Andrea Fay Friedman

Andrea Fay Friedman (June 1, 1970 – December 3, 2023) was an American actress.

Early life Friedman was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1970. She attended West Los Angeles Baptist High School and Santa Monica College. In 1993, she appeared in an episode of Baywatch, in which Mary Lou Retton organizes a Special Olympics-like event. She starred in the 1997 film Smudge as Cindy, a girl in a group home for people with disabilities who attempts to hide her puppy, Smudge. The film won the 1998 Humanitas Prize in the Children's Live Action category.

Career Friedman voiced Ellen, a character with Down syndrome, in the Family Guy episode "Extra Large Medium", her first role as a voice actress. In the episode, Friedman's character stated "My dad's an accountant and my mom is the former Governor of Alaska", referencing Sarah Palin, who has a son, Trig, who has Down syndrome. However, per Friedman, "Sarah Palin said that was insensitive and cruel" and Friedman felt "it was only a joke". In an email concerning Palin's criticism of the episode, she said, "I guess former Governor Palin does not have a sense of humor." She concluded, "In my family we think laughing is good. My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life." and Walker, Texas Ranger, "Special Witness", where she played a young woman in the Special Olympics who witnessed Trent Malloy being stabbed.

Friedman's final role was in the film Carol of the Bells (2019). As of 2010, Friedman had been working at a law firm, in the accounting department,