Michelle Nicole Creber (born September 7, 1999) is a Canadian actress and singer who is best known as the voice of Apple Bloom (and the singing voice of Sweetie Belle until 2013) in the TV series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.[1]
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| Born | Michelle Nicole Creber September 7, 1999 Vancouver, Canada |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
| Known for | Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle's singing voice (until 2013) in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic |
Biography edit
Creber was born to jazz pianist/producer Michael Creber and vocalist/producer Monique Creber. She first appeared on stage with her parents at the age of one and since then has performed in several movies, TV shows, musicals, and animation series.
Other notable voiceover credits include "Lucy" in Peanuts (Warner Bros), "Alice" in Martha Speaks (PBS Kids), and "Wendy" in the New Adventures of Peter Pan (Discovery Family). Notable onscreen credits include "Kelly" in the gritty Western series Strange Empire (CBC/Netflix), Supernatural (CW), Smart Cookies (Hallmark), Killer Among Us (Lifetime), Christmas Lodge (Showcase), The Haunting Hour (The Hub), Eureka (NBC), and The Search For Santa Paws (Disney).[2] Creber has also performed extensively in the theatre world with many lead roles, including twice in the title role of Annie and "Dorothy" in The Wizard of Oz. A professional singer since the age of four, she has recorded lead vocals on over a dozen albums in addition to the soundtracks for many TV shows and movies.
On August 28, 2012, Creber released her first solo CD entitled Timeless: Songs of a Century. On December 1, 2012, she followed up the release with A Creber Christmas, featuring her entire family and popular musicians of the brony community.[3] The album at Home (an acoustic collection of covers and originals featuring Creber, her parents, Gabriel Brown, and Andrea Libman) was released in November 2014. The summer of 2015 saw the release of Tribute: Celebrating the Music of Michael Jackson, featuring Creber and Gabriel Brown (aka Black Gryph0n). On May 1, 2016, she released Getting Stronger, an album of originals with Gabriel Brown.[4] Recent lead singing features include the theme song for NBCs Nina's World; three albums with Gabriel Brown; Hasbro albums Songs of Ponyville, It's A Pony Kind of Christmas, and Songs of Harmony; and a duet with Billy Joel for the Hallmark movie Just the Way You Are.
Creber frequently contributes to the brony community showing up to several brony conventions across the United States. She also has appeared internationally: BUCKcon at Manchester, UK, in 2013; GalaCon at Ludwigsburg, Germany, in 2015 and 2017; PonyCongress at Elbląg, Poland, in 2016;[5] and Project SeaPonyCon at Bangkok, Thailand, in 2017. She also had her own Internet radio show, Saturday Night Songs, on the defunct brony media network, "Everfree Network."[6]
Filmography edit
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Animation edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | Peanuts Motion Comics | Lucy | |
| 2009 | The Adventures of Little Jake and Many Skies | Little Jake | |
| 2010–2019 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle (singing voice until 2013), additional voices | |
| 2010 | Dinosaur Train | Teri, Michelle | |
| 2011 | Barbie: A Perfect Christmas | Chelsea | Motion Capture |
| 2012–2013 | Martha Speaks | Alice Boxwood (Season 4) | |
| 2012–present | The New Adventures of Peter Pan | Wendy Darling | |
| 2013 | My Little Pony: Equestria Girls | Apple Bloom | Uncredited |
| 2014 | Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks | Apple Bloom (minor) | |
| 2015 | Nina's World | Lead singer for Nina's World theme song | |
| 2016 | Tooth and Tail | Nomads of the North (Lizards) | Video game |
| 2017 | My Little Pony: The Movie | Apple Bloom | |
| 2020–2021 | My Little Pony: Pony Life | Apple Bloom |
Live action edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2010 | The Search for Santa Paws | Taylor | |
| Daydream Nation | Girl | ||
| Supernatural | Hilary | Season 6, Episode 11: "Appointment in Samarra" | |
| Eureka | Radical Raccoon Teammate | ||
| 2011–2014 | R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour | Amelia (episode: Dreamcatcher) Jacquelyn (episode: Spores) |
Nominated - Joey Award for Best Actress in Guest Starring Role (2015) |
| 2011 | Christmas Lodge | Charlene | |
| 2012 | Killer Among Us | Ellie | Won - Joey Award for Young Actress in a Made for TV Supporting Role (2014) |
| Smart Cookies | Mattie | ||
| 2012–present | Saturday Night Songs | Herself (only on the Everfree Network) | |
| 2013–present | Speedy and Stretch | Various (on the Everfree Network and YouTube) | Nominated - Joey Award for Young Actress in a Lead Role in a Web-Based Series (2014) |
| 2014 | Patterson's Wager | Otter | Won - Oregon Independent Film Festival: Best Supporting Actress (2015)
Nominated - Joey Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film Supporting Role (2015) |
| BlackGryph0n's 50,000 Subscriber Special | Herself (Video) | ||
| #TweetIt: Featuring My Little Pony Staff and Bronies | Herself (Music Video) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Strange Empire | Kelly | Nominated – Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series[7] (2015)
Nominated – Joey Award for Best Actress in a TV Drama Leading Role[8] (2015) |
| 2016 | Date with Love | Bree |
Musicals edit
- 2008 – A Christmas Carol – Tiny Tim
- 2009 – Annie – Annie (EV Young Award: Most Outstanding Performance)
- 2009 – Grease – Kenickie[9]
- 2010 – Guys and Dolls – Nicely-Nicely Johnson
- 2010 – The Sound of Music – Brigitta Von Trapp
- 2010 – Annie – Annie
- 2011 – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Dorothy Gale
- 2016 – Fame – Lambchops (Ovation Award: Outstanding Performance in a Musical)
- 2017 – 13: The Musical – Lucy
- 2017 – Little Women: The Broadway Musical – Jo
Discography edit
- Timeless: Songs of a Century (2012) – feat. Daniel Ingram, Andrew Stein (MandoPony), Natalie Sharp & Yoav Landau (The Living Tombstone)
- A Creber Christmas (2012) with Michael & Monique Creber / feat. Andrew Stein & Natalie Sharp
- At Home (2014) with Gabriel C. Brown (Black Gryph0n), Andrea Libman, Michael Creber & Monique Creber
- Zero Gravity (2014) feat. Gabriel C. Brown (Black Gryph0n) and Baasik
- Tribute: Celebrating the Music of Michael Jackson (2015) with Gabriel C. Brown
- Getting Stronger (2016) with Gabriel C. Brown
- On Display (2018) feat. Gabriel C. Brown & Natalie Sharp
- Work in Progress (2019)
- Storm (2020)
- Michelle & Claire's Spectacular, Stupendous, Spookalicous Halloween EP (2020) with Claire Corlett (Digital Only)
- A Creber Christmas Vol. 2 (Let There Be Peace) (2020) (Digital Only)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Michelle Creber IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
- ^ "All Access Music An Interview With MICHELLE CREBER On Her Newest Tunes, Being A Voice-Actor and More! | All Access Music". March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ YouTube: Twas The Night (Ft. Mic The Microphone + Michelle Creber): "I got to finally work with the ever talented Andrew Stein, AKA Mando Pony, to produce this for the Creber's Christmas Album (Which you can pick up by clicking one of the links below)"
- ^ Alper, Eric (October 9, 2021). "Singer-Songwriter MICHELLE CREBER Comes to Terms with the Past in "Like It Never Happened"". The GATE. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ "News". Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
- ^ Saturday Night Songs Archived December 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Saturdaynightsongs.everfree.net. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ "2015 nominees" (PDF). leoawards.com. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ^ "Joey Awards". joeyawards.com. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ^ "Speedy & Stretch - Episode #6 (Michelle Creber & Natalie Sharp)" – via YouTube.