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Kathryn Felicia Day<ref name="resume">Felicia's College Resume, Archive of "utexas.edu/~felicia/personal.html"</ref> (born on June 28, 1979<ref>Blum, Matt. Template:Cite web</ref> in Huntsville, Alabama) is an American actress, known for her work as "Vi" on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and for parts in movies such as Bring It On Again and June, as well as the Internet musical, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Day is also the star, script writer and producer of the original web series The Guild, a show loosely based on her life as a gamer, which is directed by Sean Michael Becker. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Web Television.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

Personal life and education

Day began her acting career at the age of 7 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.<ref name="HomePage">Template:Cite web</ref> An accomplished violinist,<ref name="HomePage" /> 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.<ref>Trapani, Gina."How Dr. Horrible's Felicia Day Gets Things Done", LifeHacker. August 4, 2008.</ref><ref name="audiointerview">Template:Cite web</ref> Day was a National Merit Scholar (1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and graduated as valedictorian of her class.<ref name="HomePage" /><ref name="audiointerview" />

She is 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.<ref name="Gaming Nexus Interview">"Gaming Nexus Interview 2/18/2009". Retrieved December 24, 2009.</ref>

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

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Felicia Day

Day is the creator, writer, and star of The Guild, a web series which started airing its fifth season in July 2011. The first season was primarily hosted on YouTube where it garnered millions of views.<ref name="Whitney">Daisy Whitney (2008, March). "Popular but Not Profitable". TelevisionWeek, 27(8), 3,28. Retrieved November 5, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1454502881).</ref> 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 receive financial remuneration 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 video "Game On" was released previous to the premiere of the 4th season of The Guild.

The Guild has won multiple awards, including the Greenlight Award for Best Original Digital Series Production at the South by Southwest festivals,<ref name="greenlight">Press Release. "The Guild And "Knock Off" Take Top Honors At The Greenlight Awards", ON Networks Inc. March 11, 2008. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.</ref> the YouTube Video Award for Best Series,<ref>2007 Youtube Video Awards, List of 2007 Winners. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.</ref> the Yahoo! Video Award for Best Series,<ref>"The Yahoo! Video Awards: The Results!", Yahoo Video Blog. March 21, 2008. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.</ref> 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.<ref>2009 Streamy Awards</ref>

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 Buffy the Vampire Slayer).<ref>Whedonesque : Comments on 15781 : Neil Patrick Harris working with Joss Whedon?</ref> Day was featured as a patient in the episode "Not Cancer" of the medical drama House,<ref name="foxflash">House Episode 5.02 - Not Cancer - Press Release, FoxFlash. September 23, 2008. Retrieved on November 5, 2008.</ref> and had a guest starring role in the sci-fi drama Dollhouse's unaired episode "Epitaph One",<ref name=chicagotribune>13 facts about 'Epitaph One,' the 'lost' episode of 'Dollhouse', The Watcher, Chicago Tribune, July 6, 2009.</ref> as well as its series finale "Epitaph Two" <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2008, Day was featured in a series of commercials for Sears.<ref> [1] </ref> <ref>[2] </ref> She also appeared in the first of the revitalized Cheetos commercials.<ref name="cheetosvid">YouTube of Cheetos Commercial, November 26, 2008.</ref> 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.Template:Citation needed Day starred in the Syfy film adaption of the saga Red Riding Hood, called Red;<ref>Felicia Day Sees Red When it Comes to Werewolves on Syfy</ref> it was produced by Angela Mancuso.<ref>New Syfy Saturday Original Movie To Star Felicia Day ("The Guild", "Dr. Horrible") in Re-Imagining of "Little Red Riding Hood"</ref>

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 as Veronica Santangelo in 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 videogames made by Bioware.<ref>Felicia Day Blog Archive: Dragon Age: Redemption</ref> It is due to air in Summer 2011.<ref>Late Night With Jimmy Fallon- Dragon Age: Redemption Trailer</ref>

Awards

In September 2008, TV Week included her in their list of Top 10 Web Video Creators.<ref name="TVWeek">"Poised to Leap". (2008, September). TelevisionWeek, 27(23), 1, 25–26. Retrieved November 5, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1570740411).</ref>

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.<ref>2010 Winners - The Streamy Awards</ref> She was also recognized for her work on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog in 2009.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Delusional	???	unknown part
2001	Strings	???	unknown part
2002	They Shoot Divas, Don't They?	Call Girl	TV movie/Supporting Lead
	House Blend	Pam	TV movie
2003	Backslide	Maddie
2004	The Mortician's Hobby	Tiffany
	Bring It On Again	Penelope
	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

TV series/Internet productions

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Emeril	Cherie
2002	Maybe It's Me	Cookie
2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Vi	8 episodes
	For the People	Nicole
	Century City	Sheryl	1 episode
2004	One on One	Sarah
	Strong Medicine	Jesse's Friend
2005	Monk	Heidi Gefsky	"Mr. Monk Gets Drunk" / 1 episode
2006	Windfall	Danielle	2 episodes
	Love, Inc.	Natalie
2007	The Guild - Season 1	Cyd Sherman/Codex	YouTube production / All episodes
2008	House	Apple	"Not Cancer" / 1 episode
	The Legend of Neil	Fairy	Web series / 5 episodes
	Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog	Penny	Joss Whedon web series / All episodes
	The Guild - Season 2	Cyd Sherman/Codex	MSN production / All episodes
2009	Roommates	Alyssa	3 episodes
	My Boys	Heather	1 episode
	Dollhouse	Mag	2 episodes: "Epitaph One" and "Epitaph Two: Return"
	The Guild - Season 3	Cyd Sherman/Codex	MSN production / All episodes
	IRrelevant Astronomy	Felicia Day	1 episode: "Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide"
	Lie To Me	Ms. Angela	1 episode: "Tractor Man"
	The Legend of Neil - Season 2	The Fairy	Musical Reference of her Career
	Three Rivers	Jeni	1 episode: "A Roll of the Dice"
2010	The Webventures of Justin & Alden	Herself
	The Guild - Season 4	Cyd Sherman/Codex	MSN production / All episodes
	The Legend of Neil - Season 3	The Fairy
	Generator Rex	Annie	1 episode: "Operation: Wingman"
2011	Dragon Age: Redemption	Tallis
	Eureka	Dr. Holly Marten
	Generator Rex	Annie	1 episode: "Haunted"
	The Guild - Season 5	Cyd Sherman/Codex
	The Big Chew	Marjorie	YouTube production

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 (expected)	Guild Wars 2	Zojja	game character voice over (Still in development as of April 2011)

References

Further Reading

• Schramm, Mike. (Aug. 24, 2009) BlizzCon 2009: WoW.com interviews Felicia Day. (part 2)

External links

• Felicia Day Online - official website and blog
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