Megan Cavanagh

Megan Cavanagh (born 1960) is an American actress. She is known voicing Judy Neutron in the animated film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and its television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.

Early life and education Cavanagh was born in 1960 in Chicago, the daughter of Jim and Rita. Raised in River Forest along with her four siblings, Cavanagh went to Oak Park and River Forest High School, graduating at 16 in 1977. She attended Rosary College in River Forest (now Dominican University), graduating in January 1982.

Career

Film Cavanagh made her film debut in Penny Marshall's A League of Their Own (1992), co-starring with Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell and Lori Petty. Film critic Vincent Canby of The New York Times praised the film, writing: "A League of Their Own is one of the year's most cheerful, most relaxed, most easily enjoyable comedies. It's a serious film that's lighter than air, a very funny movie that manages to score a few points for feminism in passing." He went on to list Cavanagh as among "the excellent supporting players" of the movie,

Following her silver screen debut, Cavanagh was cast in supporting roles in two Mel Brooks comedies, as Broomhilde in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) and as Essie in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). Other films include supporting roles in For Richer or Poorer (1997), starring Tim Allen, Kirstie Alley, and Jay O. Sanders, and Disney's That Darn Cat (1997) starring Christina Ricci and Doug E. Doug.

She voiced Judy Neutron and Sasha Vortex in the 2001 Oscar-nominated animated feature Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.

TV Cavanagh was featured in the short-lived second season of Bob (1993), and appeared in the recurring role of Trudy McHale (from 1998 to 1999), who marries Al Borland in the series' finale of the sitcom Home Improvement (1991–99) starring Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson and Earl Hindman.

Openly lesbian, Cavanagh starred in Exes and Ohs (2007), a lesbian comedy on Logo TV.

She reprised the role of Judy Neutron in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and several TV movies including The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom, The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide and The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators. She also voiced Slog in Tak and the Power of Juju and Hilary Higgenbottom in The Mighty B!.

She appears in one episode of the American sitcom Friends as Luisa the ex-classmate of Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and Monica (Courteney Cox) who works for animal control.

Cavanagh makes an appearance in the fourth episode of the third season of Will & Grace ("Girl Trouble") as Terry.

Stage Cavanagh returned to the stage in 2004 as Earth Mother in Menopause: The Musical.

In 2009, Cavanagh portrayed the medium Madame Arcati in High Spirits, a musical with book, lyrics, and music by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray, based on the play Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward. 42nd Street Moon's production was staged at the Eureka Theater (215 Jackson St.) in San Francisco, which was well received. San Francisco theater critic Chad Jones wrote: "On Broadway, [Angela] Lansbury is said to be divine in the role, but 42nd Street Moon has a real secret weapon here: Megan Cavanagh...Cavanagh is hilarious and heartfelt."

Chicago

Cavanagh was an original member (1984–1987) of the professional theatre troupe New Age Vaudeville (formerly the Comedy Cabaret) founded by Richard O'Donnell and Amy McKenzie. An Actor's Equity (AEA) theatre troupe, the Comedy Cabaret landed a summer residence at Peninsula Players in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, where it developed works for a predominantly tourist trade and then relocated to their winter home in Chicago at CrossCurrents. Throughout her tenure, Megan Cavanagh (who thus earned her Actors' Equity union card) starred in numerous productions including the cult-hits An Evening with Elmore & Gwendolyn Putts - The Neighbors Next Door and The TV Dinner Hour (the latter featured IO Theater founder Del Close). Rick Kogan of the Chicago Tribune hailed both productions as "Among the most polished and clever productions of the season, a pair of devilishly inventive and challenging shows that won over critics and audiences".

Filmography Film Year Title Role Director Notes 1992 A League of Their Own Marla Hooch Penny Marshall 1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights Broomhilde Mel Brooks 1994 Junior Willow Ivan Reitman I Love Trouble Mrs. Delores Beekman Charles Shyer 1995 Dracula: Dead and Loving It Essie Mel Brooks Ripple Gail Jonathan Segal Short1997 That Darn Cat Lu Bob Spiers For Richer or Poorer Levinia Yoder Bryan Spicer 1998 Meet the Deedles Mo Steve Boyum The Thin Pink Line Mrs. Ledbetter Joe Dietl & Michael Irpino Ted Girl Next Door Gary Ellenberg Runaway Rocketboy! Judy Neutron/VOX (voices) John A. Davis Short 1999 A Walk in the Park Nurse Alan Berger 2000 Thumbtanic The Servant / Rich Woman / The Wife (voices) Todd Portugal Short2001 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Judy Neutron/VOX (voices) John A. Davis Three Shots Megan Gene Wolande Short2002 Bug Meter Maid Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi The Ten Rules Chris One Lee Friedlander Short The Blair Thumb Stressy Todd Portugal Short The Godthumb Bea / Conceited / Old Italian Woman David Bourla Short2003 Wasabi Tuna Megan Lee Friedlander Give or Take an Inch Virginia Lee Friedlander Short 2004 Raising Genius Charlene Hobbs Linda Voorhees & Bess Wiley 2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Shirley John Pasquin Getting to Know You Samantha Liz Lachman Short 2007 Big Stan Parole Board Rob Schneider 2008 The Last Page Crazy Jennifer Kevin Acevedo Short 2012 Scrooge & Marley Ghost of Christmas Present Richard Knight Jr. & Peter Neville 2014 Girltrash: All Night Long Officer Margie Alexandra Kondracke 2015 The Birthday Masked Woman #2 Brenna Malloy Short 2018 Freelancers Anonymous June Sonia Sebastián 2019 Thumb Wars Episode IX: The Thighs of Skywalker General Bunhead Steve Oedekerk TBA The Adventures of Pinocchio Additional Voices Viktor Lakisov

Television Year Title Role Director Notes 1992 Condition: Critical Helene Jerrold Freedman TV movie1993 Murder of Innocence Bonnie Stevens Tom McLoughlin TV movie A League of Their Own Marla Hooch Ted Bessell, Tom Hanks 6 episodes Bob Chris Szelinski Michael Zinberg 8 episodes 1994 Tales from the Crypt Sister Mary What's Her Name Roland Mesa Episode: "Operation Friendship"1995 Friends Luisa Gianetti Peter Bonerz Episode: "The One Where the Monkey Gets Away" Brotherly Love Lotus Terry Hughes Episode: "The Comic Con" 1996 Roseanne Party Guest Gail Mancuso Episode: "Becky Houser, M.D. 1996–97 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Julia / Kelly (voices) Davis Doi 6 episodes1997 ER Darlene Richard Thorpe Episode: "Obstruction of Justice" Life's Work Officer Colleen McManus Michael Lessac Episode: "Ride Along" 1998 Maggie Yoli Michael Zinberg Episode: "Just Shoot Him" 1998–99 Home Improvement Trudy McHale Andrew Tsao, Peter Bonerz 5 episodes1999 Thumb Wars Fighter Pilot #2 (voice) Steve Oedekerk TV Short Smart Guy Coach Frayda Joe Regalbuto Episode: "I Was a Teenage Sports Wife"2000 Will & Grace Terry James Burrows Episode: "Girl Trouble" The Expendables Prison Warden Janet Meyers TV movie 2000–01 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius shorts Judy Neutron/VOX (voices) John A. Davis 4 episodes2002 The West Wing Voting Shortcut Lesli Linka Glatter Episode: "Election Night" The Bold and the Beautiful Caller #2 Michael Stich 1 episode Boston Public Arlene Sanford Episode: "Chapter Forty-Six" 2002–06 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius Judy Neutron/VOX (voices) John A. Davis, Keith Alcorn 43 episodes2003 John Doe Madeline Bryan Spicer Episode: "Family Man" Just Shoot Me! Marjorie Pamela Fryman Episode: "My Fair Finchy" 2004 Win, Lose and Kaboom Judy Neutron/Mrs. Vortex (voices) Mike Gasaway TV movie 2004–06 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour Judy Neutron (voice) Butch Hartman TV Mini-Series 2004 Attack of the Twonkies Judy Neutron (voice) Keith Alcorn TV movie 2007–08 Tak and the Power of Juju Slog (voice) Jim Schumann, Heiko Von Drengenberg 6 episodes 2007–11 Exes and Ohs Chris Gary Harvey, James Genn 14 episodes 2008–11 The Mighty B! Hilary Higgenbottom (voice) Larry Leichliter, Erik Wiese 9 episodes 2009 Back at the Barnyard Brunhilda (voice) Todd Grimes & T.J. Sullivan Episode: "Pig Amok/Sun Cow" 2013–14 Winx Club Queen Luna (voice) Iginio Straffi 6 episodes 2015 Harvard Court Juliet Alexis J. Estevez Episode: "The Keys" 2019 Drunk History Penny Marshall Derek Waters Episode: "Baseball" 2020 The Loud House Stern Fan/Hockey Fan (voices) Episode: "On Thin Ice/Room and Hoard" 2022 Cars on the Road Mae Pillar-Durev / Bella Cadavre (voices) 2 episodes

Video games Year Title Role Director Notes 2001 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Judy Neutron/VOX/Benny Mark Bradshaw 2002 Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron Judy Neutron/VOX Mark Bradshaw2004 EverQuest II Feodra Iceslayer / Blacksmith Hegrenn / Gretta Steinbeard James D. Mortellaro The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies Judy Neutron 2012 Hitman: Absolution Additional voices Tore Blystad & Peter Fleckenstein 2013 Star Trek Additional voices