Mary Gibbs (actress)
Mary Morgan Gibbs (born October 5, 1996) is an American voice actress. She is known for voicing the human toddler Boo in the Pixar animated film Monsters, Inc..
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Born | Mary Morgan Gibbs October 5, 1996 Pasadena, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Voice actress |
Years active | 1998–2004, 2022–present |
Known for | Voice of Boo in Monsters, Inc. |
Life and career
Mary Gibbs was born in Pasadena, California, to Pixar animator and director Rob Gibbs (1964–2020) and his wife Susan (née Hollands) Gibbs. [1]
Having been a toddler at the time she was recorded as the voice of Boo in Monsters, Inc., audio crew found it difficult to record her lines because she would run all over the Pixar office.[2] When Pixar's Inside Out (2015) was in production, the audio recordings of Gibbs's screams as Boo were reused for baby Riley.[2] One of the production babies listed in the film credits of Toy Story 2 (1999) is Mary. Rob Gibbs, her father, was the story artist for that film. As a teenager, Gibbs suffered from scoliosis before she had surgery in 2012 to fix it.[3]
Gibbs returned to acting in 2022, voicing the character of Janessa Jensen in the audio-drama series Heroes of Extinction for Adventurous Ideas, LLC. In January 2022, Gibbs spoke on a panel at the Bakersfield Mouse-Con event about the project alongside other actors and producers of the series: Jason Braden, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Jerry Cornell, C. Andrew Nelson, and Joshua C. Shaffer.[4]
Gibbs has been documenting her life and time as Boo on her YouTube channel, Boo Grown Up.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Baby Kiara (voice) | Video[5] |
2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Boo (voice) | |
2002 | Monsters, Inc. DVD Read-Along | Video short/archive recordings | |
2015 | Inside Out | Baby Riley (voice) | Archive recordings |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Boo (voice) | Archive recordings |
Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training | |||
2002 | Mike's Monstrous Adventure | ||
Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena | |||
2019 | Kingdom Hearts III |
Attractions
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! | Boo (voice) | archive recordings[6] |
References
- "Rob Gibbs, Longtime Director and Story Artist at Pixar, Dies at 55". The Hollywood Reporter. April 28, 2020.
- Shaffer, Joshua C (July 17, 2017). Discovering the Magic Kingdom: An Unofficial Disneyland Vacation Guide – Second Edition. Synergy Book Publishing. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-9991664-0-6.
- Peek, Kaitlin (July 31, 2020). "The voice of Boo from Monsters Inc, Mary Gibbs, is all grown up". The Voice of Boo. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- Con, Mouse (January 30, 2022). "Bakersfield Mouse-Con". Conventions. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- "Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com.
- "Monsters, Inc.: Mike and Sulley to the Rescue". Mouse Planet. Mouse Planet. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- Ideas, Adventurous (March 21, 2023). "Heroes of Extinction Cast". Cast. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- "The Lowdown at the Down Low". Retrieved December 31, 2022.