Jo Wyatt Explained

Jo Wyatt
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1981–present

Jo Wyatt is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Tweak in The Octonauts and Little Miss Helpful, Little Miss Naughty, Little Miss Scary and Little Miss Sunshine in The Mr. Men Show, as well as Daisy Kribotnik in Love Soup, Natella in Bromwell High, and Mimi in Guess with Jess. She is also known for providing voices in many video games, such as Ciri in , additional voices in Perfect Dark Zero and Dragon Quest VIII as well as narrating To Leo with Love.

Early life

Wyatt was one of the original Minipops. Her father, Martin Wyatt, was the producer. She made a single, "Stupid Cupid", in 1982, and reached #1 in France. In 1984, she replaced Patsy Kensit as a new Luna in the second series of the UK science fiction show Luna.

At the age of 13, Wyatt helped to write the words to the theme song of the children's television series Wide Awake Club for the breakfast television network TV-am with a colleague of her father named Colin Frechter doing the music.

Whilst still a singer, Wyatt has also sung several songs on the vinyl record featuring the Care Bears The Care Bears to the Rescue in 1984 and the first nine songs of the long running children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends in the early 1990s with Tom and Laura Penta, Louise Roberts and Victoria Ferrer when the series was having sing along songs of its own for the very first time (only seven of them were turned into music videos whilst an early version of Gone Fishing was sung the series' former composer Junior Campbell which can be seen on the US VHS Rusty to the Rescue & Other Stories). Several years later, Wyatt went onto sing several more Thomas songs during the classic era however different children were used for each series.

In 1988, as a teenager, Wyatt wrote and provided the vocals to the theme song to the BBC children's animated series Barney with Frechter also writing the words and composing the music and some members of the Minipops doing additional vocals. In 1989, Wyatt sung a version of Downtown in the compilation Canzoni da Amare-International

Voice acting

Wyatt is known for her voice role in Angelina Ballerina and as Lyra in all the His Dark Materials audio books. She has also read the role of Alice for the audio book of Alice in Wonderland.

She voiced Gracie, one of Angelina's friends, in . In Dragon Age II, she is the voice of the game's protagonist Hawke, if the player chooses to play as a female.

In The Octonauts, she voices the engineer, Tweak Bunny. She also voiced the character of Scratch in the US dub of Bob the Builder, during the final episodes of the show's classic era.

She also provided the voices of Jennifer in the video game Rule of Rose, the Female Imperial Agent in the video game ,[1] Alicia in Ni no Kuni, Meyneth in Xenoblade Chronicles, and Ciri in .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996Vol-au-ventAllison
1999Dream StreetThe Wild BunchEnglish version
2002Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go OnAlice Nimbletoes, Priscilla Pinkpaws, Sammy Watts, HenryVoice, television film
2004Captain SabertoothVeronicaVoice, English version
2005Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess DanceAlice Nimbletoes, Priscilla Pinkpaws, Sammy Watts, HenryVoice, direct-to-video
Whatever Happened to the Minipops?HerselfDocumentary, Interviewee
2006A Christmas CarolMrs. CratchitVoice
Robin Hood: Quest for the KingMaid Marian
The TransportersSally
2007Quest for a HeartPrincess, FrogVoice, English version
2010Spirit of the ForestPearl
Bob the Builder: The Legend of the Golden HammerVoice
2011FosterJane
2012Tales of the NightGirlVoice, English version
Not Born to be GladiatorsLucilla
2014Meera BainsVoice[2]
2019The Queen's CorgiWandaVoice, American version

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983MinipopsLead Singer & Dancer
1984LunaLuna6 episodes
1992The New Adventures of the Shoe PeopleAll female charactersVoice
1994The BillNita JamesEpisode: "Fathers and Sons"
1998–2005The Powerpuff GirlsButtercupVoice, UK promos
2001–2003Angelina BallerinaAlice Nimbletoes, Priscilla Pinkpaws, Henry, Sammy WattsVoice, 29 episodes
OswaldGingerbread Woman, Laverne, Cactus PollyVoice, English version
2005Bromwell HighNatella, Various, TasminVoice, 13 episodes
ExtrasWoman In BarEpisode: "Ben Stiller"
Love SoupDaisy KribotnikEpisode: "The Reflecting Pool"
2005–2008Planet SketchStarship ComputerVoice, season 2
2008Chop Socky ChooksUméVoice, episode: "Game Over Chooks!"
Mama Mirabelle's Home MoviesVoice, episode: "Tales of the Galapagos/Happy Habitats"
The Mr. Men ShowLittle Miss Helpful, Little Miss Giggles, Little Miss Scary, Little Miss Naughty, Little Miss SunshineVoice, English version
2009Dennis the Menace and GnasherVariousVoice, 2 episodes
Guess with JessMimiVoice
2009–10GracieVoice, US dub
2009–2013OliviaOliviaVoice, UK dub
2010Bob the BuilderScratchVoice, episode: "Scratch's Hidden Treasure", US dub
2010-2023OctonautsTweakVoice
2012–2016Peter RabbitCottontail, Mrs. Rabbit, Flopsy, MopsyVoice, season 1; UK dub
2014–presentFireman SamLizzie Sparkes, Hannah SparkesVoice, UK dub
2020-2021Mini MatineeCrocUK dub

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1997The Feeble Files
2004Fable
2005Additional voicesEnglish version
Perfect Dark ZeroChandra
2006Rule of RoseJennifer
2007
2008FleuretteEnglish version
Jasmine, Sophia, Rina
Alice, Alizee, Ula
Fable II
2009Ostagar Nurse, Ostagar Priest, Elf Servant, Ostagar Soldier
2010Fable III
2011Dragon Age IIHawke (female)
Xenoblade ChroniclesMeyneth, Face NemesisEnglish version
Lilith
2011-Imperial Agent Female, Apprentice Malora, Phyne, Sentry Yashia, Additional Voices
2012The Last StoryOutsider, MeredithEnglish version
Mass Effect 3Dr. Brynn Cole, Additional Voices
LittleBigPlanet PS VitaMarianne Noisette
ZombiUSarah, Female Survivor #4
2013Additional voicesEnglish version
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White WitchAllie, Great Sage Alicia
Soul Sacrifice
Professor Layton and the Azran LegacyAuroraEnglish version
2014Darklaw
Trials FusionSynDi
Hawke (female)
Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games SeriesLady, Wildling
2015-2016CiriEnglish version
2017Xenoblade Chronicles 2Galea[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. 20 December 2011 . . . . closing credits, 9:50 in, English Cast .
  2. Web site: Jo Wyatt (visual voices guide) . 4 September 2015 . Behind The Voice Actors . . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
  3. Web site: Jo Wyatt - Voice123 . July 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220724043624/https://voice123.com/vodb/jowyatt . July 24, 2022 . live .