Carolyn Lawrence

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Carolyn Lawrence
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Lawrence in 2024
Born
Occupation(s)Actress, realtor
Years active1987–present
Known for Sandy Cheeks in SpongeBob SquarePants
Spouse
(m. 1988;div. 2005)
Children2

Carolyn Lawrence (born 1967) [2] is an American actress and real estate agent. She is known for her voice roles on Nickelodeon animated shows, including Sandy Cheeks on SpongeBob SquarePants , [3] Cindy Vortex on Jimmy Neutron , and Mandragora on Winx Club as well as the title character on Adult Swim original series Moral Orel and Ashley Graham in the original version of Resident Evil 4 .

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Life and career

Lawrence left high school to take dance classes in Chicago. [4] Since then, she began her long-running role as Sandy Cheeks on SpongeBob SquarePants . She was also the voice of Cindy Vortex in the film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and its spinoff series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius , as well as the title character, Orel Puppington, in Moral Orel . [5] Lawrence is the voice of Ashley Graham, the U.S. president's daughter, in all releases of the 2005 survival horror video game Resident Evil 4 . [5] She plays Christy Allison on the video podcast Goodnight Burbank .

Lawrence has 2 children. She is also a licensed real estate agent in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Little Man Tate Sorority Girl
2001 Amélie Amélie Poulain (voice)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Cindy Vortex (voice)
2003Vampires AnonymousPenelope
2004Party WagonOrnery Sue, Wagonmaster's Wife, Daughter #3TV
Catching KringleSnowflake
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Sandy Cheeks (voice)
2006 Goodnight Burbank Christy Allison
2011StanFamily Friend
2012 Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom Mandragora (voice)
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Sandy Cheeks (voice)
2020 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
2024 Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
2025 Plankton: The Movie [7]
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants [8]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Tales of Little Women Amy March (voice)Main role
1994 Weird Science DashaEpisode: "Future Bride"
1994–1995Mike & SpikeMichelle Baby2 episodes
1995 Muscle Karen Anders
Caroline in the City NurseEpisode: "Caroline and Victor/Victoria"
1996 Wings MayEpisode: "Grouses, Houses, and Bickering Spouses"
7th Heaven OperatorEpisode: "Red Tape"
1997 Union Square MichelleEpisode: "Enjoy Your Haddock"
1999–present SpongeBob SquarePants Sandy Cheeks (voice)Main role
2002–2006 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Cindy Vortex (voice)
2003 A Minute with Stan Hooper Marjorie2 episodes
2004–2006 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour Cindy Vortex (voice)Main role
2004 Boston Legal Thirty-Year-Old JurorEpisode: "Shock and Oww!"
2005–2008; 2012 Moral Orel Orel Puppington (voice)Main role
2006 The Fairly OddParents Ms. Sunshine (voice)Episode: "No Substitute for Crazy"
Goodnight Burbank Christy Allison
2021–2024 Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years Sandy Cheeks (voice)Main role
The Patrick Star Show Recurring role

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Spyro: Year of the Dragon Zoe, Greta, Tara Kroft, Elora
2001 SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge Sandy Cheeks [9]
SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty
2002 Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly Zoe, Additional voices
SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month Sandy Cheeks
SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman
2003 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Sandy Cheeks, Mermalair Computer
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando Mother, Child
2004 EverQuest II Captain Helysianna/Queen Zynixi/Flamestalker/Ambassador Kialee/Tseralith 1/Scholar Neola/Lyris Moonbane
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies Cindy Vortex
2005 Resident Evil 4 Ashley Graham
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! Sandy Cheeks
Nicktoons Unite! Sandy Cheeks, Cindy Vortex
2006 Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island Sandy Cheeks
2007 SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
2008 SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom Cindy Vortex
2010 SpongeBob's Boating Bash Sandy Cheeks
2012 Nicktoons MLB
2013 SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge
2015 SpongeBob HeroPants Sandy Cheeks/The Rodent
2020 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated Sandy Cheeks, Mermalair Computer [10] Archival recordings
2021 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Sandy CheeksVoiceover added in the June 2022 update
2022 Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway Sandy Cheeks, Cindy Vortex
2023 SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake Sandy Cheeks, Additional voices
2024 SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game Sandy Cheeks [11]

Audiobooks

YearTitleRole
1996 Goosebumps - A Shocker on Shock StreetErin [12]

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