Sugar Lyn Beard
Stephanie Lyn Beard (born August 27, 1981), better known by her stage name Sugar Lyn Beard, is a Canadian television actress, voice actress and television and radio personality. Her radio host persona uses the name "Suga BayBee", and as co-host of The Zone, she was called "Sugar".
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Born | Stephanie Lyn Beard August 27, 1981 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Other names | Sugar, Sug, Suga BayBee |
Occupation | Film actress, television actress, voice actress, radio host, singer, songwriter |
Years active | 1999–present |
Early life
Beard was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Her Suga BayBee was also a character on the Mad Dog and Billie morning show formerly aired on Toronto radio station KISS 92.5.[1][2] Beard's squeaky-voiced character began appearing on KISS when Beard was 19 years old and otherwise working as a sales clerk.[3]
Career
Her voice in 2000 was most known as the voice Sailor Mini Moon in the Cloverway adaptation of Sailor Moon. From 2001 to 2007, Beard hosted and produced The Zone, a series of short interstitial segments that aired between regular weekday programming on the Canadian children's network YTV. She also hosted additional programs like Sugar & Avril: A Zone Special.[4] She and Carlos Bustamante hosted a weekly hour-long program, Plugged In, on the Corus Entertainment website boomboxbaby.ca.[5]
She also had a column in the youth newspaper, Brand New Planet; it was distributed with subscriptions to the Toronto Star only.[6] In 2006, the Star put her on the long list for Children's Entertainment, when creating their Essentially Canadian Top 10 lists.[7]
Among her works, she played the role of Susan in the 2011 film 50/50[8] and the character Fiona in two episodes of season 6 of Weeds. Her most recent projects are as Krissy in the 2012 film For a Good Time, Call... and Jeanie in the 2016 comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot | Wish Bear (voice) | |
2005 | The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie | Wish Bear (voice) | |
2010 | True Story. Based on Things That Never Actually Happened. ...And Some That Did. | Amanda | |
2010 | Not Quite College | Jessica | |
2011 | Stag | Mary | |
2011 | Darla | Loud Mouth | |
2011 | 50/50 | Susan | |
2012 | For a Good Time, Call... | Krissy | |
2012 | Living Loaded | Maureen | |
2015 | Aloha | Global One Volunteer | |
2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates | Jeanie | |
2016 | Sausage Party | Baby Carrots and Cookies (voices) | |
2017 | Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | Goodie Two-Shoes Girl (voice) | |
2017 | The Disaster Artist | Actress No. 2 | |
2017 | Palm Swings | Allison Hughes | |
2018 | Game Over, Man! | Herself | |
2018 | The Package | Sheryl | |
2020 | Unpregnant | Kate | |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Sailor Moon | Serenity "Rini" Tsukino/Sailor Mini Moon (voice) | 77 episodes |
2000 | Franklin | Betty Beaver (voice) | |
2000 | The Red Green Show | Kelly Cook | 2 episodes |
2001 | Pecola | Coco (voice) | |
2001 | The Santa Claus Brothers | Additional Voices (voice) | |
2001–2007 | The Zone | Herself | Host and producer |
2002 | Beyblade G-Revolution | Ming Ming (voice) | |
2003 | The Save-Ums! | Olena Octopus (voice) | |
2003–2004 | The World of Piwi | Sunny (1st voice), Brooklyn (1st voice) | French-Canadian computer-animated television series |
2004 | Cyberchase | Creech (voice) | 4 episodes |
2004 | Kevin Hill | Santa's Helper (voice) | Episode: "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" |
2005 | Atomic Betty | Cadets (voice) | 2 episodes |
2005–2008 | Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs | Nancy the Nanosaurus (voice) | 7 episodes |
2006 | Sons of Butcher | Bar Girl (voice) | 3 episodes |
2006 | Captain Flamingo | Kirsten (voice) | 3 episodes |
2006–2009 | Di-Gata Defenders | Kara (voice) | 34 episodes |
2009 | The Amazing Spiez! | Tami (voice) | 52 episodes |
2009 | King of the Hill | Unknown (voice) | Episode: "Uncool Customer" |
2010 | Weeds | Fiona | 2 episodes |
2012 | The Mindy Project | Claire | Episode: "Hiring and Firing" |
2013 | Ghost Ghirls | Becky | Episode: "Something Borrowed, Something Boo" |
2014 | Garfunkel and Oates | Epiphany | Episode: "Rule 34" |
2015 | You're the Worst | Justine | Episode: "Born Dead" |
2016 | Drunk History | Catharine Fox | Episode: "Siblings" |
2017–2018 | The Flash | Becky Sharpe / Hazard, Clifford DeVoe / Thinker |
3 episodes |
2019 | Drunk History | self/narrator | Episode: "Femme Fatales" |
Radio
- Mad Dog and Billie on KISS 92.5 (2000–2001) – Suga BayBee
References
- Goddard, Peter (December 18, 2000). "Listeners love morning KISS ; Mouse-like Suga BayBee radio voice for younger generation". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- Barnard, Linda (January 23, 2012). "Sundance 2012: For A Good Time Call, first look at raunchy comedy". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- Pigg, Susan (February 24, 2001). "Kiss and makeover ; Country music station CISS 92 changed to pop tunes overnight". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- "Country music Industry as plastic as its songs". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- Your Name (this will appear with your post) (November 7, 2006). "Broadband Radio Booming, Baby | Mediacaster Magazine – Broadband & Content". Mediacaster Magazine. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- "Sweet! Suga Baybee's in Brand New Planet (ad)". Toronto Star. Toronto ON. February 10, 2004. p. E16.
- "Essentially Canadian: Children's Entertainment". Toronto Star. Toronto ON. June 22, 2006.
- Cusimano, Salvatore (April 17, 2012). "50 e 50 – Recensione". ecodelcinema (in Italian). Retrieved July 9, 2012.
External links
Preceded by Tracey Hoyt |
Voice of Rini/Sailor Mini Moon Eps. 96 – 159 |
Succeeded by Sandy Fox |