Though she's known to the general public as the flighty
Winifred "Freddie" Brooks on
A Different World
, Cree is one of the busiest voice actors in animation!
Beginning as the voice of Penny in the original
Inspector Gadget
series in the early 1980s, she's worked non-stop behind the camera, which is a shame, because she's a real babe!
Note: to keep the list manageable, I've only listed animation work either based on comic / pulp characters (like
Superman or
Conan) or with heavy sci-fi / fantasy elements (like
Danny Phantom)
Trivia:
Her full name is Cree Summer Francks. Her brother is Rainbow Sun Francks, a regular on
Stargate: Atlantis
as Lt. Aiden Ford. He also appeared in
Alien vs Predator: Requiem
!
In the first season
Drawn Together DVD commentary she stated that she was hired to do the voice of Meg Griffin on
Family Guy, but was fired because she sounded "too black". (????)
Other actresses to play
Princess Kitana:
Talisa Soto in
Mortal Kombat /
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Note:
two actresses played
Kitana in the
Mortal Kombat: Conquest tv series--Dara Tomanovich & Audie England
Other actresses to play
Luminara Unduli:
Olivia D'Abo in
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2009)/
Star Wars: the Clone Wars "Republic Heroes" [VG]
Fay David in
Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
Other actresses to play
Storm:
Halle Berry in
X-Men /
X-Men 2 /
X-Men: the Last Stand
Susan Dalian in
Wolverine and the X-Men
Kirsten Williamson in
X-Men: Evolution
Alison Sealy-Smith in
Spider-Man
,
X-Men
[Replaced Iona Morris]
Iona Morris in
Spider-Man,
X-Men
Andi Chapman in
X-Men "Pryde of the X-Men"
[pilot]
I'm not sure who did
Storm / Ororo Munroe in
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
eps "A Firestar Is Born", "The Education of a Superhero" and "The X-Men Adventure"
Storm /Ororo Munroe voice actresses in videogames include Dawnn Lewis, Debra Wilson, Tangie Ambrose, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cheryl Carter, Catherine Disher,
Other actresses to play
Vixen:
Gina Torres in
Justice League Unlimited
Other actresses to play Glory Grant:
Nell Carter in
Spider-Man [1997]
Other actresses to play
Blackarachina:
Venus Terzo in
Beast Machines: Transformers /
Beast Wars: Transformers
Other actresses to play
Mercy Graves:
Gwendoline Yeo in
The Batman
Lisa Edelstein in
Justice League /
Justice League Unlimited /
Superman the Animated Series /
Superman & Batman: World's Finest
Tara Strong in
Superman: Brainiac Attacks
Other actresses to play
Alicia Masters...
Kerry Washington in
Fantastic Four: the Movie /
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Sunita Prasad in
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
Paulina Lomas in
Marvel Action Hour: Fantastic Four
Kat Green in
The Fantastic Four [1994] [live-action film, never officially released]
Other actresses to play
Penny:
Tegan Moss in
Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever /
Gadget & the Gadgetinis
Caitlin Wachs in
Inspector Gadget 2
Michelle Trachtenberg in
Inspector Gadget [1999]
Holly Berger in
Inspector Gadget: Season 2
, Dr. Betty Shabazz (in two films; 
and 
), and 
, Angela's roles have primarily been strong, assertive characters who dominate the situation in films like 
and 
(Mildred)
(Maureen Simmons aka Mo)
(Dr. Elizabeth Chase)
(Ruby Delacroix)
(Lornette Mason aka Mace)
(Det Rita Veder)
[1995] "pilot" 
"Beat the Clock"
and 
as well as 
, which is set in a different continuity.
/ 
[VG] (Storm) 
(Vixen)
[2004] ( Luminara Unduli)
[VG] (Alicia Masters)
/ 
[VG] (Magma)
(Ember)
(Valerie Gray)
(Professor Jolenna Williams)
