Sofie Zamchick (born April 2, 1994) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and voiceover artist. She is best known as the voice of Linny the Guinea Pig on the American animated children's television series, ''

Wonder Pets! ''Wonder Pets!'' is an American animated musical children's television series produced by Little Airplane Productions. The series follows a trio of classroom pets—Linny the Guinea Pig, Turtle Tuck, and Ming-Ming Duckling—who use teamwork to ...

.'' Zamchick attended Juilliard Pre-College throughout high school and the Experimental Theatre Wing at NYU's

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. She is a versatile musician and plays the marimba, guitar, piano, and various other instruments. Zamchick grew up in

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and attended

Tenafly High School Tenafly High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school in Tenafly in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Tenafly Public Sc ...

.Sofie Zamchick

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. Accessed March 7, 2022. "Education... Tenafly High School 2008 - 2012"

Acting

Zamchick has acted and sung in television shows, films, commercials, and voiceovers. As early as the age of 11, she had already appeared in three

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productions, the "American Girl Revue" musical at The American Girl Place, Kidz Bop CDs, two Eve Sussman films, and sang for Matthew Barney's

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.JERSEY FOOTLIGHTS – New York Times
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, and

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. She also co-starred with

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playing a cat named TJ on the Nick Jr. program, ''

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''. Other notable works include Priscilla, The Rape of the Sabine Women,Into the Mosh Pit With the Old Masters – New York Times
/ref> and 89 Seconds at Alcázar.Sofie Zamchick on IMDb
/ref> She was also featured in a Virgin Mobile commercial with musician

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Wonder Pets!

Zamchick played the voice of the main character, Linny the Guinea Pig, on the Emmy Award-winning television series, the ''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zamchick, Sofie 1994 births Living people Actresses from Tenafly, New Jersey Tenafly High School alumni Songwriters from New Jersey American voice actresses Tisch School of the Arts alumni