# Candi Milo
**Candi Milo** (birth name Candyce Anne Rose Milo) is an American actress, singer, and comedian known for her voice acting work in cartoons and video games. Her best-known roles include Dexter in *Dexter's Laboratory*, Granny in the [Looney Tunes](https://www.edgepedia.org/looney-tunes) franchise, Nick Dean in *Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius*, Snap in *ChalkZone*, Dr. Nora Wakeman in *My Life as a Teenage Robot*, Cheese and Coco in *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends*, and Sweetie Pie in *Tiny Toon Adventures*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590430/fullcredits)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961, Palm Springs, California; birth name Candyce Anne Rose Milo[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590430/bio/) |
| Signature roles | Dexter (*Dexter's Laboratory*), Granny (*Looney Tunes*), Nick Dean (*Jimmy Neutron*), Snap (*ChalkZone*), Nora Wakeman (*My Life as a Teenage Robot*), Cheese and Coco (*Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends*)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590430/fullcredits) |
| Granny | Took over the role from June Foray as the voice of Granny for Warner Bros. Animation projects, including *Space Jam: A New Legacy*[3](https://www.candimilo.com/) |
| Dexter | Replaced Christine Cavanaugh as the voice of Dexter on *Dexter's Laboratory* when Cavanaugh retired from show business[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590430/bio/) |
| Video games | Credited on 78 credits across 54 games, including *World of Final Fantasy: Maxima* (Shantotto) and *The Last of Us: Part I*[4](https://www.mobygames.com/person/55692/candi-milo/credits/) |
| Recognition | Behind the Voice Actor Award winner and three-time Annie Award nominee[3](https://www.candimilo.com/) |
| Author | Memoir *Surviving the Odd*, about a childhood spent in one of California's first homes for the mentally ill[5](https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Candi-Milo/258802707) |
## Early life and performing career
Milo was born in [Palm Springs, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/palm-springs-california) in 1961 and grew up in San Jose.[6](https://www.mobygames.com/person/55692/candi-milo/) She came from a performing family: in interviews she recalls her father performing in San Francisco when she was three, and she began singing as a young child.[7](https://www.awn.com/animationworld/nancy-cartwright-chats-candi-milo)
**Singer and comedian first.** Milo trained as a vocalist and began her career as a singer, with early work at the [Disneyland](https://www.edgepedia.org/disneyland) theme park.[8](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/candi-milo/) After stints in Los Angeles as a nightclub singer and stand-up comedian, she starred alongside [Jennifer Holliday](https://www.edgepedia.org/jennifer-holliday) as a featured performer in the first touring production of the musical *Dreamgirls*, directed by Michael Bennett.[3](https://www.candimilo.com/) • [8](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/candi-milo/) She has said that when the business changed with the rise of music video, the singing jobs open to her narrowed, and she moved into television, film, stand-up, and commercials.[7](https://www.awn.com/animationworld/nancy-cartwright-chats-candi-milo)
## Entry into voice acting
Two accounts mark her entry into the field. One describes her behind-the-scenes role feeding lines to actors on the [Ralph Bakshi](https://www.edgepedia.org/ralph-bakshi)-directed live-action-animated feature *Cool World* (1992) as leading to her first voice acting jobs.[8](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/candi-milo/) The other, which Milo tells herself, dates to a 1988 audition for [Steven Spielberg](https://www.edgepedia.org/steven-spielberg)'s *Tiny Toon Adventures*: she read *[The Three Little Pigs](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-three-little-pigs)* with her own voices, was cast, and voiced the bird Sweetie Pie, a role she calls her first breakout.[7](https://www.awn.com/animationworld/nancy-cartwright-chats-candi-milo) • [9](https://www.cgmagonline.com/INTERVIEWS/CANDI-MILO-VOICE-INTERVIEW/) Her vocal credits also began with *Darkwing Duck* in 1991.[10](https://www.animationscoop.com/interview-eric-bauza-and-candi-milo-on-blowing-up-the-earth-sort-of/)
## Principal roles
**Dexter.** Milo is best known as the pint-sized, Russian-accented scientific mastermind Dexter on [Cartoon Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/cartoon-network)'s *Dexter's Laboratory*, a role she took over from season 3 onward when [Christine Cavanaugh](https://www.edgepedia.org/christine-cavanaugh) retired from show business.[8](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/candi-milo/) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590430/bio/)
**Looney Tunes.** Since 2017 she has been the voice of Granny across Warner Bros.' long-running Looney Tunes properties, in shorts, web shows, *Looney Tunes Cartoons* (2020), *King Tweety* (2022), *Space Jam: A New Legacy* (2021), and *Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports* (2024).[9](https://www.cgmagonline.com/INTERVIEWS/CANDI-MILO-VOICE-INTERVIEW/) • [3](https://www.candimilo.com/) • [8](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/candi-milo/) She has also voiced Witch Hazel, Miss Prissy, and, in the 2024 feature *The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie*, Petunia Pig, her first time playing that character.[8](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/candi-milo/) • [10](https://www.animationscoop.com/interview-eric-bauza-and-candi-milo-on-blowing-up-the-earth-sort-of/) In that film she and [Eric Bauza](https://www.edgepedia.org/eric-bauza) carried the leads, with no marquee celebrity cast in speaking roles.[10](https://www.animationscoop.com/interview-eric-bauza-and-candi-milo-on-blowing-up-the-earth-sort-of/)
**Other series.** She voiced Snap in *ChalkZone*, Nick Dean in *Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius* and its spinoff series, Dr. Nora Wakeman in *My Life as a Teenage Robot*, Cheese, Coco, and Madame Foster in *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends*, The Flea in *[¡Mucha Lucha!](https://www.edgepedia.org/mucha-lucha)*, and Irma Lair in *W.I.T.C.H.*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590430/fullcredits) • [8](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/candi-milo/) Her English dubbing work includes the title role in the 2003 *Astro Boy* series and additional voices in the English version of *Spirited Away* (2001).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590430/fullcredits)
## Video games
MobyGames lists 78 credits across 54 games, with more recent work including Granny and Witch Hazel in *Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports* (2024), Nora Wakeman in *Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2* (2023), voice work in *The Last of Us: Part I* and *Saints Row* (both 2022), and Shantotto in *World of Final Fantasy: Maxima* (2018).[4](https://www.mobygames.com/person/55692/candi-milo/credits/) • [6](https://www.mobygames.com/person/55692/candi-milo/)
## Writing and advocacy
Milo is the author of the memoir *Surviving the Odd*, which recounts a childhood spent in the halls of one of California's first homes for the mentally ill, run by her father, in the [San Francisco Bay Area](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-francisco-bay-area) of the 1970s; [Kirkus Reviews](https://www.edgepedia.org/kirkus-reviews) described it as a nuanced memoir shedding light on the effects of deinstitutionalization.[5](https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Candi-Milo/258802707) • [3](https://www.candimilo.com/) She also gives talks about that childhood and is an advocate for people affected by mental illness and homelessness.[3](https://www.candimilo.com/)
## References
1. [Candi Milo filmography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590430/fullcredits)
2. [Candi Milo biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590430/bio/)
3. [Candi Milo official website](https://www.candimilo.com/)
4. [Candi Milo video game credits, MobyGames](https://www.mobygames.com/person/55692/candi-milo/credits/)
5. [Candi Milo author page, Simon & Schuster](https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Candi-Milo/258802707)
6. [Candi Milo profile, MobyGames](https://www.mobygames.com/person/55692/candi-milo/)
7. [Nancy Cartwright Chats with Candi Milo, Animation World Network (2008)](https://www.awn.com/animationworld/nancy-cartwright-chats-candi-milo)
8. [Candi Milo profile, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/candi-milo/)
9. [Candi Milo: Our Saturday Morning Pal, CGMagazine (2022)](https://www.cgmagonline.com/INTERVIEWS/CANDI-MILO-VOICE-INTERVIEW/)
10. [Interview: Eric Bauza and Candi Milo on Blowing Up the Earth, Animation Scoop (2025)](https://www.animationscoop.com/interview-eric-bauza-and-candi-milo-on-blowing-up-the-earth-sort-of/)
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