Stephanie Lyn Beard (born August 27, 1981), better known by her stage name Sugar Lyn Beard, is a Canadian actress and radio personality. Her radio host persona uses the name "Suga BayBee", and as co-host of YTV's '' The Zone'' from 2001–2007, she was called "Sugar".

Early life

Beard was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Her Suga BayBee was also a character on the ''Mad Dog and Billie'' morning show formerly aired on

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radio station KISS 92.5. Beard's squeaky-voiced character began appearing on KISS when Beard was 19 years old and otherwise working as a sales clerk.

Career

Her voice in 2000 was most known as the voice of Sailor Mini Moon in the

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adaptation of ''

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''. From June 2001 to January 26, 2007, Beard hosted and produced ''The Zone'', a series of short interstitial segments that aired between regular weekday programming on the Canadian children's network YTV. Between 2002 and 2007, the programming block was hosted by both Beard and Carlos Bustamante, another long-time YTV host that was the host of The Zone from 2002-2018. She also hosted additional programs like ''Sugar & Avril: A Zone Special''. She and Bustamante hosted a weekly hour-long program, ''Plugged In'', on the Corus Entertainment website boomboxbaby.ca. She also had a column in the youth newspaper, '' Brand New Planet''; it was distributed with subscriptions to the ''

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'' only. In 2006, the ''Star'' put her on the long list for Children's Entertainment, when creating their Essentially Canadian Top 10 lists. Among her works, she played the role of Susan in the 2011 film '' 50/50'' and the character Fiona in two episodes of season 6 of '' Weeds''. She also played Krissy in the 2012 film '' For a Good Time, Call...'', and Jeanie in the 2016 comedy '' Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

* ''Mad Dog and Billie'' on KISS 92.5 (2000–2001) – Suga BayBee

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beard, Sugar Lyn 1981 births Living people Actresses from Toronto Actresses from Los Angeles Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States Canadian expatriates in the United States Canadian radio hosts Canadian television actresses Canadian television hosts Canadian voice actresses Canadian women television hosts People from Scarborough, Toronto Canadian women radio hosts 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses