Annica Smedius

Smedius at Comic Con Stockholm, Sweden 2018

Karin Annica Smedius (born 15 April 1964 in Uddevalla) is a Swedish actress and singer.

Career[]

Smedius is the Swedish voice for many cartoon characters such as Catwoman in Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures, Princess Kale in Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders, Magma and Shadowcat in X-Men: Evolution, Misty in Pokémon, Sadira in Aladdin, Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon,^[1] Sam in Totally Spies, Tommy Pickles and Angelica Pickles in Rugrats, and Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo. She was also the voice of Bart Simpson when the series was dubbed for a brief period during the 1990s and returned to the role in the official Swedish dubbing of The Simpsons Movie.^[2]^[3]

Smedius sang in the bands Oddjob^[4] and Glenns Orkester^[5] and for many Swedish versions of Disney animated films.

Between 1991 and 1992, she worked as a radio presenter on Sveriges Radio P3. She can be also heard in many documentaries on TV4 and TV4 Fakta, and narrated Mission: Save Life (Uppdrag: Rädda Liv) organized by MSF. For several years she was also Axess TV's channel voice for announcements and trailers.

Smedius previously also worked as a translator between 1992 and 2002, for shows like Aladdin, Bear in the Big Blue House, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders, Higglytown Heroes (as Mrs. Whiskers) and more.