Bettina Bush

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Bettina Bush
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Bush in 2007
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1980–present
Musical career
GenresPop
InstrumentsVocals
Website www.bettinamusic.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Bettina Bush, known professionally as Bettina, is an American actress and pop music singer.

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Early life

She was born the youngest of three children. Her father was Charles V. Bush, the first African-American graduate of the US Air Force Academy and later a business executive, and her mother was of Scottish-Polynesian and Cherokee descent. [1]

Voice acting

Bettina's professional career began at the age of 5 when she began modeling and acting. [2] Her acting career eventually led to voiceovers, including My Little Pony (as Megan), The Get Along Gang (as Dotty Dog), The Littles (as Lucy Little), Rugrats , All Grown Up! , Stargate Infinity , Ben 10 (as Kai Green), Age of Empires III (as Nonahkee), God Hand (as Olivia), [3] and is perhaps best known as the voice of Rainbow Brite and as the voice of Gloria in the Madagascar video games. She has also performed the McDonald's "I'm Lovin' It" commercial jingles. [4] She starred as Maria, a teenage Native American girl, in the film Journey to Spirit Island (1988).

Musical career

Her early influences in music include Dolly Parton and Elton John. [5] Bettina's early singing talents can be heard on the title sing "Gift of Love" as the voice/singing voice of Rainbow Brite by Disneyland/Vista Records in 1985, and in the song "Make Room for a Rainbow Inside" again as voice/singing voice of Rainbow Brite in the Rainbow Brite Paint a Rainbow in Your Heart album also produced by Disneyland/Vista Records in 1984. Bettina also performed the songs "Brand New Day" and "Rainbow Brite and Me" for the feature film Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer . Bettina later created her own record label company[ citation needed ] and financed, co-wrote, and performed her first independent release entitled "Lucky Girl".[ citation needed ] In 2006 she was named the winner of American Idol Underground in the pop category. Exposure from the show led to her being offered the opportunity to direct a music video. Along with it came the opportunity for her to co-write and edit three tracks with Sony Music producer/songwriter Automatic (P!nk, India.Arie). [6] With them she has co-written and edited three tracks: "Emerald City", "Let Me Inside" and "I Can't Deny You".[ citation needed ] Her single titled "She Is" reached No. 4 on Billboard 's Hot Singles Sales chart. [7] [8] Her debut album was set to be released in January 2008[ citation needed ] but was never released.

Filmography

Film

Bettina Bush' film credits
YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
1985 Here Come the Littles Lucy LittleVoice role [9]
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer Rainbow Brite Voice role
Credited as Bettina
[10] [11] [3]
It's Your Birthday Party with Rainbow Brite and FriendsVoice role
Credited as Bettina
Direct-to-video
[12]
1986Rainbow Brite: San Diego Zoo AdventureVoice role
Uncredited
Direct-to-video
[13]
2002 Inspector Gadget's Last Case: Claw's Revenge Female SuperheroVoice role
Credited as Tina Bush
Direct-to-video
[3]
2006 Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children ElenaVoice role
Direct-to-video
English dub
[3]

Television

Bettina Bush' television credits
YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
1999; 2001 Rugrats Alisa CarmichaelVoice role
4 episodes
[3]
2002 Groove Squad Mackenzie "Mac"Voice role
Credited as Tina Bush
Television film
[3]
Sabrina: Friends Forever Zelda Spellman Voice role
Credited as Tina Bush
Television film
[3]
2007 Ben 10 Kai GreenVoice role
Episode: "Benwolf"
[3]
2014 Ben 10: Omniverse Kai, Kai 10,000Voice role
5 episodes
[3]

Video games

Bettina Bush' video game credits
YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2005Madagascar Animal Trivia DVD GameGloriaVoice role [3]
Madagascar Voice role [3]
2006 God Hand OliviaVoice role
English dub
[3]
2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa GloriaVoice role [3]
2009 Madagascar Kartz Voice role [3]
2012 Madagascar 3: The Video Game Voice role [3]

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