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Felicia Day
Felicia Day at the 2012 IAWTV Awards Red Carpet during CES in Las Vegas
Born	Kathryn Felicia Day (1979-06-28) June 28, 1979 (age 45) Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Nationality	U.S. American
Occupation(s)	Actress, producer, singer, writer
Years active	Since 2001
Website	http://www.feliciaday.com/

Kathryn Felicia Day (born June 28, 1979) is a talentless American actress and writer. She played the character "Vi" on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and acted in movies such as Bring It On Again and June, as well as the Internet musical, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. She is the star, writer, and producer of the original web series The Guild, a show loosely based on her life as a gamer. She also wrote and starred in the Dragon Age web series Dragon Age: Redemption. Day was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Web Television beginning December 2009 until the end of July 2012.

Personal life and education

Day began her acting career at the age of 7 when she starred as Scout in a local production of To Kill a Mockingbird. She studied operatic singing and ballet professionally, performing at concerts and competitions nationwide. Home-schooled throughout much of her childhood, she began college at the age of 16.

She was a National Merit Scholar (1995) and graduated as valedictorian of her class. An accomplished violinist, Day was accepted to the Juilliard School of Music but chose to attend the University of Texas at Austin on a full scholarship in violin performance. She double majored in mathematics and music performance. She is also an avid player of a wide variety of video game genres. Much of her work on The Guild web series was based on her personal experience with video games.

Career

Early career

After graduation, Day moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She landed several roles in various short and independent films, as well as commercials and guest spots on television shows, including Undeclared and Maybe It's Me. These parts propelled her to larger roles: a part in the film Bring It On Again, the starring role in June, and a recurring guest spot as potential Slayer Vi on television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a recurring role that is still occasionally utilized in that show's eighth season comic book series.

The Guild

Day is the creator, writer, and star of The Guild, a web series which started airing its sixth season in October 2012. The first season was primarily hosted on YouTube where it garnered millions of views. Its second season premiered on Microsoft's three major video channels Xbox Live, MSN Video and The Zune Marketplace after Microsoft made a deal with The Guild, allowing Day, her cast, and her crew to be paid for their work. Day also created a song and music video called "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar", featuring the cast dressed up as their in-game personae. The final moments of the music video itself also detailed that the release date for the 3rd season of Day's The Guild would be August 25, 2009. A second song and Bollywood style video "Game On" was released prior to the premiere of the 4th season of The Guild. A third video (their most recent to date) called "I'm the One That's Cool" features the members of the cast in the guise of an alternative band performing at a local venue, intercut with scenes of the cast as younger versions of their characters experiencing bullying at the hands of "cooler" and more popular kids while at school.

The Guild has won multiple awards, including the Greenlight Award for Best Original Digital Series Production at the South by Southwest festivals, the YouTube Video Award for Best Series, the Yahoo! Video Award for Best Series, and 2009 Streamy Awards for Best Comedy Web Series, Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series, and Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series.

Other work

In July 2008, Day starred as Penny in the three-part web-based musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (created by Joss Whedon, who also created Dollhouse and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which Day had parts). Day was featured as a patient in the episode "Not Cancer" of the medical drama House, and had a guest starring role in the sci-fi drama Dollhouse's unaired episode "Epitaph One", as well as its series finale "Epitaph Two." In 2008, Day was featured in a series of commercials for Sears Blue Crew. She also appeared in the first of the revitalized Cheetos commercials. In the series Lie to Me, on the episode called "Tractor Man", airing December 14, 2009, Day sang a song called "White Lie" alongside Brendan Hines. Day starred with Kavan Smith in the Syfy film adaption of the Little Red Riding Hood saga, called Red, produced by Angela Mancuso. Day also played the continuing role of Dr. Holly Marten in the Syfy channel's original series, Eureka, appearing in 18 episodes during the last two seasons of the show. Felicia Day has also played the role of 'Gorgol' in the popular web series 'MyMusic' directed by 'The Fine Brothers.'

Day also starred in Guild co-star Sandeep Parikh's web-series The Legend of Neil, in which she portrayed a Fairy. She sings in the second season musical episode, in which she obliquely references her history of internet musicals.

Day lent her voice to the character Veronica Santangelo in the video game Fallout: New Vegas.

In February 2011, Day announced that she would be starring in a new web miniseries. Called Dragon Age: Redemption, it is based on the Dragon Age video games made by BioWare and aired on October 10, 2011. Day plays an elf named Tallis, and returns as the voice and model for the character in the Dragon Age II downloadable content "Mark of the Assassin".

In January 2012, Day announced that she would be hosting a Google+ Hangout called Vaginal Fantasy. The Hangout features Day along with Kiala Kazebee, Veronica Belmont, and Bonnie Burton. Every month they discuss lady-leaning paranormal and historical adventure books.

In March 2012, Day announced that she would be launching a premium YouTube channel, "Geek & Sundry," on April 2.

In April 2012 it was announced that Day will host the 2012 IndieCade Awards Ceremony on October 4, 2012.

On April 29, 2012 she also appeared on the YouTube show MyMusic as a Norwegian Black Metal singer named Gorgol. She guest starred in the second season of the Jane Espenson scripted web series, Husbands.

In October, 2012, she guest starred on The Game Station podcast and appeared in an episode of My Drunk Kitchen.

Awards

In September 2008, TV Week included her in their list of Top 10 Web Video Creators.

During the inaugural Streamy Awards held in Los Angeles on March 28, 2009, Day received the award for the "Best Female Actor in a Comedy" for her work as protagonist Cyd Sherman in The Guild, and won the same award again in 2010. She was also recognized for her work on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog in 2009. Day was also nominated for the Best Guest Appearance Award for the 3rd Streamy Awards.

Filmography

TV series/internet productions

Video games

References

1. ^ Blum, Matt (2010-06-28). "Happy Birthday Felicia Day!". Wired. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
2. Felicia's College Resume, Archive of "utexas.edu/~felicia/personal.html"
3. "International Academy of Web Television Names Inaugural Chairman and Board of Directors" (PDF) (Press release). IAWTV. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2010-1-10. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
4. "International Academy of Web Television Announces New Members of the Board of Directors" (Press release). IAWTV. 2011-7-27. Retrieved 2012-8-18. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
5. ^ "Cover Girl Felicia Day (Part I) with Melissa A. Bartell". Retrieved 2012-10-26.
6. "Scholars You May Know". National Merit Scholarship Corp. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
7. ^ Hryb, Larry (2009-01-25). "Major Nelson: Show #306 : Felicia Day, RE5 and enforcement on Xbox LIVE". Felicia Day interview. MajorNelson.com. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
8. Trapani, Gina."How Dr. Horrible's Felicia Day Gets Things Done", LifeHacker. August 4, 2008.
9. "Gaming Nexus Interview 2/18/2009". Retrieved December 24, 2009.
10. Daisy Whitney (2008, March). "Popular but Not Profitable". TelevisionWeek, 27(8), 3,28. Retrieved November 5, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1454502881).
11. Press Release. "The Guild And "Knock Off" Take Top Honors At The Greenlight Awards", ON Networks Inc. March 11, 2008. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.
12. 2007 Youtube Video Awards, List of 2007 Winners. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.
13. "The Yahoo! Video Awards: The Results!", Yahoo Video Blog. March 21, 2008. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.
14. 2009 Streamy Awards
15. Whedonesque : Comments on 15781 : Neil Patrick Harris working with Joss Whedon?
16. House Episode 5.02 - Not Cancer - Press Release, FoxFlash. September 23, 2008. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.
17. 13 facts about 'Epitaph One,' the 'lost' episode of 'Dollhouse', The Watcher, Chicago Tribune, July 6, 2009.
18. "Dollhouse Epitaph Two: Return".
19. Clacked by Annie Wu on Oct 17, 2008 @ 10:02 EST5EDT (2008-10-17). "Dr. Horrible's Felicia Day moonlights for Sears | CliqueClack TV". Cliqueclack.com. Retrieved 2012-04-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
21. YouTube of Cheetos Commercial, November 26, 2008.
22. ""Lie to Me" Tractor Man (2009) - Soundtracks".
23. Felicia Day Sees Red When it Comes to Werewolves on Syfy
24. New Syfy Saturday Original Movie To Star Felicia Day ("The Guild", "Dr. Horrible") in Re-Imagining of "Little Red Riding Hood"
25. Felicia Day Blog Archive: Dragon Age: Redemption
26. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Dragon Age: Redemption Trailer
27. Felicia Day Blog Archive: Vaginal Fantasy Book Hangout
28. Gaudiosi, John (2012-03-17). "WonderCon 2012: Felicia Day Launches Geek & Sundry YouTube Channel". Forbes. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
29. "Gamasutra: Felicia Day to Host Fifth Annual IndieCade Red Carpet Awards Ceremony". Gamasutra. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
30. MyMusic: INVISIBLE (Episode 3)
31. Vary, Adam B (28 June 2012). "'Husbands': EP and star on season 2 of their gay-marriage web series -- EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 28 June 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
32. "Poised to Leap". (2008, September). TelevisionWeek, 27(23), 1, 25–26. Retrieved November 5, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1570740411).
33. 2010 Winners - The Streamy Awards
34. "3RD ANNUAL NOMINEES". Streamys. Retrieved January 20, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
35. "Retarded Policeman #7.5: Fish - with Felicia Day of The Guild". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
36. http://en.wikipedia.org/Supernatural_(season_8)

Further Reading

• Schramm, Mike. (Aug. 24, 2009) BlizzCon 2009: WoW.com interviews Felicia Day. (part 2)

External links

• Felicia Day Online - official website and blog
• Felicia Day at IMDb

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• 1979 births
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• Living people
• People from Huntsville, Alabama
• Military brats
• Actors from Alabama
• American female singers
• University of Texas at Austin alumni
• 21st-century actors