Alyson Stephanie Court (born November 9, 1973) is a Canadian actress. She began her career as a child actress, her first television role was as herself in Mr. Dressup (1984–1994), and later made her first film role as Ruthie in Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985). Court continued to appear in educational productions, landing the lead role of Loonette the Clown on the series The Big Comfy Couch (1993–2002).Alyson Court at Voice Chasers Database. Retrieved on September 23, 2008.
As a voice actress, Court has appeared in several animated series, mostly notably as Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice (1989–1991) and Jubilee in X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997). She was also the original voice of Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil franchise, voicing the character for all of her appearances from Resident Evil 2 (1998) to Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (2012).Official Canadia 2056 Cast. Retrieved on September 23, 2008.
Early life Alyson Stephanie Court was born on November 9, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a mother who ran the Canadian Opera Company.
Career Television roles Court first appeared as Ruthie in Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird and later as herself in Mr. Dressup in 1984. In 1988, she was in the pilot for the series My Secret Identity as Caroline, neighbor to Jerry O'Connell's character. Court played Loonette the Clown, the main character of the series The Big Comfy Couch, for the first six seasons before leaving the show to focus on raising her child.
From 2000 to 2003, Court was the host of the morning children's programming block on CBC, Get Set for Life (now CBC Kids).
Court appeared in This Hour Has 22 Minutes (season 24, episode 3), a Canadian television show where she reprised her role as Loonette the Clown in a comedic sketch on the 2016 clown epidemic.
Voice acting Court voiced summer camper Dawn in the 1986 animated film Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation and Emily Elizabeth in the Clifford's Fun with... videotape series from 1988 to the early 1990s. Among her animated series voice acting roles are Malani the Ewok in the animated television program Star Wars: Ewoks (her first animated role when she was 11), and Lydia Deetz (originally played by Winona Ryder) in the animated adaptation of the 1988 film Beetlejuice. She voiced Terri Cloth on The Garbage Pail Kids animated series of 1987–1988. In 1992, she voiced Jubilee in X-Men: The Animated Series and Nora Mouse in the animated series Timothy Goes to School. She was also voice of Trina Riffin in the Cartoon Network/Teletoon series Grojband, Malani the Ewok in Ewoks, Amber in Silver Surfer, Megan Clark in The Amazing Spiez!, Wendy Wyndlee in Inspector Gadget, Arkayna Goodfey/Mysticon Dragon Mage in the Nickelodeon/YTV series Mysticons, Queen Martha in the Nick Jr. Channel program Mike the Knight and Poodle in the YTV program Almost Naked Animals. During 2006 and 2007, she was the voice of Dahlia in the animated series Skyland. She voices Coco in the animated show Urban Vermin, and was the voice of Pixx in the animated show Ultraforce. She also voiced Windy Woo from The Naughty Naughty Pets. She recently voiced Abscissa in X-Men '97.
In video games, she provided the voice of Claire Redfield in Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, Resident Evil: Degeneration,SDCC 08: Resident Evil: Degeneration Unveiled. Retrieved on September 23, 2008. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles,Talking Evil – Claire's Presence and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Court did not reprise her role as Claire in Resident Evil: Revelations 2 or the 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2, as she sounded too young to voice the older mature Claire in the former and the third-party localization team overseeing voice acting/motion capture chose to go with non-union voice actors for the latter. In addition, she directed the voice-over and motion-capture portions of the spin-off title Resident Evil Outbreak, which did not feature Claire. In addition to voice acting, Court was also involved in the localization process of several Capcom games in North America. Among the most noteworthy were Mega Man X5 in 2001, in which she was directly responsible for the decision to rename the initial eight Maverick bosses to reference members of Guns N' Roses, meant as a tribute for her then husband's love for the band. In 1998, Court reprised her role as Jubilee in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.
Personal life Court married Erik Suzuki, a former Capcom voice and video game localization director, in 2000. They divorced in 2005. Court has a son named Blaede. In March 2018, Court became engaged to comic book creator Z.M. Thomas. On July 1, 2019, Court announced her marriage to Thomas.
Filmography Live-action Film Year Title Role Notes 1985 Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird Ruthie 1986 My Pet Monster Melanie Direct-to-video 1987 Rolling Vengeance Allison Rosso 1991 South of Wawa Shannon 1997 The Count of Monte Cristo Direct-to-video 1998 Jerry and Tom Jacki 2007 Look Both Ways Associate producer Short film 2011 Sunny Skies Short film2012 Retreat Him Indoors Executive producer 2018 The Joke Thief Margaret Fellows
Television Year Title Role Notes 1984–94 Mr. Dressup Herself 1985 The Edison Twins Alison Episode: "Robbers and Robots" Pippi Longstocking Annika Settergen ABC Weekend Special film1986 Rockit Records Put Pilot (CBC) Rosie Sarah Dawson 2 episodes1987 Home Alone: A Kid's Guide to Playing it Safe When On Your Own Alyson Direct-to-video special Stranger in My Bed Joan Slater Television film1988 Blades of Courage Kyra Laroche Drop-Out Mother Caroline Cromwell 1988, 1991 My Secret Identity Caroline 2 episodes 1989 The Twilight Zone Beverly Episode: "The Mind of Simon Foster"1990 Avonlea Margie Purdie Episode: "Malcolm and the Baby" Lantern Hill Agnes Ripley Television film Basil Hears a Noise Additional characters 1993–2002 The Big Comfy Couch Loonette the Clown 78 episodes1997 Elvis Meets Nixon Priscilla Presley Television film Groundling Marsh The Ice Wind Episode: "Crystal and the Ice Wind"1998 Once a Thief Cleo Redford Episode: "Politics of Love" The Last Don II Fumigator Actress 2 episodes 2000–03 Get Set for Life Herself 2001 Haven Bernice Television film 2011 The Being Frank Show Episode: #1.21 2012–14 Mia and Me Elf Girl 26 episodes2016 Murdoch Mysteries Mrs. Candace Riley Episode: "House of Industry" This Hour Has 22 Minutes Loonette the Clown Episode for October 18, 2016Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
Voice-over roles Film Year Title Role Notes1986 Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation Dawn Madballs: Escape from Orb Sandy Direct-to-video 1987 Care Bears Adventures in Wonderland Princess 1988 Clifford's Fun With... Emily Elizabeth Direct-to-video series 1996 The Toy Shop Katherine Direct-to-video 2008 Resident Evil: Degeneration Claire Redfield CG Film
Anime Year Title Role Notes 2007–12 Bakugan Battle Brawlers Miyoko Kuso, Tayghen, Mira, Soon 189 episodes
Animation Year Title Role Notes 1985–86 Ewoks Malani Recurring role (Season 1 only) 1986 The Care Bears Family Various voices 13 episodes1987 My Pet Monster Jill Smith 5 episodes Garbage Pail Kids Terri Cloth, Belle Button, Lois Lamebrain, Fay Hooray 12 episodes The New Archies Veronica Lodge 13 episodes 1989–91 Beetlejuice Lydia Deetz (voice) 94 episodes 1991 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures Additional voices 8 episodes 1992–97 X-Men: The Animated Series Jubilation Lee/Jubilee 48 episodes 1994–95 Free Willy Lucille 20 episodes 1994 Tales from the Cryptkeeper Kirsten Episode: "The Avenging Phantom/Myth Conceptions"1995 Spider-Man: The Animated Series Jubilation Lee/Jubilee 2 episodes Ultraforce Pixx 2 episodes1998 Silver Surfer Amber Episode: "The Origin of the Silver Surfer: Part 2" Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend Delona 26 episodes 1998–2000 Noddy Island Princess 21 episodes 1998–2000 The Powerpuff Girls Additional voices 16 episodes 1999–02 Tweenies Bella US version 1999–03 Redwall Myrtle 10 episodes 2000–01 Timothy Goes to School Nora Mouse 7 episodes 2000, 2003 Monster by Mistake Miranda Bell 2 episodes 2001–03 Braceface Additional voices 3 episodes 2002–03 Moville Mysteries Alyssa Dryden, Donna 2 episodes 2006 The Naughty Naughty Pets Windy Woo 2006–07 Spider Riders Aqune, Portia Skyland Dahlia Recurring role2007 Friends and Heroes Diana 12 episodes Urban Vermin Coco 2008 Gotta Catch Santa Claus Trainee Elf Television film Z-Squad Chaney, Zora 2008–09 Willa's Wild Life Lara, Tiffy Tootie 2 episodes2009 Angora Napkin Beatrice Television film Franny's Feet Meena the Butterfly 2009, 2010 The Dating Guy Brie 2 episodes 2009–11 Producing Parker Penelope 2009–12 The Amazing Spiez! Megan Clark Main role 2010 Caillou Ms. Lauren Shelley Episode: "Butterfly Surprise/Soccer Trouble/You're Not Miss Martin!" 2010–11 Turbo Dogs Additional voices 2 episodes2011–13 Almost Naked Animals Poodle 8 episodes Mike the Knight Queen Martha 16 episodes 2013–15 Grojband Trina Riffin 26 episodes 2013 Ella the Elephant E.L. Weathers Episode: "Tiki's Quest" 2014 Wishenpoof! Bianca's Mom Episode: "Pilot" 2015–18 Inspector Gadget Wendy Wyndlee, Tourist #2, Corsetta Camisole, Detective Data, Malicious 10 episodes 2016 Looped Sarah Doover Episode: "Balanced Breakfast" 2017–18 Mysticons Arkayna Goodfey, Dragon Mage, Elven Daughter, Binky, The Mask Main role 2019 Total Dramarama Princess Ephemera Episode: "Soother or Later"2020 Parallel Parker Parker, Science Parker Main role on Toonavision Powerbirds Bella Episode: "No One Like You" 2024 X-Men '97 Abscissa Episode: "Motendo"
Video games Year Title Voice role Notes1998 Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes Jubilee Resident Evil 2 Claire Redfield 2000 Resident Evil – Code: Veronica Spawn: In the Demon's Hand Tiffany 2009 Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Claire Redfield 2012 Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Production work Voice director Year Title Notes 2002 Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Video game (uncredited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bb3awZgQ1c 2003 Resident Evil Outbreak Video game 2017–2018 The Magic School Bus Rides Again 29 episodes 2018 Cupcake & Dino: General Services 13 episodes 2020–2022 Blue's Clues & You! 30 episodes 2022 Transformers: BotBots 10 episodes 2022 My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale 4 episodes 2022–2023 Pinkalicious & Peterrific 7 episodes 2024–2025 Let's Go, Bananas! 26 episodes
Motion-capture director Year Title Notes 2003 Resident Evil Outbreak Video game 2004 Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2
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