Pamela Adlon (née Segall) (born July 9, 1966) is an American actress, writer and director. She is known for voicing Bobby Hill in the animated comedy series King of the Hill (1997–2010), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance.
She also voiced Baloo in Jungle Cubs (1996–1998), the title role in the Pajama Sam video game series (1996–2001), Lucky in 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998), Margaret "Moose" Pearson in Pepper Ann (1997–2000), Ashley Spinelli in Recess (1997–2001), Otto Osworth in Time Squad (2001–2003), and Brigette Murphy in Milo Murphy's Law (2016–2019), among numerous others.
Adlon is also known for her roles in the comedy-drama series Californication (2007–2014) and Louie (2010–2015). Her work on Louie garnered her four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. From 2016 to 2022, Adlon starred as Sam Fox on the acclaimed FX comedy-drama series Better Things, which she also co-created, wrote, produced, and directed. The series won a Peabody Award, and she was nominated twice for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
Adlon was featured in numerous films since making her acting debut in Grease 2 (1982). Her most notable films include Say Anything... (1989), Bed of Roses (1996), Lucky 13 (2005), Conception (2011), I Love You, Daddy (2017), All Square (2018), and Holler (2020).
Voice acting[]
- Main article: Category:Characters voiced by Pamela Adlon
Aside from doing the voice of Bobby, Adlon has also voiced other characters, such as:
King of the Hill[]
Other works[]
- Dean and Brett from Rugrats
- Ashley Spinelli from Recess
- Andy from Squirrel Boy
- Vidia from the Tinker Bell movies
- Ravager from Teen Titans Go!
- Milo from The Oblongs
- The Birthday Girl AKA Eileen from WordGirl
- Leah Stein-Torres from The Ghost and Molly McGee
Live-action[]
Aside from doing the voice of Bobby, Adlon has also live action appearance, such as:
- Marcy Runkle in Californication
- Pamela in Louie
- Sam Fox in Better Things
Awards[]
In 2002, Adlon won an Emmy (Outstanding Voice-Over Performance) for doing the voice of Bobby in the Season 6 episode "Bobby Goes Nuts".[1]
References[]
External links[]
- Pamela Adlon at IMDb
- Pamela Adlon at Wikipedia
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