Michaela Dietz

This article is about the actress. Not to be confused with Michael Dietz.

Michaela Dietz (born November 1, 1982) is an American voice actress whose professional career started in 2005. She voiced the character of Riff on the PBS children's television series Barney & Friends, Amethyst on the Cartoon Network television series Steven Universe and Steven Universe Future, Dolly Dalmatian on Disney Channel's 101 Dalmatian Street, Pita in Fallout 76, Vee on Disney Channel's The Owl House, and Darryl McGee on Disney Channel's The Ghost and Molly McGee.

Michaela Dietz
Dietz at the 2016 Florida Supercon
Born	(1982-11-01) November 1, 1982 (age 42)[1] Incheon, South Korea
Alma mater	Middlebury College
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	2005–present

Early life and career

Dietz was born in Incheon, South Korea^[1] on November 1, 1982, then was adopted and raised in Cooperstown, New York at three months old. She studied International Studies at Middlebury College.^[2] She has spoken about how her experience as an adoptee inspired her performance as Amethyst on Steven Universe.^[3][4][5]

Dietz began acting on television in 2005 with the role Ellie in Discover Me. She later appeared in a short in 2009 entitled Red, Black & Blonde as an Auditioning Dancer #1 and Interracial Couple #3 in K-Town.^[6]

Later career

Dietz has voiced ongoing characters in two American children's animated TV series, Riff in Barney & Friends and Amethyst in the Steven Universe franchise.^[1][7][8] However, her role as Amethyst was the first time she had voiced an animated character.^[5]

She voiced Amethyst in the mobile games Cartoon Network Superstar Soccer: Goal (2014), Steven Universe: Attack the Light (2015), Steven Universe: Save the Light (2017), and Steven Universe: Unleash the Light (2019).^[9] In 2019, she voiced Amethyst in the TV film, Steven Universe: The Movie, a continuation from the Steven Universe animated series.^[10] She reprised the role in a 2021 anti-racism PSA by Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey.^[11]

She has since go on to voice several characters for Disney, such as Dolly Dalmatian on 101 Dalmatian Street,^[12] Vee on The Owl House, and Darryl McGee on The Ghost and Molly McGee.^[13][14] She also voiced Glass Boy in the Adventure Time: Distant Lands episode "Obsidian",^[15][16] and Danelda in two episodes of Mighty Magiswords.

She also voiced Blue Behemoth in Kid Cosmic,^[17] and Dottie in two episodes of Tuca & Bertie.^[18] Additionally, she voiced various characters in Monsters at Work, Jennifer in an episode of Fairfax,^[19] and Michelle Green in four episodes of Craig of the Creek.^[a] She recently voiced Ariel in the 2022 episode, "Ariel Force One", of Middlemost Post.^[20]

She also voiced characters in video games such as Grand Theft Auto V,^[21][22] Fallout 76: Wastelanders,^[23] and Lego Dimensions.^[24]

In 2021, she voiced Tomas in the film, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf.^[25] The previous year she provided narration for a series of narrated videos which were part of a Cartoon Network digital series celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.^[26][27]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2005	Discover Me	Ellie
2009	Red, Black & Blonde	Auditioning Dancer #1	Short
	K-Town	Interracial Couple #3
2012	Totally Smooth	Sherry	Short
2019	Steven Universe: The Movie	Amethyst	Voice, television film
2021	The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf	Tomas	Voice[28]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2010	Barney & Friends	Riff	Voice[28]
2013–2019	Steven Universe	Amethyst, additional voices	Voice, main role[28]
2017–2018	Mighty Magiswords	Danelda	Voice, 2 episodes[28]
2019–2020	101 Dalmatian Street	Dolly Dalmatian	Voice, main role
	Steven Universe Future	Amethyst, additional voices	Voice, main role[28]
2020	Adventure Time: Distant Lands	Glass Boy	Voice, episode: "Obsidian"[28]
	Craig of the Creek	Michelle Green	Voice, 2 episodes
2021	Kid Cosmic	Blue Behemoth	Voice, 2 episodes[28]
	Tuca & Bertie	Dottie	Voice, episode: "Planteau"
	American Dad!	New Doctor, Clephanie	Voice, 2 episodes
	Fairfax	Jennifer, Hans Kim	Voice, episode: "Secure the Bag"
2021–2023	The Owl House	Vee	Voice, 4 episodes[28]
2021–2024	Monsters at Work	Snore, additional voices	Voice, recurring role[28]
	The Ghost and Molly McGee	Darryl McGee	Voice, recurring role[28]
2022	Middlemost Post	Ariel, Tilly	Voice, 3 episodes
	Lego Monkie Kid	Scorpion Queen	Voice, episode: "Amnesia Rules"
	Baby Shark's Big Show!	Wallace	Voice, episode: "Welcome Wagon"
2024	Star Trek: Prodigy	Maj'el	Voice, recurring role (season 2)[29]
	Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld	Tokki	Voice, 3 episodes[28]
2025	Kiff	Banana	Voice, episode: "Rotten Banana"[30]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Additional voices
2014	Cartoon Network Superstar Soccer: Goal	Amethyst	Mobile phone game
2015	Steven Universe: Attack the Light	Amethyst	Mobile phone game[28]
	Lego Dimensions	Chunk	Level Packs
2017	Steven Universe: Save the Light	Amethyst	[28]
2019	Steven Universe: Unleash the Light	Amethyst
2020	Fallout 76: Wastelanders	Various voices	DLC

Notes

1. The season 2 episode "Into the Overpast" and the season 3 episodes "The Rise and Fall of the Green Poncho", "Capture the Flag Part 3: The Legend", and "Capture the Flag Part 5: The Game".