Early life and career
Dietz was born in Incheon, South Korea [1] on November 1, 1982, then was adopted and raised in Cooperstown, New York at three months old. She studied International Studies at Middlebury College. [2] She has spoken about how her experience as an adoptee inspired her performance as Amethyst on Steven Universe. [3] [4] [5]
Dietz began acting on television in 2005 with the role Ellie in Discover Me. She later appeared in a short in 2009 entitled Red, Black & Blonde as an Auditioning Dancer #1 and Interracial Couple #3 in K-Town. [6]
Later career
Dietz has voiced ongoing characters in two American children's animated TV series, Riff in Barney & Friends and Amethyst in the Steven Universe franchise. [1] [7] [8] However, her role as Amethyst was the first time she had voiced an animated character. [5]
She voiced Amethyst in the mobile games Cartoon Network Superstar Soccer: Goal (2014), Steven Universe: Attack the Light (2015), Steven Universe: Save the Light (2017), and Steven Universe: Unleash the Light (2019). [9] In 2019, she voiced Amethyst in the TV film, Steven Universe: The Movie , a continuation from the Steven Universe animated series. [10] She reprised the role in a 2021 anti-racism PSA by Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey. [11]
She has since go on to voice several characters for Disney, such as Dolly Dalmatian on 101 Dalmatian Street , [12] Vee on The Owl House, and Darryl McGee on The Ghost and Molly McGee. [13] [14] She also voiced Glass Boy in the Adventure Time: Distant Lands episode "Obsidian", [15] [16] and Danelda in two episodes of Mighty Magiswords .
She also voiced Blue Behemoth in Kid Cosmic , [17] and Dottie in two episodes of Tuca & Bertie . [18] Additionally, she voiced various characters in Monsters at Work , Jennifer in an episode of Fairfax , [19] and Michelle Green in four episodes of Craig of the Creek . [a] She recently voiced Ariel in the 2022 episode, "Ariel Force One", of Middlemost Post . [20]
She also voiced characters in video games such as Grand Theft Auto V , [21] [22] Fallout 76: Wastelanders , [23] and Lego Dimensions . [24]
In 2021, she voiced Tomas in the film, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf . [25] The previous year she provided narration for a series of narrated videos which were part of a Cartoon Network digital series celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. [26] [27]
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