Cree Summer
Cree Summer (born 7 July 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA; actually Cree Summer Francks ) is an American voice actress, actress and singer.
Life and achievements
Cree Summer was born in the U.S. city of Los Angeles, but spent her childhood in Red Pheasant Indian Reserve, an Indian reservation in North Battleford, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. She is a daughter of Canadian actor and singer Don Francks. Her mother, Lili Francks is a Canadian actress and dancer, she is an Indian woman from the tribe of Cree and bears the name of Red Eagle, it also has African Canadian ancestors. Cree Summers younger brother Rainbow Sun Francks ( born 1979 ) is also an actor and singer and played Lieutenant Aiden Ford, for example, in the television series Stargate Atlantis.
Cree Summer began her career as a voice actor in the animated series Inspector Gadget (1983). As an actress, she was in the comedy series A Different World (A Different World ) ( 1987-1993 ) to see an offshoot of the Bill Cosby Show. In the scene of Michael Jackson's music video Black Or White (1991 ), in which different faces merge into one another, it is the last face. She devoted herself increasingly to their music career in the U.S. and in 1999 published her CD Street Faerie. She composed and sang the songs. The U.S. musician Lenny Kravitz produced, arranged and controlled background music. The song they sang in duet Mean Sleep. She also appeared as the opening act at Kravitz ' tour 1998/1999 on. 1999 could be heard in the open air festival Rock am See Lake Constance Summer and Kravitz.
Meanwhile, Cree Summer often works as a voice actor in animated films. Meanwhile, she appeared in over 130 productions, often as part of an African American woman. They can be heard in English-speaking animated series and films mainly on television and acted in computer games and commercials with. She lent her voice to characters in the original versions of the movies Atlantis - The Lost Empire ( Atlantis: The Lost Empire ) (2001 ) and Bambi 2 - The Lord of the Forest ( Bambi II) ( 2006).
1999 Cree Summer was nominated for the Annie Awards, at the 2001 Daytime Emmy Awards. 1996, 2002 and 2004 she was nominated for the Image Awards.
Filmography (selection)
It is sometimes listed as Cree Summer Franck, Cree Summer Francks, Cree Summer - Francks or Cree Summers.
Voice Actors
Computer Games
- 2003: Freelancer - Freelancer
- 2003: Final Fantasy X-2
- 2009: Batman: Arkham Asylum
- 2012: Kid Icarus: Uprising - Medusa