

Daily (the voice of Rugrat “Tommy Pickles” and Powerpuff Girl “Buttercup”). She is currently on tour with her new documentary puppet musical farce, The Sounds of Silence.Īn alumna of UCLA’s World Arts and Cultures Department and the Eastman School of Music, Eliza sings and plays violin in several bands and just finished recording a children’s album - Rusty Lulu and Magical Izzy - which she co-wrote and co-produced with Debi Derryberry (the voice of Jimmy Neutron) and E.G. Her solo play, USA 911, won her inclusion in the California Arts Council’s Touring Artists Roster, and its sequel, Road Trip, won a Dramalogue Critic’s Award for Outstanding Performance. In 2005, Eliza performed it at New York’s famed Public Theater. It premiered at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2003 and won the Best Solo Show Award.


Her theatrical presentation, Freedom of Speech, is a 34-character documentary based on these exploits. Schneider has traveled the globe collecting more than 3,000 recordings of regional dialects, many of which are used in her CDs and award-winning multiple character solo shows.

Before her stint on Beakman’s World, Eliza was featured on Howie Mandel’s Saturday morning children’s series, AmazingLiveSea Monkeys. She also plays most of the female characters on MTV’s animated series, 3-South, and contributed voice characterizations to NBC’s Spy TV, Pixar’s hit feature, Finding Nemo, Paramount’s What Women Want, and King of the Hill. Crabtree, Stan’s Mom, and Kenny’s Mom, among others. A gifted voice-over artist, she can be heard worldwide on Comedy Central’s hit animated series, South Park, as Wendy Testaberger, Shelly Marsh, Principal Victoria, The Mayor, Mrs. Schneider plays Beakman’s enthusiastic lab assistant, “Liza.” She’s an actress, singer, respected oral historian, and playwright. She then starred on the children's educational show " Beakman's World" as Liza, Beakman's laboratory assistant. Schneider made her television debut as Sheila Brentwood in the CBS Saturday morning comedy " The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys" (for which she also wrote music) with Howie Mandel. Her Blue Girl performance won her inclusion in the LA New Times "Best of LA 2000" issue. She also performs as Blue Girl, her avant-garde alter ego, self-described as "a goddess from the 16th dimension” painted blue from head to toe. She was also the lead vocalist in the rock bands "It's My Party!" and "Jazzbabies" and has performed with the bands Honeypig and Jewish punk band, Gefilte Fuck. She sings, plays violin, guitar and piano, and speaks French and Russian. Schneider has collected over 1000 recordings of dialects from across the world, several of which are used in her CDs and award-winning multiple character solo shows. For her senior thesis, she made a cross-country road tour in a former ambulance studying regional dialects.īased on her research, Schneider developed and performed original one woman shows entitled "`I'm Not Weird' - American Perspectives" and "Freedom of Speech." Her other solo plays, "USA 911" won her inclusion in the California Arts Council’s Touring Artist’s Roster, and "Road Trip" won a Drama-logue Critic’s Award for Outstanding Performance. She also participated in a theater program at Northwestern University's National High School Institute and graduated from UCLA as a world arts and cultures major. Her father was a math and drama teacher at the School of Arts High School in Rochester, New York, where she graduated as salutatorian. ] She spent her formative years on a Chippewa Reservation with her two older brothers. Schneider is the daughter of a Jewish father and a Native American law attorney mother. Eliza Jane Schneider (born February 3, 1978) is an American actress, songstress, oral historian, playwright, and voice-over artist.
