Susanne Blakeslee

Susanne Blakeslee is an American actress. Her notable roles include the voices of Wanda, Anti-Wanda, and Mrs. Turner on The Fairly OddParents; and as the voices of Cruella de Vil, Evil Queen, Lady Tremaine, Maleficent and Madame Leota for various Disney media.

In 2012, Blakeslee won an Ovation Award for Lead Actress in a Musical for Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits, Volume 2.

Stage
Blakeslee performed on the stage set of Forbidden Broadway from 1990 to 1994 and worked as the show's choreographer in 1994. Blakeslee won the Lead Actress in a Musical Ovation Award in 2012 for her performance in Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits, Volume 2.

Voice acting
Blakeslee is noted for voicing Wanda, Anti-Wanda, and Mrs. Turner, for The Fairly OddParents franchise from 2001 to 2017, including 172 episodes of the television series, six specials and seven TV movies, as well as voicing these characters in the related Jimmy Timmy Power Hour trilogy. Blakeslee reprised the role of Wanda in the 2022 live-action/animated series The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder and in the 2024 animated series The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish.

Blakeslee has done extensive voice work for Disney, including animated features and theme park attractions at the Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disney Resort since 2001.

Blakeslee has voiced-sound-alikes and original characters in Disney media. Her roles include the following:
 * Cruella de Vil in 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure.
 * The Evil Queen in House of Mouse and Once Upon a Halloween.
 * Kala in The Legend of Tarzan (replacing Glenn Close).
 * Madame Leota in the Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction in Disneyland.
 * Lady Tremaine in Cinderella II: Dreams Come True and Cinderella III: A Twist in Time.
 * Maleficent in Kingdom Hearts.
 * Delores Derceto and Ms. Birch in American Dragon: Jake Long.
 * Flora in the Nightfall Glow attraction in Tokyo Disneyland.
 * The Witch in the video game Brave.
 * Old Lady Crowley in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (replacing Pat Carroll).
 * Mrs. Quackfaster in the 2017 reboot series DuckTales.

Anime roles

 * Vampire Princess Miyu - Machiko (ep. 8), Ja-Ka (ep. 10)

Theme parks

 * Wishes - Evil Queen (voice)
 * Fantasmic! - Cruella de Vil (voice)
 * Halloween Screams - Maleficent (voice)
 * HalloWishes - Maleficent (voice)
 * Magic, Music and Mayhem - Flora (voice)
 * Haunted Mansion Holiday - Madame Leota (voice)
 * Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast - Wanda (voice)
 * Nightfall Glow - Flora (voice, uncredited)
 * Disney's Fantillusion! - Flora (voice, uncredited)
 * Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom - Cruella de Vil (voice), Flora (voice, uncredited), Maleficent (voice)

Stage shows

 * Disney Live! Mickey's Magic Show - Evil Queen (voice)
 * Disney on Ice: Disneyland Adventure - Maleficent (voice)
 * Disney on Ice: Let's Celebrate - Cruella de Vil (voice), Evil Queen (voice), Maleficent (voice)
 * Disney on Ice: Princess Classics - Lady Tremaine (voice)
 * Dream Along With Mickey - Maleficent (voice)
 * Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular - Maleficent (voice)
 * The Disney Villains Mix and Mingle - Maleficent (voice)
 * Three Classic Fairy Tales - Evil Queen (voice), Lady Tremaine (voice)

Stage appearances

 * Forbidden Broadway 1990, Theatre East, New York City, 1990
 * Forbidden Broadway 1991 ½, Theatre East, 1991–92
 * Forbidden Christmas, Theatre East, 1991–92
 * Forbidden Broadway featuring Forbidden Christmas, Theatre East, 1992
 * Forbidden Broadway 1993, Theatre East, 1993
 * Forbidden Broadway 1994, Theatre East, 1994
 * On the Twentieth Century as Dr. Johnson, UCLA Freud Playhouse, Los Angeles, 2003
 * What If?, Hudson Main Stage, Los Angeles, 2004

Stage work

 * Choreographer, Forbidden Broadway 1994, Theatre East, New York City, 1994

Discography

 * Disney Princess Cinderella Read-Along Storybook and CD (2009/Disney Book Group) - Lady Tremaine
 * Disney Songs and Story: Cinderella (2009/Walt Disney Records) - Lady Tremaine

Awards and nominations
Ovation Awards
 * 2012: Won the award for Lead Actress in a Musical for her role as Woman 1 in the Musical Theatre West production of "Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits, Volume 2"