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{{short description|American voice actress}}
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{{Infobox person {{Infobox person
| name = Dionne Quan | name = Dionne Quan
| image = | image = DionneQuanRugratsinParispremiere.jpg
| imagesize = | imagesize =
| caption = | caption = Quan at the premiere of '']'' in 2000
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1978|10|20}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|10|20}}
| birth_place = ], U.S. | birth_place = ], U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Voice actress<ref>{{cite news|title= Blind actress on 'Rugrats' |publisher= Cincinnati Enquirer|date=|url= http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/01/27/tem_blind_actress_on.html|accessdate=2010-08-28}}</ref>
| years_active = 1992–present | years_active = 1995–2015, 2024–present
| spouse = | notable_works = {{Plainlist|
* Voice of ] in '']''
* Voice of Trixie Tang in '']''
}} }}
| spouse =
{{Update|date=August 2015|inaccurate=yes}}
}}
'''Dionne Quan''' (born October 20, 1978) is an American ].
'''Dionne Quan''' (born October 20, 1978) is an American actress, known for her roles as ] in '']'' and Trixie Tang in '']''.

==Early life==
Quan was born in ] to Lori and Daryl Quan, who ran a sewing machine and vacuum store in ].<ref name="fields-meyer">{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/archive/baby-talk-vol-54-no-25/|title=Baby Talk|last=Fields-Meyer|first=Thomas|date=December 11, 2000|magazine=People Magazine|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> She is ], having been born with ].<ref name="fields-meyer"/> Quan grew up in ].<ref>{{cite news |date=October 21, 2003 |title=Meet Dionne Quan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/90646194/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The Call-Leader |page=10 |via=]}}</ref>


When she was ten, her father heard a radio interview with a teacher who instructed students in voice-over acting, and he immediately enrolled Dionne for lessons.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|last=Kendrick|first=Deborah|title= Blind actress on 'Rugrats' |newspaper=]|date=January 27, 2002|url= http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/01/27/tem_blind_actress_on.html|accessdate=August 28, 2010}}</ref> She obtained her first voice work at the age of 14 for ]<ref name="fields-meyer"/> and acted in high school productions.<ref name="herald">{{cite news|url= https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2007/11/09/little-voices-in-her-head/amp/|title=Little voices in her head|date=November 9, 2007|newspaper=]|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> Quan graduated from ] in 1998.<ref name="herald"/>
Quan, a ], was born in ] to Lori and Daryl Quan. She is ], having been born with ]. Her acting scripts are written in ] for her. She obtained her first voice work at the age of 14 for ].


==Career==
She is the voice of ], a character from the ] television show '']'' and '']''. She was first introduced in the second Rugrats movie, '']''. She is the youngest actor in the cast. She the voice actor like Season 10 of Dionne Quan also has a Character of Trixie Tang regular role on The tenth season of '']'' Season 10 Coming in 2016 (Season 10 as ]). In 2005, she voiced Yasmin in '']''.
Quan was cast as Kimi Watanabe in '']'' (2000),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Willis|first1=John|author-link1=John A. Willis|last2=Monush|first2=Barry|date=March 25, 2002|title=Screen World 2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0G3hog_c2kC&q=dionne+quan&pg=PA1873-IA1|page=147|publisher=]|isbn=9781557834782}}</ref> her film debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/A-Benicia-Woman-Gives-Voice-to-a-Brand-New-Rugrat-3302483.php|title=A Benicia Woman Gives Voice to a Brand-New Rugrat|last=Stein|first=Ruthe|date=November 17, 2000|website=]|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> She continued playing the role on the series itself, '']'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Moran|first=Maria-Belen|date=February 20, 2001|title=New 'Rugrats' character voiced by blind actress|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS20010220.1.10&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-dionne+quan-------1|newspaper=]|page=10}}</ref> '']'' (2003)<ref>{{cite book|last=Beck|first=Jerry|author-link=Jerry Beck|date=October 28, 2005|title=The Animated Movie Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTI1yeZd-tkC&q=dionne+quan+the+animated+movie+guide&pg=PA237|page=237|publisher=]|isbn=9781569762226}}</ref> and the spinoff '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/23/tv/for-young-viewers-just-a-bunch-of-big-babies.html|title=FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; Just a Bunch of Big Babies|last=Shattuck|first=Kathryn|date=November 23, 2003|website=]|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Terrace|first=Vincent|date=January 10, 2014|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&q=dionne+quan&pg=PA28|page=28|publisher=]|edition=2nd|isbn=9780786486410}}</ref> Quan provided the voices of Trixie Tang in '']''<ref>{{cite book|last=Perlmutter|first=David|date=May 4, 2018|title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMFTDwAAQBAJ&q=dionne+quan&pg=PA187|page=187|publisher=]|isbn=9781538103746}}</ref> as well as Yasmin in the '']'' franchise.<ref name="herald"/>


Due to her disability, Quan was given scripts written in ] as opposed to standard lettering.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marinmagazine.com/vocal-hero/|title=Vocal Hero|last=Behbehani|first=Mandy|date=April 15, 2008|website=Marin Magazine|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Deborah|date=January 1, 2012|title=What Is Braille?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FhGL_chsd0gC&q=dionne+quan&pg=PP29|page=29|publisher=]|isbn=9780766037700}}</ref>
More recently, she was on ] '']'', in the episode, "Dudley and Nester Do Nothing", as the Kodama Twins.


== Filmography ==
==Film and television credits==


===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable" {| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of film and television credits
|- |-
! Year ! Year
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! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Notes
|- |-
| rowspan="3" |1998
| 2001–present
|'']''
| ''{{sortname|The|Fairly OddParents}}''
|Girl
| Trixie Tang (Season 10–present)
|Episode: "I Am My Lifetime"
| Season 10, in production
|- |-
| '']''
| 2000-<br />2006
| Mari
| Episode: "Charity"; credited as Dione Quon
|-
| '']''
| Queen Rapsheeba
| Episode: "'']'': Rapunzel"
|-
| 1998{{ndash}}2000
| '']''
| Shi Shou, additional voices
| 4 episodes<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Dionne Quan (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Dionne-Quan/ |access-date=April 12, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
| 2000–2006
| '']'' | '']''
| Kimi Finster | Kimi Watanabe-Finster, additional voices
|<ref name="btva" />
|
|- |-
|2001
| 2000
| '']'' |'']''
|Ishi
| Kimi Finster
|Episode: "Eruption"
| New Character (Becomes '']'''s new step-sister at the end of the movie)
|- |-
| 2001–2011
| 2003-<br />2008
| ''{{sortname|The|Fairly OddParents}}''
| '']''
| Trixie Tang
| Kimi Finster
| |
|- |-
| 2003–2008
| 2003-<br />2004
| '']''
| Kimi Watanabe-Finster, additional voices
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2003
| '']'' | '']''
| Jenny | Jenny
| 2 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2005{{ndash}}2006
| '']''
| Yasmin
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2005
|''Kitty's Dish''
|Lily
| |
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
| '']''
| Kodama Twins
| Episode: "Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing"<ref name="btva" />
|-
| '']''
| Yuko
|
|-
|2009
|'']''
|Trixie Tang
|Television film<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2015
| '']''
| Lily, Aunt Ling
| Episode: "George's Curious Dragon Dance"
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2000
|'']''
| rowspan="2" |Kimi Watanabe-Finster
|<ref name="btva" />
|- |-
|2003 |2003
| '']'' |'']''
|<ref name="btva" />
| Kimi Finster
|-
|2005
|'']''
| rowspan="4" |Yasmin
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2006
|'']''
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2006
|'']''
| |
|- |-
|2013
| 2005–<br />2007
| '']'' |''Bratz Go to Paris: The Movie''
|
| Yasmin
|-
| Both film and TV series versions though she did not participate in the Bratz Fashion Pixies film in 2007
|2026
|'']''
|]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-11 |title=Aang: The Last Airbender Movie Has Found Its Cast, Including Dave Bautista |url=https://gizmodo.com/last-airbender-animated-trilogy-aang-first-movie-2025-1851404099 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}}</ref>
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Role
!Notes
|-
| 1998
| '']''
| Village Girl
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2000
| '']''
| rowspan="5" | Kimi Watanabe-Finster
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2001
|'']''
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2001
|'']''
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2002
|'']''
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2003
| ''Rugrats Go Wild''
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2005
| '']''
| rowspan="3" | Yasmin
|
|- |-
| 2006 | 2006
| '']''
| '']''
|
| The Kodama Twins
|-
| Episode: "Dudley and Nester Do Nothing"
| 2007
| '']''
|
|-
| 2007
| '']''
| Chen Chi
| <ref>{{cite video game | developer=]; ] | title=Driver 76 | publisher=] | scene=Ending credits, 2:32:09 in, Voice Actors | year=2007}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBaLjS6Ulkk -->
|-
| 2007
| '']''
| Singapore Townsfolk
|
|-
| 2009
| '']''
| Suzy Tan
|<ref name="btva" />
|} |}


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Latest revision as of 01:19, 23 November 2024

American voice actress

Dionne Quan
Quan at the premiere of Rugrats in Paris: The Movie in 2000
Born (1978-10-20) October 20, 1978 (age 46)
Oakland, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1995–2015, 2024–present
Notable work

Dionne Quan (born October 20, 1978) is an American actress, known for her roles as Kimi Watanabe-Finster in Rugrats and Trixie Tang in The Fairly OddParents.

Early life

Quan was born in Oakland, California to Lori and Daryl Quan, who ran a sewing machine and vacuum store in Vallejo, California. She is legally blind, having been born with optic nerve hypoplasia. Quan grew up in San Francisco, California.

When she was ten, her father heard a radio interview with a teacher who instructed students in voice-over acting, and he immediately enrolled Dionne for lessons. She obtained her first voice work at the age of 14 for television commercials and acted in high school productions. Quan graduated from Benicia High School in 1998.

Career

Quan was cast as Kimi Watanabe in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000), her film debut. She continued playing the role on the series itself, Rugrats, Rugrats Go Wild (2003) and the spinoff All Grown Up!. Quan provided the voices of Trixie Tang in The Fairly OddParents as well as Yasmin in the Bratz franchise.

Due to her disability, Quan was given scripts written in Braille as opposed to standard lettering.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 I Am Weasel Girl Episode: "I Am My Lifetime"
Adventures from the Book of Virtues Mari Episode: "Charity"; credited as Dione Quon
Oh Yeah! Cartoons Queen Rapsheeba Episode: "ChalkZone: Rapunzel"
1998–2000 The Wild Thornberrys Shi Shou, additional voices 4 episodes
2000–2006 Rugrats Kimi Watanabe-Finster, additional voices
2001 The Mummy Ishi Episode: "Eruption"
2001–2011 The Fairly OddParents Trixie Tang
2003–2008 All Grown Up! Kimi Watanabe-Finster, additional voices
2003 Clifford's Puppy Days Jenny 2 episodes
2005–2006 Bratz Yasmin
2005 Kitty's Dish Lily
2006 Shorty McShorts' Shorts Kodama Twins Episode: "Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing"
Me, Eloise Yuko
2009 Wishology Trixie Tang Television film
2015 Curious George Lily, Aunt Ling Episode: "George's Curious Dragon Dance"

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Kimi Watanabe-Finster
2003 Rugrats Go Wild
2005 Bratz Rock Angelz Yasmin
2006 Bratz: Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz
2006 Bratz: Genie Magic
2013 Bratz Go to Paris: The Movie
2026 Aang: The Last Airbender Toph Beifong

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
1998 The ClueFinders Math Adventures Village Girl
2000 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Kimi Watanabe-Finster
2001 Rugrats: Totally Angelica
2001 Rugrats: All Growed Up
2002 Rugrats: Royal Ransom
2003 Rugrats Go Wild
2005 Bratz: Rock Angelz Yasmin
2006 Bratz: Forever Diamondz
2007 Bratz: The Movie
2007 Driver 76 Chen Chi
2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Singapore Townsfolk
2009 Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Suzy Tan

References

  1. ^ Fields-Meyer, Thomas (December 11, 2000). "Baby Talk". People Magazine. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  2. "Meet Dionne Quan". The Call-Leader. October 21, 2003. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Kendrick, Deborah (January 27, 2002). "Blind actress on 'Rugrats'". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  4. ^ "Little voices in her head". Vallejo Times-Herald. November 9, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  5. Willis, John; Monush, Barry (March 25, 2002). Screen World 2001. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 147. ISBN 9781557834782.
  6. Stein, Ruthe (November 17, 2000). "A Benicia Woman Gives Voice to a Brand-New Rugrat". San Francisco Gate. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  7. Moran, Maria-Belen (February 20, 2001). "New 'Rugrats' character voiced by blind actress". Santa Cruz Sentinel. p. 10.
  8. Beck, Jerry (October 28, 2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. p. 237. ISBN 9781569762226.
  9. Shattuck, Kathryn (November 23, 2003). "FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; Just a Bunch of Big Babies". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  10. Terrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. p. 28. ISBN 9780786486410.
  11. Perlmutter, David (May 4, 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 187. ISBN 9781538103746.
  12. Behbehani, Mandy (April 15, 2008). "Vocal Hero". Marin Magazine. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  13. Kent, Deborah (January 1, 2012). What Is Braille?. Enslow Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 9780766037700.
  14. ^ "Dionne Quan (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved April 12, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  15. "Aang: The Last Airbender Movie Has Found Its Cast, Including Dave Bautista". Gizmodo. April 11, 2024. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  16. Sumo Digital; Ubisoft Reflections. Driver 76. Ubisoft. Scene: Ending credits, 2:32:09 in, Voice Actors.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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