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| Birth Name(s) : Mae Whitman |
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Actress, Voice Actress |
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Full Mae Whitman Biography
Whitman is best known for playing the titular role of Grace in State of Grace and for her featured appearance on the TV show Arrested Development, where she played the role of Ann Veal, George Michael Bluth's girlfriend. Her best known voice work is as the voice of Katara in the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and American Dragon: Jake Long as Rose/Huntsgirl.
Whitman started her career with a voice over for a Tyson Chicken commercial, a role her mother, Pat Musick, had also auditioned for.
At the age of four, Whitman made her film debut, acting alongside Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman. She played Ryan's daughter in the movie. She has had a role in Independence Day as the President's daughter, George Clooney's daughter in One Fine Day and in Hope Floats, with Sandra Bullock. She guest starred in the episode The One Where Rachel Quits of the sitcom Friends in 1996. During this time, Whitman attended Ribét Academy, a private preparatory school, in Los Angeles.
As a more mature actress, Whitman joined the cast of Thief for FX Networks, playing the step-daughter of Nick Atwater (Andre Braugher). She was also featured in several video games, playing the role of Yuffie Kisaragi in the Square-Enix/Disney video game Kingdom Hearts II as well as an appearance third-person shooter RPG Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-.
Whitman made several high profile guest appearances in 2006 and 2007, including a stint on ABC's Grey's Anatomy as Heather, a girl who, at seventeen, suffered from severe curvature of the spine. She also appeared on Desperate Housewives as an unscrupulous friend of Julie's.
Whitman was initially cast in the 2007 series remake of The Bionic Woman, playing the deaf younger sister of the title character. On June 27, 2007, TV Guide reported that Mae Whitman is being replaced in the role of Jaime's sister, Lucy Hale was cast as Whitman's replacement in July 2007. . An NBC spokesperson confirmed this, stating, "The decision was purely creatively driven. It is very common to change storylines, characters, actors after the initial pilot is shot." Also, the sister character may not be deaf, as reportedly an NBC executive requested that the character's hearing be restored.
Mae has recorded "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" and "You Make Christmas Feel So Good" for School's Out! Christmas. |
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