1977 to 2002, moved the family upstate to Middleburgh, New York in 1982. While at middle school, she did well enough academically to skip a grade, and later at high school was treasurer during her junior year and class president during her senior year. She played soccer in high school, recorded statistics for the boys’ basketball team and was a member of student council.
After graduating as 's class valedictorian, in 1987, she attended Northwestern University as a theatre major. She studied William Shakespeare, Harold Pinter, Anton Chekov, Henrik Ibsen and Greek tragedies, while working two jobs to pay her way through college and writing plays and sketches for the student theatre. Sullivan spent her junior year in London, studying at the British American Drama Academy and became a member of the Greenwich Shakespeare Company. Sullivan graduated Northwestern with honors, then moved to Los Angeles before getting sporadic guest-starring roles.
Career
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 6s 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 episode "Contact".
Sullivan's impersonations included Britney Spears, Drew Barrymore, Justin Timberlake, Hillary Clinton, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jennifer Aniston, Nancy Reagan, Meg Ryan, Celine Dion, Melanie Griffith, Kathie Lee Gifford, Uma Thurman, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kim Cattrall, Anne Robinson, Helen Hunt, Edie Falco (as Carmella Soprano from The Sopranos), Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton, and Lucille Ball (as Lucy Ricardo in a trio of I Love Lucy parodies), and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
She left the show in 2001.
Television appearances
Sullivan has made appearances in the following shows:
According to Jim American Dad! Baby Blues Boston Legal Clone High Crank Yankers CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Diagnosis Murder Family Guy Fired Up Herman's Head Hot Properties Kim Possible King of Queens Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Later (as guest and host) Less Than Perfect Leverage Miss Match Models Inc. Monk Party of Five Pepper Ann Reba Rita Rocks Secret Saturdays Scrubs Suddenly Susan Titus Thank God You're Here The Suite Life of Zack & Cody The Secret Saturdays It's Me or the Dog Chelsea Daniels of the Diamond
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 1997 | Fairfax Fandango | | | | 2002 | Bar Hopping | Mara | | | 2002 | The Third Wheel | Sally | | | 2005 | Guess Who | Liz Klein | | | 2005 | Barry Dingle | Ethel Shivers | | | 2005 | The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend | Pregnant Make-Out Girl | | | 2005 | "Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet" | The Letter A | Also stars Stephen Colbert as The Letter Z | | 2006 | One Sung Hero | Nancy Nosenchuck | | | 2007 | Meet the Robinsons | Franny Robinson | | | 2008 | Superhero Movie | Rick Riker's Mother | | | 2009 | Black Dynamite | Pat Nixon | |
Voice acting projects
Sullivan has voiced 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 plays Franny Robinson in Meet the Robinsons. Also, Sullivan was a voice actor in the Monsters, Inc. video game, but not in the film of the same name, despite what many sources state. She was originally cast in the cartoon series Futurama to play Turanga Leela; however, she was replaced by Katey Sagal by the time the show aired.
Voice credits
Personal life
Sullivan is married to actor Jason Packham. On May 12, 2007, Sullivan gave birth to a son, Dashel Pierce Packham, via caesarean section. The couple are expecting their second son in summer 2009.
Sullivan won the first edition of Celebrity Poker Showdown. Her charity was Alley Cat Allies, a national advocacy group for feral and homeless cats, which received $100,000 as a result of her victory.
She appeared on the show It's Me or the Dog along with her 4 dogs to combat their peeing, barking problems. One of her dogs has taken her to court due to incessant barking at all hours.
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