Deedee Lynn Magno Hall (née Magno; born April 2, 1975) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her work in the pop group The Party, and as the voice of Pearl in the Steven Universe franchise.
Early life Deedee Magno grew up in San Diego, California, and Orlando, Florida.
Career Magno Hall began acting at a young age on the Disney Channel series The All New Mickey Mouse Club (first recorded in 1989) from 1989-1991, and occasionally in 1992. She also appears as Jasmine on the Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular soundtrack. She is credited as one of the students in the 1993 film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit and voiced Princess Dinner Guest in an episode of Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child.
After The Party, Magno Hall went on to perform in musical theatre, most notable was her role of Kim in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon, a role she later reprised on the national tour. She later played the role of Nessarose on the first national tour of Wicked, from December 12, 2006, to November 16, 2008. She reprised the role in the San Francisco sit-down production at the Orpheum Theatre. Performances began January 27, 2009, with an opening night of February 6, 2009. She played her final performance on September 5, 2010, when the production closed. She joined the ensemble for the US tour of If/Then in October 2015, listed as "Cathy and others" and was the understudy for Elizabeth and Kate. Magno Hall starred in the East West Players production of Next to Normal as Diana Goodman from May 12 to June 18, 2017.
Magno Hall came to wider attention for voicing Pearl on the Cartoon Network program Steven Universe from 2013 to 2019, A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. and the follow-up series Steven Universe Future from 2019 to 2020. She also voiced other Pearls and miscellaneous characters in both series. Magno Hall provided both the spoken and singing voice for Pearl in Steven Universe: The Movie, Spinel Finds Out About Pearl's Secret Rap Career, video games such as Steven Universe: Attack the Light, Steven Universe: Save the Light, Steven Universe: The Phantom Fable, and Steven Universe: Unleash the Light, and animated shorts. Magno Hall also voiced Snuggs in the animated series Doc McStuffins, from 2016 to 2017, and three characters (Dorris, Dominel, and Pyllis) in the video game Epic Seven.
In 2021, Magno Hall voiced multiple characters, specifically Emissary, Vina, and Newscaster, in Trese and two characters in Dogs in Space, Penelope and Elder Shrubdub. She also voiced the character of Rory in Craig of the Creek, two characters in We Baby Bears (Snowball and Fairy #2), Lola Belen in an episode of Firebuds, and Queenie Santos in the video game We Are OFK. In 2023, Magno Hall voiced Miss Deer Teacher in the Disney animated series Kiff.
Personal life Magno Hall is married to Cliffton Hall, who has starred opposite her in both Miss Saigon and Wicked national tours, and as Fiyero in the San Francisco production of Wicked. He also played the role of Dan Goodman alongside her in East West Player's production of Next to Normal. They played opposite each other as Donna Sheridan and Sam Carmichael in a Guam production of Mamma Mia!. They have two sons named Kaeden and Brycen.
Filmography Live-action Film Year Title Role Notes Source 1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Classroom Kid 2002 Face Kelly 2013 Riff Rockit Hanna Hat (voice) Direct-to-video TBA And One Melissa Alvarez
Television Year Title Role Notes Source 1989–1991 The All New Mickey Mouse Club Herself 1993 Blossom Herself 1998 Dellaventura Lin Chang Episode: "Made in America" Rear Window Popoff Nurse TV movie 2000 Third Watch Lori Tan Episode: "Alone in a Crowd" 2017 Curb Your Enthusiasm Wife #3 Episode: "Fatwa!" 2018 Ching Chong Blue Dana Episode: "Rickshaw to Hollywood" 2019 Goliath Ms. Kwok Episode: "Fer-De-Lance" 2020 Grey's Anatomy Katrina Scott Episode: "Put on a Happy Face" 2021 9-1-1 Surgeon Episode: "Suspicion"
Voice roles Film Year Title Role Notes Source 2019 Steven Universe: The Movie Pearl, Blue Pearl, Yellow Pearl (voice) Television film
Television Year Title Role Notes Source 1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Princess Dinner Guest (voice) Episode: "The Princess and the Pea" 2013–2019 Steven Universe Pearl, Yellow Pearl, Blue Pearl, Pink Pearl, Holo-Pearl, Hopper, additional voices Main cast 2016–2017 Doc McStuffins Snuggs (voice) 5 episodes 2018–2019 Steven Universe and the Dove Self-Esteem Project Pearl (voice) 2019–2020 Steven Universe Future Pearl, Holo-Pearl, Shell, Pink Pearl, Mega Pearl, Aubergine Pearl, Brandish (voice) Main role 2020 The Crystal Gems Say Be Anti-Racist Pearl (voice) 2 episodes 2021 Trese Emissary, Vina, Newscaster (voice) 2 episodes 2021–2022 Dogs in Space Penelope, Elder Shrubdub (voice) 5 episodes 2022 Craig of the Creek Rory (voice) 2 episodes 2022 We Baby Bears Snowball, Fairy (voice) 2 episodes 2022 Firebuds Lola Belen (voice) 1 episode 2023–present Kiff Miss Deer Teacher (voice)
Video games Year Title Role Source 2014 Cartoon Network Superstar Soccer: Goal Pearl 2015 Steven Universe: Attack the Light Pearl 2017 Steven Universe: Save the Light Pearl 2018 Fallout 76 Gloria Chance Steel Dawn DLC 2018 Epic Seven Dominiel, Pyllis, Doris 2019Steven Universe: The Phantom FablePearl, Lonely Pearl 2019 Steven Universe: Unleash the Light Pearl 2022 We Are OFK Queenie Santos
Theatre Year Title Role Source 1995–2000 Miss Saigon Broadway, 2nd US National Tour Kim 2003–2016 Disney's Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular Princess Jasmine 2006–2008 Wicked Emerald City Tour Nessarose 2009–2010 Wicked San Francisco Production Nessarose 2017 Next to Normal Diana Goodman 2019 Mamma Mia! Donna Sheridan
Awards and nominations Year Title Category Role Result 2014 BTVA Voice Acting Award Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series - Comedy/Musical Pearl (Steven Universe) 2015 Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series - Comedy/MusicalShared with Zach Callison, Michaela Dietz, Estelle, Grace Rolek, Tom Scharpling, Jennifer Paz, Susan Egan, Matthew Moy and Kate Micucci Steven Universe Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series - Comedy/Musical Pearl (Steven Universe) Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series - Comedy/Musical (People's Choice) 2016 Best Vocal Cast in a Television SeriesShared with Zach Callison, Michaela Dietz, Estelle, Kate Micucci, Matthew Moy, Shelby Rabara, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Charlyne Yi and Erica Luttrell Steven Universe Best Vocal Cast in a Television Series (People's Choice)Shared with Zach Callison, Michaela Dietz, Estelle, Kate Micucci, Matthew Moy, Shelby Rabara, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Charlyne Yi and Erica Luttrell 2017 Best Vocal Cast in a Television SeriesShared with Zach Callison, Michaela Dietz, Estelle, Shelby Rabara, Tom Scharpling, Jennifer Paz, Grace Rolek, Kimberly Brooks, Charlyne Yi, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Kate Micucci, AJ Michalka, Colton Dunn, and Matthew Moy
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