Michaela Dietz

Dietz was born in Incheon, South Korea^[1] on November 1, 1982, then was adopted and raised in Cooperstown, New York at three months old. She studied International Studies at Middlebury College.^[2] She has spoken about how her experience as an adoptee inspires her performance as Amethyst on Steven Universe.^[3][4][5]

Dietz began acting on television in 2005 with the role Ellie in Discover Me. She later appeared in a short in 2009 entitled Red, Black & Blonde as an Auditioning Dancer #1 and Interracial Couple #3 in K-Town.^[6]

Dietz has voiced ongoing characters in two American children's animated TV series, Riff in Barney & Friends^[7] and Amethyst in Steven Universe and its epilogue series Steven Universe Future.^[1][8][9] However, her role as Amethyst was the first time she had voiced an animated character.^[5]

She voiced Amethyst in the mobile phone games Cartoon Network Superstar Soccer: Goal (2014), Steven Universe: Attack the Light (2015), Steven Universe: Save the Light (2017), Steven Universe: Unleash the Light (2019).^[10][11] In 2019, she voiced Amethyst in the TV film, Steven Universe: The Movie, a continuation from the Steven Universe animated series.^[12] She also voiced Amethyst in an anti-racism PSA by Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey in 2021.^[13]

She has since go on to voice several characters for Disney, such as Dolly Dalmatian on 101 Dalmatian Street,^[14] Vee on The Owl House^[15] and Darryl McGee on The Ghost and Molly McGee.^[16][17] She also voiced Glass Boy in the Adventure Time: Distant Lands episode, "Obsidian",^[18][19] and Danelda in two episodes of Mighty Magiswords.^[20]

She also voiced Blue Behemoth in Kid Cosmic,^[21] and Dottie in two episodes of Tuca & Bertie.^[22] Additionally, she voiced various characters in Monsters at Work,^[23][24] Jennifer in an episode of Fairfax,^[25] and Michelle Green in four episodes of Craig of the Creek.^[a] She recently voiced Ariel in the 2022 episode, "Ariel Force One", of Middlemost Post.^[26]

She also voiced characters in video games such as Grand Theft Auto V,^[27][28] Fallout 76: Wastelanders,^[29] and Lego Dimensions.^[30]

In 2021, she voiced Tomas in the film, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf.^[31] The previous year she provided narration for a series of narrated videos which were part of a Cartoon Network digital series celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.^[32][33]

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