Megan Cavanagh (actress)
American actress
Megan Cavanagh (born 1960) is an American actress. She is known voicing Judy Neutron in the animated film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001), 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, as did film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader.
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.
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