Editing Cree Summer (section)

==Career==
===Acting===
Summer's acting career began in 1983 when she was cast as Penny in the first season of the original version of ''[[Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)|Inspector Gadget]]''. She appeared frequently in animated programs. She appeared in ''[[The Care Bears Movie]]'' (1985) and ''[[Ewoks (TV series)|Ewoks]]'' (1985, part of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' franchise).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gloryosky.ca/urbmn/2012/08/19/tvrr-ewoks-tree-of-light/|title=TV Retro Review|author=C. Archer|work=Sloryosky|date=2012-08-19|accessdate=2024-01-20}}</ref><ref name="tvone">{{cite web|url=https://tvone.tv/99677/watch-cree-summer-returns-in-revival-of-the-rugrats/|title=Cree Summer Speaks on Lack Diversity in Animated TV and 'Rugrats' Reboot|first=Gina|last=Williams|publisher=TV One|date=2021-03-05|accessdate=2024-01-20}}</ref>

In 1988, Summer was cast as the free-spirited Winifred "Freddie" Brooks in ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' spin-off ''[[A Different World]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title= Off The Reservation, 'Different World's' Cree Summer Is A Bundle Of Contradictions|work= [[Chicago Tribune]]|date= April 12, 1990|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/04/12/last-of-the-hippies/|access-date= October 2, 2010|url-status= live|archive-url= http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110817033138/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-04-12/features/9001300834_1_reservation-spirituality-keeping|archive-date= August 17, 2011}}</ref> She remained a regular cast member of the show from 1988 through its end in 1993.<ref name="tvone" />

During the run of ''A Different World'', Summer continued working in voice acting. She was cast in the short-lived television series ''[[Sweet Justice]]'' in 1994 until its cancellation in 1995. In the fall of that same year, Summer and her ''[[A Different World]]'' co-star [[Jenifer Lewis]] starred in the prime time drama ''[[Courthouse (TV series)|Courthouse]]'', which was cancelled two months after it premiered.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS Hits Bottom, Trails Even Fox|publisher=[[Sun-Sentinel]]|date=September 21, 1995|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1995-09-21/lifestyle/9509200260_1_abc-million-tv-homes-cbs-hits-bottom|access-date=May 24, 2019|archive-date=September 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140930001733/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1995-09-21/lifestyle/9509200260_1_abc-million-tv-homes-cbs-hits-bottom|url-status=dead}}</ref> Apart from guest appearances on other live-action television shows such as ''[[Living Single]]'', ''[[Better Things (TV series)|Better Things]]'', and ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'', Summer's professional work since has mostly been limited to voice acting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mn2s.com/booking-agency/talent-roster/cree-summer/|title=Cree Summer|publisher=MN2S|accessdate=2024-01-20}}</ref>

At the start of the third season of ''A Different World'' in 1988, the cartoon series ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' episodes were expanded from their original half-hour format to an hour. The show was changed to be more youthful. Episodes had a lighter tone designed to be less serious and frightening. In these lighter episodes, she voiced Chilly Cooper, the neighborhood ice-cream woman and innocent love interest of Slimer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.looper.com/762799/what-has-cree-summer-been-up-to-since-a-different-world/|title=What has Cree Summer been up to since A Different World?|first=Patrick|last=Phillips|publisher=Looper|date=2022-02-09|accessdate=2024-01-20}}</ref>

Summer voiced over 101 animated characters between 1983 and 2006. These have spanned video games, cartoon television series, animated films and commercials. Among her most famous roles was in ''[[Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)|Inspector Gadget]]'' (Season 1) as [[Penny (Inspector Gadget)|Penny]] (a role she reprised in the ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' episode "Adoption's an Option"), [[Warner Bros. Animation|WB]]'s ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' (1990) as [[List of Tiny Toon Adventures characters#Elmyra Duff|Elmyra Duff]] (which she reprised for ''[[Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain]]'') and [[Mary Melody]], [[List of Histeria! characters#Aka Pella|Aka Pella]] in WB's ''[[Histeria!]]'', [[Susie Carmichael]] in [[Nickelodeon]]'s ''[[Rugrats]]'' and its spin-off ''[[All Grown Up!]]'', Cleo the Poodle in [[PBS Kids]]' ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 TV series)|Clifford the Big Red Dog]]'', Mo in the US Dub of ''[[Horrible Histories (2000 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'', Miranda from Nickelodeon's ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'', [[Foxxy Love]] in ''[[Drawn Together]]'', Dulcy the Dragon in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', [[Valerie Gray]] in Nickelodeon's ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', Numbuh 5 and Cree Lincoln in [[Cartoon Network]]'s ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', Penelope in ''[[Barbie as Rapunzel]]'', octogenarian villain Granny May on ''[[WordGirl]]'', Tiff from Nickelodeon's ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'', and [[Blackarachnia#Transformers Animated|Blackarachnia]] in ''[[Transformers: Animated]]''. She also voiced Princess 'Kida' Kidagakash for the franchise of [[Disney]]'s ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.syfy.com/kida-disney-queen-of-color|title = All hail Kida of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Disney's forgotten queen of color|date = July 16, 2018|access-date = April 22, 2021|archive-date = April 21, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210421211003/https://www.syfy.com/kida-disney-queen-of-color|url-status = dead}}</ref> Summer has regarded the character of Kida as one of her favorite roles and even considers the character among the official Disney Princess line. She also played a role in ''Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated'' as Lady Marmalad in the episode "The Haunting". In December 2016, Summer reprised her role as Penny from ''Inspector Gadget'' in an episode of the web-series, ''[[Nostalgia Critic]]''. She later joined ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' spinoff ''[[The Patrick Star Show]]'', where she voices [[Patrick Star]]'s mother and [[Squidward Tentacles]]' grandmother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/07/07/patrick-star-show-nickelodeon-bill-fagerbakke-cree-summer/|title = 'The Patrick Star Show's Bill Fagerbakke And Cree Summer Preview Nickelodeon's Newest Series: 'A Big, Gelatinous Pile Of Impulses'|date = July 7, 2021}}</ref>

She appeared as herself in "[[It Was All a Dream (Atlanta)|It Was All a Dream]]", the final episode of ''[[Atlanta (TV series)|Atlanta]]'', in 2022, following a voice cameo in the first season episode "[[B.A.N. (Atlanta)|B.A.N.]]".

Summer has a recurring guest role as librarian Rosalyn Inez on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Abbott Elementary]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/cree-summer-joins-abbott-elementary-first-look/ar-BB1jQNie|title = 'Cree Summer Joins 'Abbott Elementary' (First Look)'| website=[[MSN]] |date = March 2024}}</ref>

====Video game voice acting====
She performed voice over for the games ''[[Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance]]'', ''[[Black (video game)|Black]]'', as well as ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]''. She voiced Auriel in ''[[Diablo III]]'',<ref name="btva" /> and reprised the role for ''[[Heroes of the Storm]]''. She was the voice of Tandi in ''[[Fallout (video game)|Fallout]]'' and First Citizen Lynette in ''[[Fallout 2]]'', Tatjana in ''[[Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits]]'', Lady Belgemine, Young Tidus and additional voice-overs in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', Lenne/Calli in [[Final Fantasy X-2]], Storm in ''[[Marvel Super Hero Squad]]'', Cynder in ''[[The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning]]'', Magma in ''[[X-Men Legends]]'', and the Inca Princess Micay in ''[[Pitfall: The Lost Expedition]]''.<ref name="btva" /> She voices [[Medusa]] in the game ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]].<ref name="btva" /> She voiced Catalina Thorn, the leader of the Cell in ''[[Crackdown 2]]''. She had a small role in ''[[Mass Effect]]''. She did miscellaneous voices in ''[[World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria]]''. She reprised her voice of She-Hulk in ''[[Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet]]''.<ref name="btva" /> She voiced Kit Brinny in the introduction video for the MMORPG ''[[WildStar (video game)|Wildstar]]''. She provides the voice of vampire Roller Brawl in the ''[[Skylanders]]'' series. She has voiced Professor Penelope Young, a minor character original in ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''.<ref name="btva" />

===Music ===
Summer recorded the theme song for [[OWL/TV]] in 1985. In 1990, she sang background vocals on two tracks for fellow ''A Different World'' cast member [[Jasmine Guy]], appearing on the album [[Jasmine Guy (album)|''Jasmine Guy'']]. In 1993, she recorded an unreleased album (as lead singer) with her band Subject to Change.  In 1999, Summer released a solo album, ''[[Street Faërie]]'', produced by and featuring [[Lenny Kravitz]].

A number of Summer's portrayed characters (animated or otherwise) are singers. The character of Susie in ''All Grown Up!'' was portrayed as a singer with real talent, allowing Summer to sing in the role.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rugratonline.com/tweens2.htm |title=Inside The "All Grown Up" Series |publisher=Rugratonline.com |date=September 26, 2002 |access-date=December 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217223036/http://www.rugratonline.com/tweens2.htm |archive-date=February 17, 2012 }}</ref> Summer sings the opening theme song for ''[[All Grown Up!]]''. The character of Foxxy Love in ''[[Drawn Together]]'' was a singer, with songs like "La-La-La-La-Labia" and "Crashy Smashy", [[Numbuh 5]] from ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' sang a lullaby to lull babies to sleep. [[List of Tiny Toon Adventures characters#Elmyra Duff|Elmyra Duff]] sang many times on ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''. She co-performed lead vocals in the song "Cool Kitty" with [[Tara Strong]], which accompanied a cartoon called ''[[Class of 3000]]'', directed and written for [[Cartoon Network]] by [[André 3000]]. She provided the voice of a recurring [[pomegranate]] singer in ''[[The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange]]'', who usually sang during montage sequences. Her character Priscilla on ''[[Sheriff Callie's Wild West]]'' sings many times, as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laurenmccullough.com/women-in-vo-cree-summer/|title=Women in VO: Cree Summer|first=Lauren|last=McCullough|date=January 24, 2021 |accessdate=2024-01-20}}</ref>

In 2008, Summer appeared on ''[[The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle]]'', performing a cover of Zappa's song "[[Over-Nite Sensation|Dirty Love]]" with [[Dweezil Zappa]] on guitar and backup vocals by [[Ahmet Zappa]], produced by [[Linda Perry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickmag.net/2019/06/30/throwback-cree-summer-miss-moon/|title=Throwback: Cree Summer - Miss Moon|publisher=Kick Mag|date=2019-06-30|accessdate=2024-01-20}}</ref>

Summer's musical influences include [[Frank Zappa]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/03/03/cree-summer/|title=Cree Summer|website=Chicago Tribune |date=March 3, 1991 |access-date=May 6, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413043201/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-03-03/features/9101200190_1_range-rover-tofu-favorite-childhood-memory|archive-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name=MTV/> [[Al Green]]<ref name=MTV/> and [[Dinah Washington]].<ref name=MTV>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/515722/cree-summer/|title=Cree Summer|website=mtv.com|access-date=May 6, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413043520/http://www.mtv.com/news/515722/cree-summer/|archive-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref>