Dana Gaier is an American actress who voices

Edith Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word , meaning ''wealth'' or ''prosperity'', in combination with the Old English , meaning ''wiktionary:strife, strife'', and is in common usage in this form in English language, Englis ...

in the ''Despicable Me'' franchise.

Early life and career

Gaier was raised in

Livingston, New Jersey Livingston is a township (New Jersey), township in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 31,330, its highest United States census, decennial co ...

. She got into acting after accompanying her older sister to an audition after her mother could not find a babysitter and brought her along. Gaier moved to

Burbank, California Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank had a Census-estimated population of 102,755 as of 2023. The city was ...

around 2013 and has been a student at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

."Dana Gaier Interview"
''Naluda Magazine'', July 2017. Accessed December 29, 2017.

Personal life

Gaier married Adam Ellis on August 17, 2024.

Filmography

* ''

Despicable Me ''Despicable Me'' is an American media franchise created by Sergio Pablos, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. It centers on a supervillain turned secret agent named Gru, his adoptive daughters, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, and his yellow-colored Minions ...

'' (2010) – Edith (voice) * '' Despicable Me Minion Mayhem'' (2012) – Edith (voice) * ''

Despicable Me 2 ''Despicable Me 2'' is a 2013 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal. It is the sequel to '' Despicable Me'' (2010) and the second installment in the '' Despi ...

'' (2013) – Edith (voice) * ''

Despicable Me 3 ''Despicable Me 3'' is a 2017 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination, and distributed by Universal. It is the sequel to '' Despicable Me 2'' (2013), the third main installment, and the fourth overall ent ...

'' (2017) – Edith (voice) * '' The Ice Cream Truck'' (2017) – Brie *'' Ernesto's Manifesto'' (2019) *''

Despicable Me 4 ''Despicable Me 4'' is a 2024 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination, and distributed by Universal. The sequel to '' Despicable Me 3'' (2017), it is the fourth main installment and sixth overall entry in t ...

'' (2024) – Edith (voice)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaier, Dana Actresses from New Jersey American child actresses American film actresses American voice actresses Living people Actresses from Burbank, California Actresses from Livingston, New Jersey University of California, Los Angeles alumni 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people)