Michelle Creber

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Michelle Creber
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Creber at the 2015 Leo Awards
Born
Michelle Nicole Creber

(1999-09-07) September 7, 1999 (age 24)
Vancouver, Canada
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2008–present
Known forApple Bloom and Sweetie Belle's singing voice (until 2013) in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Michelle Nicole Creber (born September 7, 1999) is a Canadian actress and singer who is best known as the voice of Apple Bloom (and the singing voice of Sweetie Belle until 2013) in the TV series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic . [1]

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Biography

Creber was born to jazz pianist/producer Michael Creber and vocalist/producer Monique Creber. She first appeared on stage with her parents at the age of one and since then has performed in several movies, TV shows, musicals, and animation series.

Other notable voiceover credits include "Lucy" in Peanuts (Warner Bros), "Alice" in Martha Speaks (PBS Kids), and "Wendy" in the New Adventures of Peter Pan (Discovery Family). Notable onscreen credits include "Kelly" in the gritty Western series Strange Empire (CBC/Netflix), Supernatural (CW), Smart Cookies (Hallmark), Killer Among Us (Lifetime), Christmas Lodge (Showcase), The Haunting Hour (The Hub), Eureka (NBC), and The Search For Santa Paws (Disney). [2] Creber has also performed extensively in the theatre world with many lead roles, including twice in the title role of Annie and "Dorothy" in The Wizard of Oz. A professional singer since the age of four, she has recorded lead vocals on over a dozen albums in addition to the soundtracks for many TV shows and movies.

On August 28, 2012, Creber released her first solo CD entitled Timeless: Songs of a Century. On December 1, 2012, she followed up the release with A Creber Christmas, featuring her entire family and popular musicians of the brony community. [3] The album at Home (an acoustic collection of covers and originals featuring Creber, her parents, Gabriel Brown, and Andrea Libman) was released in November 2014. The summer of 2015 saw the release of Tribute: Celebrating the Music of Michael Jackson, featuring Creber and Gabriel Brown (aka Black Gryph0n). On May 1, 2016, she released Getting Stronger, an album of originals with Gabriel Brown. [4] Recent lead singing features include the theme song for NBCs Nina's World; three albums with Gabriel Brown; Hasbro albums Songs of Ponyville, It's A Pony Kind of Christmas, and Songs of Harmony; and a duet with Billy Joel for the Hallmark movie Just the Way You Are.

Creber frequently contributes to the brony community showing up to several brony conventions across the United States. She also has appeared internationally: BUCKcon at Manchester, UK, in 2013; GalaCon at Ludwigsburg, Germany, in 2015 and 2017; PonyCongress at Elbląg, Poland, in 2016; [5] and Project SeaPonyCon at Bangkok, Thailand, in 2017. She also had her own Internet radio show, Saturday Night Songs, on the defunct brony media network, "Everfree Network." [6]

Filmography

Michelle Creber performing at BronyCon (Baltimore, Maryland, 2016) Michelle in Baltimore (1) cropped.jpg
Michelle Creber performing at BronyCon (Baltimore, Maryland, 2016)
Michelle Creber performing in the musical FAME (Vancouver, BC, 2016) Final Export (sept 19).01 47 33 14.Still070 cropped.jpg
Michelle Creber performing in the musical FAME (Vancouver, BC, 2016)
Michelle Creber at the Leo Awards (Vancouver, BC, 2015) 2015-06-14 17.33.20 light cropped.jpg
Michelle Creber at the Leo Awards (Vancouver, BC, 2015)
Michelle Creber and Black Gryph0n signing autographs at Galacon (Germany, 2015) Michelle signing Autographs in Germany cropped.jpg
Michelle Creber and Black Gryph0n signing autographs at Galacon (Germany, 2015)
Michelle Creber and The Living Tombstone on stage at BUCK convention (Manchester, UK, 2013) Michelle in England.png
Michelle Creber and The Living Tombstone on stage at BUCK convention (Manchester, UK, 2013)
Michelle Creber performing Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Seattle, Washington, 2013) Michelle Creber.jpg
Michelle Creber performing Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Seattle, Washington, 2013)
Michelle Creber and her father Michael Creber (right) performing at the Everfree NW Convention (Seattle, Washington, 2013) Michelle and michael creber everfree nw 2013.JPG
Michelle Creber and her father Michael Creber (right) performing at the Everfree NW Convention (Seattle, Washington, 2013)

Animation

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Peanuts Motion Comics Lucy
2009The Adventures of Little Jake and Many SkiesLittle Jake
2010–2019 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle (singing voice until 2013), additional voices
2010 Dinosaur Train Teri, Michelle
2011 Barbie: A Perfect ChristmasChelseaMotion Capture
2012–2013 Martha Speaks Alice Boxwood (Season 4)
2012–present The New Adventures of Peter Pan Wendy Darling
2013 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Apple BloomUncredited
2014 Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks Apple Bloom (minor)
2015 Nina's World Lead singer for Nina's World theme song
2016Tooth and TailNomads of the North (Lizards)Video game
2017 My Little Pony: The Movie Apple Bloom
2020–2021 My Little Pony: Pony Life Apple Bloom

Live action

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 The Search for Santa Paws Taylor
Daydream NationGirl
Supernatural HilarySeason 6, Episode 11: "Appointment in Samarra"
Eureka Radical Raccoon Teammate
2011–2014 R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Amelia (episode: Dreamcatcher)
Jacquelyn (episode: Spores)
Nominated - Joey Award for Best Actress in Guest Starring Role (2015)
2011Christmas LodgeCharlene
2012Killer Among UsEllieWon - Joey Award for Young Actress in a Made for TV Supporting Role (2014)
Smart Cookies Mattie
2012–present Saturday Night Songs Herself (only on the Everfree Network)
2013–present Speedy and Stretch Various (on the Everfree Network and YouTube)Nominated - Joey Award for Young Actress in a Lead Role in a Web-Based Series (2014)
2014Patterson's WagerOtterWon - Oregon Independent Film Festival: Best Supporting Actress (2015)

Nominated - Joey Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film Supporting Role (2015)

BlackGryph0n's 50,000 Subscriber Special Herself (Video)
#TweetIt: Featuring My Little Pony Staff and Bronies Herself (Music Video)
2014–2015 Strange Empire KellyNominated Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series [7] (2015)

Nominated Joey Award for Best Actress in a TV Drama Leading Role [8] (2015)

2016Date with LoveBree

Musicals

Discography

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