Lacey Chabert

Lacey Nicole Chabert (/ˈʃəbɛr/; born September 30, 1982) is an American actress and voice actress. She first gained prominence as a child actress on television for her role as Claudia Salinger in the television drama Party of Five (1994–2000). She has also provided the voice of Eliza Thornberry in the animated series The Wild Thornberrys (1998–2004) and two feature films, and Meg Griffin during the first production season of the animated sitcom Family Guy. In film she has appeared in Lost in Space (1998), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Daddy Day Care (2003), Mean Girls (2004), and the horror remake Black Christmas (2006).

Chabert has also appeared in various Hallmark Channel movies, saying "I love working for Hallmark, They've been so good to me. I have friends there now. I'm proud of their movies and the message of their movies."

Early life

Chabert was born in Purvis, Mississippi , the daughter of Julie (née Johnson) and Tony Chabert. Her father, a French-speaker from Louisiana, is of Cajun, Sicilian and English descent; he worked as a maintenance operations representative for an oil company. Her mother has English, Scottish, and remote Italian ancestry. Chabert has a younger brother, and two older sisters. She was "World's Baby Petite" in the "World's Our Little Miss Scholarship Competition in 1985. In 1992 and 1993 she played Young Cosette in the Broadway production of Les Misérables.