Jacqueline Patricia Pillon (born December 27, 1977) is a Canadian actress. She is best known as the voice of Matt from ''

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'' and Cookie Falcone (MacDougall) in '' Fugget About It''.

Life and career

Early life

Pillon was born in

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, Canada as the youngest of four children. She was educated and graduated from the renowned Monsignor Feeney Choir school in London. She ultimately graduated with an Hon. B.Sc. in Physical Anthropology from The University of Toronto.

Career

At the age of 12, she started her first work in the theater. As a voice artist she first appeared in ''Gahan Wilson's The Kid'', as the title character. Other roles include ''Jane Doe'', ''Crossed Over'', ''Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story'', and ''Gilda Radner: It's Always Something'', as comedy writer Anne Beatts. She also appeared on ''

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'' and ''Street Time''. Her first major animation role was Matt in the

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animated series ''

''. Her voice has been featured in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Odd Job Jack'', and '' Fugget About It''. She starred in the Christmas special ''A Very Barry Christmas'' opposite

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. She used to provide the voice for the

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in Canada, before she was replaced.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pillon, Jacqueline 1977 births Living people Canadian voice actresses Canadian television actresses Actresses from Windsor, Ontario Franco-Ontarian people