Alyson Court

Alyson Stephanie Court^[1] (born November 9, 1973)^[2] is a Canadian actress. Beginning her career as a child actress, her first role was on the series Mr. Dressup (1984–1994) and she made her film debut in Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985). Court continued to appear in educational productions, landing the lead role of Loonette the Clown on the series The Big Comfy Couch (1992–2002).^[3]

Alyson Court
Born	(1973-11-09) November 9, 1973 (age 51) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984–present
Known for	Voice of Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil series (1998–2012) Voice of Jubilee in X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997) Voice of Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice (1989–1991)
Television	The Big Comfy Couch (1992–2002) Mr. Dressup (1984–1991)
Spouses	Erik Suzuki ​ ​ (m. 2000; div. 2005)​ Z.M. Thomas ​ ​ (m. 2019)​
Children	1

As a voice actress, Court has appeared in several animated series, mostly notably as Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice (1989–1991) and Jubilee in X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997). She was also the original voice of Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil franchise, voicing the character for all of her appearances from Resident Evil 2 (1998) to Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (2012).^[4][5]

Television roles

Court first appeared in the Canadian children's series as herself in Mr. Dressup in 1984 and later in the 1985 film Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird. In 1988, she was in the pilot for the series My Secret Identity as Caroline, neighbor to Jerry O'Connell's character. Court played Loonette the Clown, the main character of the series The Big Comfy Couch, for the first six seasons before leaving the show to focus on raising her child.

From 2000 to 2003, Court was the host of the morning children's programming block on CBC, Get Set for Life (now CBC Kids).

Court appeared in This Hour Has 22 Minutes (season 24, episode 3), a Canadian television show where she reprised her role as Loonette the Clown in a comedic sketch on the 2016 clown epidemic.^[6]

Voice acting

Court voiced summer camper Dawn in the 1986 animated film Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation and Emily Elizabeth in the Clifford's Fun with... videotape series from 1988 to the early 1990s. Among her animated series voice acting roles are Malani the Ewok in the animated television program Star Wars: Ewoks, and Lydia Deetz (originally played by Winona Ryder) in the animated adaptation of the 1988 film Beetlejuice. She voiced Terri Cloth on The Garbage Pail Kids animated series of 1987–1988. In 1992, she voiced Jubilee in X-Men: The Animated Series and Nora Mouse in the animated series Timothy Goes to School. She was also voice of Trina Riffin in the Cartoon Network/Teletoon series Grojband, Queen Martha in the Nick Jr. Channel program Mike the Knight and Poodle in the YTV program Almost Naked Animals. During 2006 and 2007, she was the voice of Dahlia in the animated series Skyland. She voices Coco in the animated show Urban Vermin, and was the voice of Pixx in the animated show Ultraforce. Also she voiced of Windy Woo from The Naughty Naughty Pets.

In video games, she provided the voice of Claire Redfield in Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, Resident Evil: Degeneration,^[7] Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles,^[8][9] and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Court did not reprise her role as Claire in Resident Evil: Revelations 2 or the 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2, as the third-party localization team overseeing voice acting and motion capture chose to go with non-union voice actors.^[10] In addition she directed the voice-over and motion-capture portions of the spin-off title Resident Evil Outbreak, which did not feature Claire. In addition to voice acting, Court was also involved in the localization process of several Capcom games in North America. Among the most worthy were Mega Man X5 in 2001, in which she was directly responsible for the decision to rename the initial eight Maverick bosses to reference Guns N' Roses members, meant as a tribute for her then husband's love for the band.^[11] In 1998, Court reprised her role as Jubilee in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes. Court also provided the voice of Arkayna Goodfey/Mysticon Dragon Mage in the Nickelodeon/YTV series Mysticons. She also voices Megan Clark in The Amazing Spiez.

Personal life

Court married Erik Suzuki, a former Capcom voice and video game localization director, in 2000. They divorced in 2005.^[11] Court has a son named Blaede.^[12] In March 2018, Court became engaged to comic book creator Z.M. Thomas.^[13][14] On July 1, 2019, Court announced her marriage to Thomas.^[15]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird	Ruthie
1986	Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation	Dawn (voice)	[16]
	Madballs: Escape from Orb	Sandy	Direct-to-video[16]
	My Pet Monster	Melanie
1987	Care Bears Adventures in Wonderland	Princess (voice)	[16]
	Rolling Vengeance	Allison Rosso
1988	Clifford's Fun With...	Emily Elizabeth	Direct-to-video series[16]
1991	South of Wawa	Shannon
1996	The Toy Shop	Katherine	Direct-to-video
1997	The Count of Monte Cristo
1998	Jerry and Tom	Jacki
2007	Look Both Ways	Associate producer	Short film
2008	Resident Evil: Degeneration	Claire Redfield	CG Film
2011	Sunny Skies		Short film
2012	Retreat
	Him Indoors	Executive producer
2018	The Joke Thief	Margaret Fellows

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984–94	Mr. Dressup	Herself
1985	The Edison Twins	Alison	Episode: "Robbers and Robots"
	ABC Weekend Special	Annika Settergen	Episode: "Pippi Longstocking"
1985–86	Ewoks	Malani the Ewok
1986	Rockit Records		Put Pilot (CBC)
	My Pet Monster	Melanie
	The Care Bears Family	Various voices	13 episodes
	Rosie	Sarah Dawson	2 episodes
1987	My Pet Monster	Jill Smith	[16]
	The New Archies	Veronica Lodge
	Home Alone: A Kid's Guide to Playing it Safe When On Your Own	Alyson	Direct-to-video special
	Garbage Pail Kids	Terri Cloth, Belle Button, Lois Lamebrain, Fay Hooray
	Stranger in My Bed	Joan Slater	Television film
1988	Blades of Courage	Kyra Laroche
	Drop-Out Mother	Caroline Cromwell
1988, 1991	My Secret Identity	Caroline	2 episodes
1989	The Twilight Zone	Beverly	Episode: "The Mind of Simon Foster"
1989–91	Beetlejuice	Lydia Deetz	94 episodes[16]
1990	Avonlea	Margie Purdie	Episode: "Malcolm and the Baby"
	Lantern Hill	Agnes Ripley	Television film
	Basil Hears a Noise	Additional characters
1991	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures	Additional Voices	8 episodes
1992–2002	The Big Comfy Couch	Loonette the Clown (Host)
1992–97	X-Men: The Animated Series	Jubilation Lee/Jubilee	48 episodes
1994	Free Willy	Lucille	[16]
	Tales from the Cryptkeeper	Kirsten	Episode: "The Avenging Phantom/Myth Conceptions"
1995	Spider-Man	Jubilation Lee/Jubilee	2 episodes[16]
	Ultraforce	Pixx
1997	Elvis Meets Nixon	Priscilla Presley	Television film
	Groundling Marsh	The Ice Wind	Episode: "Crystal and the Ice Wind"
1998	Silver Surfer	Amber	Episode: "The Origin of the Silver Surfer: Part 2"
	Once a Thief	Cleo Redford	Episode: "Politics of Love"
	The Last Don II	Fumigator Actress
1998–2000	Noddy	Island Princess
1998–2000	The Powerpuff Girls	Additional Voices	16 episodes
1998	Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend	Delona
1999–2002	Tweenies	Bella	US version
1999–2003	Redwall	Myrtle
2000–01	Timothy Goes to School	Nora Mouse	[16]
2000–03	Get Set for Life	Herself
2000, 2003	Monster by Mistake	Miranda Bell	2 episodes
2001–03	Braceface	Additional Voices	3 episodes
2001	Haven	Bernice	Television film
2002–03	Moville Mysteries	Alyssa Dryden, Donna	2 episodes
2006	The Naughty Naughty Pets	Windy Woo
2006–07	Spider Riders	Aqune, Portia
	Skyland	Dahlia	Recurring role[16]
2007	Friends and Heroes	Diana
	Bakugan Battle Brawlers	Miyoko Kuso, Tayghen
2007–08	Urban Vermin	Coco
2008	Gotta Catch Santa Claus	Trainee Elf	Television film[16]
	Z-Squad	Chaney, Zora	[16]
2008–09	Willa's Wild Life	Lara, Tiffy Tootie
2009	Angora Napkin	Beatrice	Television film[16]
	Franny's Feet	Meena the Butterfly
2009–10	Bakugan: New Vestroia	Miyoko Kuso, Mira
2009, 2010	The Dating Guy	Brie	2 episodes
2009–2011	Producing Parker	Penelope	[16]
2009–12	The Amazing Spiez!	Megan Clark
2010–11	Turbo Dogs	Additional Voices	2 episodes
2011	The Being Frank Show		Episode: #1.21
2010–11	Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders	Miyoko Kuso
2011–12	Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge	Miyoko Kuso, Mira, Soon
	Mia and Me	Elf Girl
2011–13	Almost Naked Animals	Poodle
2011–17	Mike the Knight	Queen Martha
2013–15	Grojband	Trina Riffin
2013	Ella the Elephant	E.L. Weathers	Episode: "Tiki's Quest"
2014	Gracepoint	Group Member	Uncredited; episode: #1.5
	Wishenpoof!	Bianca's Mom	Episode: Pilot
2015–18	Inspector Gadget	Wendy Wyndlee, additional voices	5 episodes[16]
2016	Murdoch Mysteries	Mrs. Candace Riley	Episode: "House of Industry"
	Looped	Sarah Doover
	This Hour Has 22 Minutes	Loonette the Clown	Episode for October 18, 2016[17]
2017–2018	Mysticons	Arkayna Goodfey, additional voices	Main role[16]
	The Magic School Bus Rides Again	—	Voice director
2018	Cupcake & Dino: General Services	—	Voice director
2020	Parallel Parker	Parker, Science Parker	Main role on Toonavision
	Powerbirds	Bella	Episode: "No One Like You"
2022	Transformers: BotBots	—	Voice director
2024	X-Men '97	Abscissa	Episode: "Motendo"[18][16]

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
1998	Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes	Jubilee
	Resident Evil 2	Claire Redfield	[16]
2000	Resident Evil – Code: Veronica
	Spawn: In the Demon's Hand	Tiffany	[16]
2003	Resident Evil Outbreak	—	Voice and motion capture director
2004	Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2		Motion capture director
2009	Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles	Claire Redfield	[16]
2012	Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

References

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2. "What Ever Happened to Loonette the Clown From 'The Big Comfy Couch?'". Yahoo!. July 12, 2022. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
3. Alyson Court at Voice Chasers Database. Archived September 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on September 23, 2008.
4. "Guns 'n' Roses/Mega Man X5 mystery solved by... Claire Redfield". GamesRadar. May 3, 2011. Archived from the original on January 22, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
5. Official Canadia 2056 Cast. Archived December 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on September 23, 2008.
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7. SDCC 08: Resident Evil: Degeneration Unveiled. Archived August 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on September 23, 2008.
8. "Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Impressions".
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11. "Mega Man X Legacy Collection Changes One of the Series' Oddest Localization Choices". Game Informer. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018.
12. Grant, Stacey (January 26, 2016). "HERE'S WHAT LOONETTE THE CLOWN FROM 'THE BIG COMFY COUCH' IS UP TO NOW". MTV News. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
13. Z.M. Thomas [@ZMThomas] (March 21, 2018). "The face you make when you get busted by both the bartender and your (now) fiancé by trying to take a ☘️ from the bar to use it as an engagement ring for @acourtroom. At least she said yes. Love you. pbs.twimg.com/media/DY2aYz3UMAEFcYb.jpg" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
14. Alyson Court [@alysontheother] (March 19, 2018). "So... I may have said that any ring would do, even made out of that tinsel clover leaf by the bar. Next thing you know... #engaged" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
15. Alyson Court [@alysontheother] (July 1, 2019). "Getting married. Happy Canada Day! 😊🇨🇦" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
16. "Alyson Court (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved August 25, 2021.
17. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Loonette on Creepy Clowns | 22 Minutes". YouTube. October 19, 2016.
18. Romano, Nick (February 15, 2024). "X-Men '97 exclusive look reveals legacy costumes, Theo James casting". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

External links

• Alyson Court at IMDb
• Alyson Court at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Alyson Court on Twitter