Mae Whitman

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox person Mae Margaret Whitman<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (born June 9, 1988) is an American actor. She began her career as a child actor, starring in the films When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), One Fine Day (1996), Independence Day (1996), and Hope Floats (1998), and the television series Chicago Hope (1996–1999) and JAG (1998–2001). She earned mainstream recognition for her performances in the Fox sitcom Arrested Development (2004–2006, 2013), the NBC drama series Parenthood (2010–2015)—for which she was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award—and the NBC crime comedy series Good Girls (2018–2021). She also had roles in the films Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), and The DUFF (2015), the latter earning her a Teen Choice Award nomination.

Whitman has also worked as a voice actor in film and television, including Little Suzy in Johnny Bravo (1997–2004), Shanti in The Jungle Book 2 (2003), Katara in the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008), Rose / Huntsgirl in American Dragon: Jake Long (2005–2007), Tinker Bell in the eponymous film series (2008–2015), Cassie Sandsmark / Wonder Girl in Young Justice (2012–2022), April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012–2017), Amity Blight in The Owl House (2020–2023), Annie in Skull Island (2023–present), and reprising her Scott Pilgrim role as Roxie Richter in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023).

Early life

Whitman was born on June 9, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, United States,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the only child of voice actress Pat Musick and personal manager and set construction coordinator Jeffrey Whitman.<ref name="TV Guide">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She attended Ribet Academy.<ref name="people">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

Early roles

Whitman started her career at age two in a voice-over for a Tyson Chicken commercial.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Because she could not read, acting coach Andrew Magarian helped her memorize lines.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At age five, Whitman made her film debut alongside Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), playing Ryan's youngest daughter, Casey Green. She was chosen for the role over 700 other girls who auditioned.<ref name="people"/> In 1996, Whitman appeared in two films: Independence Day, playing Bill Pullman's daughter Patricia Whitmore, and One Fine Day, as George Clooney's daughter Maggie Taylor. The same year, Whitman guest starred in the season three episode of Friends, "The One Where Rachel Quits". Between 1996 and 1998, she starred in 17 episodes of the David E. Kelley medical drama Chicago Hope. Later, she played Sandra Bullock's daughter, Bernice Pruitt, in Hope Floats. Whitman played the role of Chloe Madison on JAG In several guest appearances from 1998 to 2001 before starring in the Fox Family series State of Grace. In that series, she portrayed Grace, a girl from a Catholic background who befriends Hannah (Alia Shawkat), a Jewish girl.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2000s

From 2004 to 2006, Whitman had a recurring role on Arrested Development. She also voiced Katara on Avatar: The Last Airbender from 2005 to 2008. Whitman appeared in the 2006 series Thief for FX Networks, playing the stepdaughter of Nick Atwater (Andre Braugher).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Whitman made several high-profile guest appearances in 2006 and 2007. She also appeared on Desperate Housewives in the episode "Nice She Ain't" as Sarah, an unscrupulous friend of Julie Mayer (Andrea Bowen). Whitman also had a recurring role on Chicago Hope (1994–2000), playing the daughter of Dr. Kate Austin (Christine Lahti), in the series' later years.

Whitman was initially cast in the 2007 series remake of Bionic Woman, playing the deaf younger sister of the title character. On June 27, 2007, TV Guide reported that Whitman was being replaced in the role of Jaime's sister and Lucy Hale was cast as Whitman's replacement the following July.<ref name="bionic recast">Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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." The sister character's hearing was restored after this recasting at the request of an NBC executive.<ref name="bionic recast"/>

She also appeared in the 2008 episode "Streetwise" of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as an on-the-street-mother who adopts street children and testifies against her husband after her adopted daughter is murdered. She appeared in the HBO series In Treatment as the supporting character Rosie.

Whitman voiced the character Tinker Bell in the Disney eponymous film series.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As part of a deal to promote the production of the first Tinker Bell film, the UK's speaking clock started to use her voice at 0100GMT on October 26, 2008.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Furthermore, she voiced Rose in American Dragon: Jake Long, and played Cynder in The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night.

2010s

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Whitman at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con

In 2009, Whitman landed a regular role in NBC's version of the Ron Howard classic Parenthood,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which premiered in 2010. She played Amber Holt, "a rebellious and willful teen whose only interest at present is her wannabe rock star boyfriend."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Whitman played evil ex Roxy Richter in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, a film adaptation of the Bryan Lee O'Malley indie comic series Scott Pilgrim, which also starred her former Arrested Development co-star Michael Cera in the title role.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Whitman appeared on Family Guy in 2010. She had a large role in the 2012 film The Perks of Being a Wallflower opposite Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Whitman has recorded "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day" and "You Make Christmas Feel So Good" for School's Out! Christmas,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and has sung guest vocals on a number of tracks from indie-punk band Fake Problems' 2010 album Real Ghosts Caught on Tape.<ref name="FakeProblemsCDRelease">Mae Whitman reference in CD release announcement Template:Webarchive</ref> Whitman has also been featured on her show Parenthood in the song "Gardenia" on the season two episode "The Booth Job" along with Landon Pigg.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Whitman appears in the music videos for "I Was a Fool" and "Boyfriend" by Tegan and Sara.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She performed a small speaking part in the rapper DVS' track "Charlie Chaplin" where she plays the part of what DVS sees as the stereotypical hipster expressing distaste with music and television to appear special.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2013, she reprised her role as Ann Veal in Arrested DevelopmentTemplate:'s season four, six years after the series was canceled.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She appeared alongside Darren Criss in three episodes of season three of Lisa Kudrow's Web Therapy, playing his girlfriend.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2015, Whitman played the lead role in the comedy The DUFF. She also started filming Operator alongside Martin Starr in June.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She voiced Batgirl in DC's Super Hero Girls series debuting on September 10, 2016. According to co-writer and director Roland Emmerich, Whitman did not reprise her role as the President's daughter in Independence Day: Resurgence, the sequel to the 1996 blockbuster hit Independence Day, because she did not want to read for the part.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Whitman has expressed her feelings on being typecast as an outsider in various roles in television and films. She has talked about being a child actor and her relatable experiences such as being bullied in high school for being "weird."<ref>Template:Citation</ref> In an interview with Bello Mag, Whitman explains that the entertainment industry constantly tells actors what they are "not" and felt her choosing of these roles was her "trying to communicate to everyone" who may go through similar situations, that it's okay to be who they are.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> One of Whitman's more notable quotes is, "People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather than how famous you are."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

In 2018, Whitman was cast alongside Retta and her Tinker Bell co-star Christina Hendricks on the NBC dramedy Good Girls.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The show was renewed for a fourth season on May 15, 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In June 2021, the series was canceled after four seasons.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2020s

Whitman appears in the 2020 musical film Valley Girl, a remake of the 1983 film of the same name.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 2020 to 2023, she voiced Amity Blight in The Owl House.<ref name=":0" /> She played a leading role in the Hulu original series Up Here in 2023, which was cancelled after one season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

On August 16, 2021, shortly after the airing of The Owl House episode "Knock, Knock, Knocking on Hooty's Door", Whitman came out as pansexual via Twitter, saying she knows she can "fall in love with people of all genders" and that she wished there were characters representing people like her when she was growing up.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She is also open about her struggle with endometriosis, which went undiagnosed for 15 years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On May 12, 2024, Whitman announced she was pregnant with her first child.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She gave birth to a son on August 28, 2024.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Actor and singer Carlos Valdes was revealed to be the father in March 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	When a Man Loves a Woman	Casey Green
1995	Bye Bye Love	Michele
1996	Independence Day	Patricia Whitmore
	One Fine Day	Maggie Taylor
1998	Template:Sortname	Libby Magruder
	Hope Floats	Bernice Pruitt
1999	Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas	Girl	citation	CitationClass=web }} 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.</ref>
	Invisible Child	Rebecca 'Doc' Beeman
	A Season for Miracles	Alanna 'Lani' Thompson
2001	Template:Sortname	Maria (age 10)
2002	Template:Sortname	Schoolgirl	Voice<ref name="btva2" />
2003	Template:Sortname	Shanti	Voice
2004	Teacher's Pet	Leslie
2005	Going Shopping	Coco
2006	Template:Sortname	Angelica
	Love's Abiding Joy	Colette Doros
2007	Boogeyman 2	Alison
2008	Nights in Rodanthe	Amanda Willis
	Tinker Bell	Tinker Bell	Voice<ref name="btva2" />
2009	Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
	Spring Breakdown	Lydia	Direct-to-video
2010	Barry Munday	Candice
	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	Roxanne "Roxy" Richter
	Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation	Lisa Miller	Voice; Short film
	Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue	Tinker Bell	Voice
2011	Template:Sortname	Abby Fletcher
	Pixie Hollow Games	Tinker Bell	Voice; Short film<ref name="btva2" />
2012	Secret of the Wings		Voice<ref name="btva2" />
	Template:Sortname	Mary Elizabeth
2013	Pixie Hollow Bake Off	Tinker Bell	Voice; short film
2014	The Pirate Fairy		Voice<ref name="btva2" />
	Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast		Voice
	The Wind Rises	Kayo, Kinu	English dub
2015	The DUFF	Bianca Piper
	Freaks of Nature	Jenna Zombie
2016	Rock Dog	Darma	Voice<ref name="btva2" />
	DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year	Barbara Gordon / Batgirl	Voice, direct-to-video<ref name="btva2" />
	Operator	Emily Klein
2017	Bernard and Huey	Zelda
	CHiPs	Beebee
	DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games	Barbara Gordon / Batgirl	Voice, direct-to-video<ref name="btva2" />
	Dear Angelica	Jessica	Voice; Short film
2018	A Dog and Pony Show	Dede	Voice, direct-to-video
	Duck Butter	Ellen
	DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis	Barbara Gordon / Batgirl	Voice, direct-to-video<ref name="btva2" />
2020	Valley Girl	Jack

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Degree of Guilt	Elena Argos	Television film
	Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge	Young Ashley Judd
1996	After Jimmy	Rosie
	Duckman	Baby Rose	Voice, episode: "Sperms of Endearment"
	Early Edition	Amanda Bailey	Episode: "The Choice"
	Friends	Sarah Tuttle	Episode: "The One Where Rachel Quits"
	What a Cartoon!	Little Suzy	Voice, episode: "Johnny Bravo and the Amazon Women"<ref name="btva2" />
1996–1999	Chicago Hope	Sara Wilmette	17 episodes
1997	Superman: The Animated Series	Young Lois Lane	Voice, episode: "Monkey Fun"<ref name="btva2" />
	Merry Christmas, George Bailey	Zuzu Bailey	Television film
	The Legend of Calamity Jane	Eleanor Roosevelt	Voice<ref name="btva2" />
1997–2004	Johnny Bravo	Little Suzy, various voices	Voice, 52 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
1998–2001	JAG	Chloe Madison	8 episodes
1999	Invisible Child	Rebecca 'Doc' Beeman	Television film
	Judging Amy	Darcy Mitchell	Episode: "Last Tango in Hartford"
	Providence	Frances Carlyle	2 episodes
	Jingle Bells	Beth	Voice, television film
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Alanna 'Lani' Thompson	Episode: "A Season for Miracles"
	The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries	Little Girl	Voice, episode: "This Is the Kitty/Eye for an Aye Aye"<ref name="btva2" />
2000–2002	Teacher's Pet	Leslie Dunkling	Voice, 5 episodes
2000	Godzilla: The Series	Meg	Voice, episode: "Shafted"
	Template:Sortname	Antoinette	Voice, episode: "Luck Be an Aye-Aye"<ref name="btva2" />
2001	Max Steel	Jo	Voice, episode: "The Return"
	Jackie Chan Adventures	Buttercup Scout Leader	Episode: "Scouts Honor"
2001–2002	State of Grace	Emma Grace McKee	40 episodes
2002	Presidio Med	Tory Redding	Episode: "Do No Harm"
	Template:Sortname	Amy	Voice, episode: "The River Rising"<ref name="btva2" />
2002–2004	Fillmore!	Various voices	7 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
2003	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	Various voices	4 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
2004	Cold Case	Eve Kendall	Episode: "Lover's Lane"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Glynnis Carson	Episode: "No Humans Involved"
	Century City	Erin Pace	Episode: "Without a Tracer"
2004–2006, 2013	Arrested Development	Ann Veal	16 episodes
2005	Template:Sortname	Molly	Voice, television film<ref name="btva2" />
2005–2007	American Dragon: Jake Long	Rose / Huntsgirl, additional voices	Voice, 19 episodes
2005–2008	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Katara, Lu Ten	Voice, main role<ref name="btva2" />
2006	Thief	Tammi Deveraux	6 episodes
	Desperate Housewives	Sarah	Episode: "Nice She Ain't"
	Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise	Emily Bishop	Television film
	Phil of the Future	Crying Girl	Episode: "Stuck in the Meddle with You"
2007	Justice	Jenny Marshall	Episode: "False Confession"
	Grey's Anatomy	Heather Douglas	2 episodes
	Lost in the Dark	Amy Tolliver	Television film
	Ghost Whisperer	Rachel Fordham	Episode: "Don't Try This at Home"
	ER	Heather	Episode: "The Test"
	The Modifyers	Agent Zero, Lacey Shadows	Voice, pilot<ref name="btva2" />
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Cassidy Cornell/ Helen Braidwell	Episode: "Streetwise"
	Good Behavior	Roxy West	Pilot
2008–2010	In Treatment	Rosie Weston	5 episodes
2008–2023	Family Guy	Various voices	35 episodes
2009	Acceptance	Taylor Rockefeller	Television film
	Criminal Minds	Julie	Episode: "Cradle to Grave"
	Glenn Martin, DDS	Amish Girl, Trailer Park Teen	Voice, 2 episodes
2009–2010	Template:Sortname	Additional voices	2 episodes
2010–2015	Parenthood	Amber Holt	103 episodes
2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Barbara Gordon	Voice, 2 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
	Jesse Stone: No Remorse	Emily Bishop	Television film
2011–2022	Robot Chicken	Various voices	4 episodes
2012–2013,2019–2022	Young Justice	Cassie Sandsmark / Wonder Girl, Stephanie Brown, Tommi Tompkins, Helena Sandsmark	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2012	Weeds	Tula	Episode: "See Blue and Smell Cheese and Die"
2012–2017	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	April O'Neil, various voices	Voice, 92 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
2012, 2015–2018	DreamWorks Dragons	Heather	Voice, 36 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
2013	Web Therapy	Blair Yellin	3 episodes
2013–2014, 2019	American Dad!	Glitter, Zooey, additional voices	4 episodes
2013	Masters of Sex	Patient	Episode: "Standard Deviation"
2014	Suburgatory	Caris	Episode: "Blame it on the Rainstick"
	AJ's Infinite Summer	Morgan, Receptionist	Voice, pilot
2015	Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship	Power Girl	Voice, television film
2015–2018	DC Super Hero Girls	Barbara Gordon / Batgirl, Speed Queen	Voice, main role<ref name="btva2" />
2016	DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High		Voice, television film
2016–2019	Drunk History	Herself, Lyudmila Pavlichenko	3 episodes
2016	Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life	Marcy	Episode: "Spring"
2017	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Plaxum	Voice, episode: "Depths"
	Room 104	Liza	Episode: "Phoenix"
	Big Mouth	Tallulah Levine	Voice, episode: "The Head Push"
2018–2021	Good Girls	Annie Marks	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020–2023	The Owl House	Amity Blight	Voice, main role<ref name="btva2" />
2020	American Experience	Additional voices	Episode: "The Vote"
	Kidding	Chloe	Episode: "I Wonder What Grass Tastes Like"; uncredited
2020–2022	Doug Unplugs	Becky Bot	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	Invincible	Connie / War Woman II, Model	Voice, episode: "It's About Time"<ref name="btva2" />
2022	Birdgirl	Reporter	Voice, episode: "With a K"
2023	Up Here	Lindsay	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Skull Island	Annie	Voice, main role<ref name="btva2" />
	Scott Pilgrim Takes Off	Roxanne "Roxie" Richter	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024–2025	Chibiverse	Amity Blight	Voice, 2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes	References
2004	EverQuest II	Lilly Ironforge, Thana Rumblehoof
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Yuffie Kisaragi	Also appears in Final Mix+ in 2007	<ref name="btva2" />
2006	Cartoon Network Racing	Little Suzy		<ref name="btva2" />
	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII	Yuffie Kisaragi		<ref name="btva2" />
	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Katara		<ref name="btva2" />
2007	Template:Sortname	Cynder		<ref name="btva2" />
	Template:Sortname	Katara		<ref name="btva2" />
2008	Template:Sortname
2011	Template:Sortname
2013	Young Justice: Legacy	Helena Sandsmark, Cassie Sandsmark / Wonder-Girl
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	April O'Neil		<ref name="btva2" />
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze			<ref name="btva2" />
	Template:Sortname	Tinker Bell
2015	Stronghold Crusader II	The Princess (DLC Voice)
2014; 2017	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix	Yuffie	Archive sound
2017	Prey	Danielle Sho
2020	Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind	Yuffie		<ref name="btva2" />

Audio books

Year	Novel	Voice role
2014	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones	Clary Fray
2019	The Testaments	Nicole / Daisy

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