Candi Milo

Candice Anne Rose "Candi" Milo is an American voice actress and singer. She has voiced various characters in many animated series, such as Dexter in Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory, Ophelia Ramírez, Madame Foster, Cheese, and others in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Snap and Nora Wakeman in Nickelodeon's Chalkzone, Mom in Cartoon Network's Cow and Chicken and My Life as a Teenage Robot, respectively.

Early life and career[]

Milo was born on January 9, 1961 in Palm Springs, California, but her family moved to San Jose shortly after her birth. In San Jose, Milo attended the all-girls Presentation High School. Her father, Tony Migliaccio, was a child actor who changed his last name to Milo when he started playing adult roles. Her first appearance on stage was with her father at Turk Murphy's in 1964, where they sang Me and My Shadow together. By the time Milo was eleven, she was participating in children's musical theater.

In 1977, she began singing in theme park attractions, most notably at Disneyland in Anaheim. Afterwards, she started appearing in roles in movies and television series, such as Gimme a Break!, Knots Landing, and Perfect Strangers. Milo was also a member of "The Mighty Carson Art Players" on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. She accidentally got into voiceover acting after singing on stage. She was signed by The William Morris Agency for voice acting, which was initially disappointing to her because Milo originally wanted a singing career.

Milo's first voice role was Sweetie Pie in Tiny Toon Adventures in 1990. Milo first auditioned in 1988 for Tiny Toons by reading The Three Little Pigs, but made the wolf kosher and the three pigs suicidal and she booked the job. She later played Lonette, an attractive animated waitress; Bob, a member of Holli Would's gang of goons who was a cross-dresser and other characters in Cool World in addition to feeding lines to the other actors.

She went on to be very active in cartoons, voicing Pakka in Cro, Ann Gora in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron, Little Red Riding Hood in 2 Stupid Dogs, and the main characters' Mom, who was an unseen character and their teacher in Cow and Chicken.

Later, she replaced Christine Cavanaugh as the voice of Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory in 2001 when Cavanaugh retired from voice acting. Milo voiced Dexter until the end of the series. Her other voice credits include Snap from ChalkZone, The Flea on ¡Mucha Lucha! and the title character in the U.S. version of the 2003 Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atomu) series.

From 2003 to 2009, she did the voice of Dr. Nora Wakeman in My Life as a Teenage Robot. For this role, she was subsequently nominated for the Annie Award in 2004 and 2005. During this time, the actress also voiced the Ophelia Ramirez in The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Irma Lair in W.I.T.C.H., Zadavia in Loonatics Unleashed, as well as Coco, Madame Foster and Cheese in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.

Milo says that when creating a unique voice the artist's drawings speak to her and that she prides herself on creating "a full life" for each character.

In October 2015, she made her return to the stage, playing the role of Grandmama Addams in the 3-D Theatricals version of The Addams Family.

In 2019, she directed Suicidal Blonde, which stars Kimmy Robertson.

Milo returned once again to stage in February 2020 with another 3-D Theatricals play called Kinky Boots, with her playing Trish.

Personal life[]

Milo is divorced and has one daughter, Gabriella, who is also an actress. She is part-Latina.

Filmography[]

Television animation[]

2 Stupid Dogs – Little Red Riding Hood, Mama Bear, Female Platypus
Batman Beyond – Nicole (Ep. "Dead Man's Hand")
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! – Ms. Tuckell (Ep. "There Wolf")
Chowder – Frog Lady, Chicken Lady, Rosemary, Big Food, Droopy Faced Lady, Eagle, Girl, Gyoza, Sexy Lady Voice, Rake, additional voices
Codename: Kids Next Door – Henrietta Von Marzipan, Mrs. Betty Gilligan, Lydia (Grandma) Gilligan, Leaky Leona, Lasso Lass, Miss Goodwall, Edna Jucation, Heli-Teacher, Madam Margaret and one of the Girl Squad
Cow and Chicken – Mom, Teacher, additional voices
Detention - Juliana (Ep. "Capitol Punishment")
Dexter's Laboratory – Dexter (Seasons 3–4), additional voices
Duck Dodgers – Rikki Roundhouse (Ep. "The Menace of Maninsuit")
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends – Madame Foster, Coco, Cheese, Crackers, Additional Voices
I Am Weasel – Additional voices
Johnny Bravo – Helga (Ep. "To Helga and Back"), additional voices
Loonatics Unleashed – Zadavia, additional voices
Looney Tunes Cartoons - Granny, Witch Hazel, Miss Prissy, Mama Bear
Mighty Magiswords – Morbidia ("Too Many Warriors" only), Vambre's Brain, Dolphin Magisword (EP02 only), Grand Poobah, Additional voices
¡Mucha Lucha! – The Flea, Pulgita, The Headmistress, Rikochet's Mom, Electricity, La Flamencita, Cindy Slam (Season 3), Queen Voladora, additional voices
New Looney Tunes – Granny, Witch Hazel, Ivana, Bear Scout, Phoebe, Weasel Scout
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes - Combo Breaker, Kid Girl #1
Ozzy & Drix – Mumsy Glop (Ep. "A Growing Cell")
Pinky and the Brain/Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain – Additional voices
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron – Ann Gora
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy – Grim's Mom
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee – Ophelia Ramírez, Barbara Lee, Mrs. Gomez
The Looney Tunes Show – Svetlana (Ep. "Fish and Visitors")
The Powerpuff Girls - Newswoman (1), Cleaning Woman
The Secret Saturdays – Dr. Pachacutes, Arab Reporter
Tiny Toon Adventures – Sweetie Pie
What a Cartoon! – Cow and Chicken's Mom, Mary Antelope, Effie Gorilla, Jill Gorilla, Timmy, Teacher, Female Eskimo, Stewardess, Poopsie