Felicia Day Biography

Kathryn Felicia Day (born June 28, 1979) is an American actress and writer. She played the character "Vi" on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and acted in movies such as Bring It On Again and June, as well as the Internet musical, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and currently has a recurring role as Charlie on Supernatural. She is the star, writer, and producer of the original web series The Guild, a show loosely based on her life as a gamer. She also wrote and starred in the Dragon Age web series Dragon Age: Redemption. Day was a member of the board of directors of the International Academy of Web Television beginning December 2009 until the end of July 2012.

Early life

Day began her acting career at the age of 8 when she starred as Scout in a local production of To Kill a Mockingbird. She studied operatic singing and ballet professionally, performing at concerts and competitions nationwide. Home-schooled throughout much of her childhood, she began college at the age of 16.

She was a National Merit Scholar (1995) and graduated as valedictorian of her class. An accomplished violinist, Day was accepted to the Juilliard School of Music but chose to attend the University of Texas at Austin on a full scholarship in violin performance. She double majored in mathematics and music performance. She is also an avid player of a wide variety of video game genres. Much of her work on The Guild web series was based on her personal experience with video games.

Career

Early career

After graduation, Day moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She landed several roles in various short and independent films, as well as commercials and guest spots on television shows, including Undeclared and Maybe It's Me. These parts propelled her to larger roles: a part in the film Bring It On Again, the starring role in June, and a recurring guest spot as potential Slayer Vi on television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a recurring role that is still occasionally utilized in that show's eighth season comic book series.

The Guild

Day is the creator, writer, and star of The Guild, a web series which started airing its sixth season in October 2012. The first season was primarily hosted on YouTube where it garnered millions of views. Its second season premiered on Microsoft's three major video channels Xbox Live, MSN Video and The Zune Marketplace after Microsoft made a deal with The Guild, allowing Day, her cast, and her crew to be paid for their work. Day also created a song and music video called "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar," featuring the cast dressed up as their in-game personae. The final moments of the music video itself also detailed that the release date for the 3rd season of Day's The Guild would be August 25, 2009. A second song and Bollywood style video "Game On" was released prior to the premiere of the 4th season of The Guild. A third video (their most recent to date) called "I'm the One That's Cool" features the members of the cast in the guise of an alternative band performing at a local venue, intercut with scenes of the cast as younger versions of their characters experiencing bullying at the hands of "cooler" and more popular kids while at school.

The Guild has won multiple awards, including the Greenlight Award for Best Original Digital Series Production at the South by Southwest festivals, the YouTube Video Award for Best Series, the Yahoo! Video Award for Best Series, and 2009 Streamy Awards for Best Comedy Web Series, Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series, and Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series.

Geek & Sundry

In March 2012, Day announced that she would be launching a premium YouTube channel, "Geek & Sundry," on April 2.

Geek and Sundry took over production of The Guild for Season 6. Day hosts several shows on Geek & Sundry, most notably The Flog, Vaginal Fantasy, Felicia's Ark, and Co-Optitude (which co-star's Felicia's brother Ryon Day.)

Day is a recurring guest on Wil Wheaton's Tabletop and is also billed as an executive producer for the series.

Other work

In July 2008, Day starred as Penny in the three-part web-based musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (created by Joss Whedon, who also created Dollhouse and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which Day had parts). Day was featured as a patient in the episode "Not Cancer" of the medical drama House, and had a guest starring role in the sci-fi drama Dollhouses unaired episode "Epitaph One", as well as its series finale "Epitaph Two." In 2008, Day was featured in a series of commercials for Sears Blue Crew. She also appeared in the first of the revitalized Cheetos commercials. In the series Lie to Me, on the episode called "Tractor Man," airing December 14, 2009, Day sang a song called "White Lie" alongside Brendan Hines. Day starred with Kavan Smith in the Syfy film adaption of the Little Red Riding Hood saga, called Red, produced by Angela Mancuso. Day also played the continuing role of Dr. Holly Marten in the Syfy channel's original series, Eureka, appearing in 18 episodes during the last two seasons of the show. Felicia Day has also played the role of 'Gorgol' in the popular web series 'MyMusic' directed by 'The Fine Brothers.'

Day also starred in Guild co-star Sandeep Parikh's web-series The Legend of Neil, in which she portrayed a Fairy. She sings in the second season musical episode, in which she obliquely references her history of Internet musicals.

Day lent her voice to the character Veronica Santangelo in the video game Fallout: New Vegas.

In February 2011, Day announced that she would be starring in a new web miniseries. Called Dragon Age: Redemption, it is based on the Dragon Age video games made by BioWare and aired on October 10, 2011. Day plays an elf named Tallis, and returns as the voice and model for the character in the Dragon Age II downloadable content "Mark of the Assassin."

In January 2012, Day announced that she would be hosting a [[Google+]] Hangout called Vaginal Fantasy. The Hangout features Day along with Kiala Kazebee, Veronica Belmont, and Bonnie Burton. Every month they discuss lady-leaning paranormal and historical adventure books.

In February 2012, Day guest starred in Sean "Day[9]" Plott's online webcast featuring Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

In April 2012 it was announced that Day will host the 2012 IndieCade Awards Ceremony on October 4, 2012.

On April 29, 2012 she also appeared on the YouTube show MyMusic as a Norwegian Black Metal singer named Gorgol. She guest starred in the second season of the Jane Espenson scripted web series, Husbands.

In October 2012, she guest starred on The Game Station podcast and appeared in an episode of My Drunk Kitchen.

Awards

In September 2008, TV Week included her in their list of Top 10 Web Video Creators.

During the inaugural Streamy Awards held in Los Angeles on March 28, 2009, Day received the award for the "Best Female Actor in a Comedy" for her work as protagonist Cyd Sherman in The Guild, and won the same award again in 2010. She was also recognized for her work on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog in 2009. Day was also nominated for the Best Guest Appearance Award for the 3rd Streamy Awards.

Awards and nominations for Felicia Day

Year	Award Show	Category	Work	Result
2009	1st Streamy Awards	Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series	The Guild
		Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series (shared with the rest of the cast)
		Best Writing in a Comedy Web Series
2010	2nd Streamy Awards	Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series
		Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series (shared with the rest of the cast)
		Best Writing in a Comedy Web Series
2012	Inaugural IAWTV Awards	Best Writing (Comedy)
		Best Female Performance (Comedy)
2013	2nd Annual IAWTV Awards	Best Writing (Non-Fiction)	The Flog
	3rd Streamy Awards	Best Writing - Comedy	The Guild
		Best Guest Appearance	MyMusic

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Strings	Unknown	Unknown part
2002	They Shoot Divas, Don't They?	Call Girl	TV movie; supporting lead
	House Blend	Pam	TV movie
2003	Delusional	Unknown	Unknown part
2003	Backslide	Maddie	Minor part
2004	The Mortician's Hobby	Tiffany
	Bring It On Again	Penelope	Supporting lead
	June	June Marie Jacobs	TV movie; lead
	Final Sale	Felicia	Lead
2005	Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder	Emily	TV movie; lead
	Warm Springs	Eloise Hutchinson	TV movie; supporting lead
	Short Story Time	Felicia
2006	God's Waiting List	Trixie
2007	Splitting Hairs	Sugar Girl
2008	Prairie Fever	Blue
	Dear Me	Pipsy	Lead
2010	Red: Werewolf Hunter	Virginia Sullivan	Lead
2011	Rock Jocks	Alison	Lead

TV series/Internet productions

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Emeril	Cherie	One episode: "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"
2002	Maybe It's Me	Cookie	One episode: "The Crazy-Girl Episode"
2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Vi	Eight episodes
	For the People	Nicole	One episode: "Nexus"
	Undeclared	Sheila	One episode: "God Visits"
2004	One on One	Sarah	One episode: "We'll Take Manhattan"
	Century City	Sheryl	One episode: "The Haunting"
	Strong Medicine	Jesse's Friend	One episode: "Positive Results"
2005	Monk	Heidi Gefsky	"Mr. Monk Gets Drunk" / One episode
2006	Windfall	Danielle	Two episodes: "Changing Partners" and "Crash Into You"
	Love, Inc.	Natalie	One episode: "Hello, Larry"
2007"2013	The Guild	Cyd Sherman/Codex	Web series / all episodes / Creator
2008"2010	The Legend of Neil	Fairy	Web series / five episodes
2008	House	Apple	"Not Cancer" / One episode
	Retarded Policeman #7.5: Fish	Herself
	Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog	Penny	Joss Whedon web series / all episodes
2009	Roommates	Alyssa	three episodes
	My Boys	Heather	One episode
	Dollhouse	Mag	Two episodes: "Epitaph One" and "Epitaph Two: Return"
	IRrelevant Astronomy	Felicia Day	One episode: "Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide"
	Lie to Me	Ms. Angela	One episode: "Tractor Man"
	Three Rivers	Jeni	One episode: "A Roll of the Dice"
2010	A Comicbook Orange	Herself	One episode: "Felicia Day & Viking"
	The Webventures of Justin & Alden	Herself
	Generator Rex	Annie	One episode: "Operation: Wingman"
2011	Dragon Age: Redemption	Tallis	Writer & co-producer
	Generator Rex	Annie	One episode: "Haunted"
	The Big Chew	Marjorie	YouTube production
	Eureka	Dr. Holly Marten	18 episodes
2012"present	Supernatural	Charlie Bradbury	Three episodes: "The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo", "LARP and the Real Girl" and "Pac-Man Fever"
	The Flog	Herself	Weekly vlog on Geek & Sundry
	Vaginal Fantasy	Herself	Monthly hangout on Geek & Sundry
	Tabletop	Herself	Five episodes: "Munchkin", "Elder Sign", "Last Night on Earth", "The Resistance" and "Lords of Waterdeep". YouTube Internet series.
2012	Fish Hooks	Angela	Four episodes: "Send Me an Angel Fish", "Guys' Night Out", "Oscar is a Playa" and "Fish Prom"
	MyMusic	Gorgol	One episode: "INVISIBLE!" YouTube Internet series.
	Dan Vs.	The Boss	One episode: "Dan vs. The Boss"
	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Marshmallow/Peach	Four episodes: "Sir Juice Alot", "Founding Fruits", "Fruit Plane" and "Girls vs. Boys"
	Husbands	Sexy Pizza Girl	Web series
	My Gimpy Life	Felicia	Two episodes: "Inspirational," "Crowded" YouTube Internet series
	YOMYOMF	Herself	One episode: "KevJumba Takes the SAT w/ Felicia Day" YouTube Internet series.
	The Game Station Podcast	Herself	One episode: "Episode 27" YouTube Internet series.
	Rewind YouTube Style 2012	Carly Rae Jepsen	single video
2013	Felicia's Ark	Herself	Weekly series running from 2013-04-01 to 2013-05-13. YouTube Internet series.
2013	Co-Optitude	Herself	YouTube Internet series.

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2010	Rock of the Dead	Mary Beth	Game character voice over
	Fallout: New Vegas	Veronica Santangelo	Game character voice over
2011	Dragon Age II: Mark of the Assassin	Tallis	Game character voice over
2012	Guild Wars 2	Zojja	Game character voice over