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Elsie Fisher

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Elsie Fisher

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Overview

  • Born
    April 3, 2003 · Riverside, California, USA
  • Nicknames
    • El
    • Els
  • Height
    5′ 5″ (1.65 m)

Biography

    • Elsie Kate Fisher is an American actor. They began their career in 2009 with a role in the television series Medium at age 6, before voicing Agnes in the first two Despicable Me films. In 2018, they received critical acclaim for their performance as the socially-struggling teenager Kayla Day in the comedy-drama film Eighth Grade; they earned many accolades and nominations for their performance, including a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

      Most well known for voicing Agnes in the Despicable Me films. They are also notable for their voice role as Masha in the English version of the animated television series Masha and the Bear. As a live action actor, they were cast as Kevin Costner's character's daughter in the 2015 feature film McFarland, USA.

      Fisher portrayed Parker Needler in the animated adaptation of The Addams Family (2019). They will also star in Ken Kwapis' musical film The Shaggs, based on the rock band of the same name.
      - IMDb mini biography by: ahmetkozan, corrected by mi_marih

Family

  • Parents
      Susic Fisher
      Dominic Fisher

Trademarks

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Trivia

  • While recording Despicable Me, the directors told her to sing a song about Unicorns and she made one up on the spot.
  • Elsie's favourite actor is Steve Carell, with whom she worked on Despicable Me.
  • When Elsie grows up she wants to be a scientist, an archaeologist, or a painter.
  • Nominated for the 2019 Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy category for her role as Kayla Day in Eighth Grade (2018), but lost to Olivia Colman for The Favourite (2018).
  • Elsie has a cat named Judy and three dogs named Agnes (also the name of her character in Despicable Me), Ollie, and Allie.

Quotes

  • My favorite thing to do is play video games. I love Pokemon; I'm going to get a new Pokemon game soon.
  • I want to act for a long time, but, later when I grow up, I also want to be a scientist!
  • [on what she wants to be when she grows up] I think I'll be a scientist or a veterinarian.
  • [on why she likes making animated movies] I like doing animated films because you don't have to act it out or do it a lot of times.
  • [on the one thing she couldn't live without] It would be my family, it really would be my family.

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