Sugar Lyn Beard

Stephanie Lyn Beard better known by her stage name Sugar Lyn Beard is a Canadian actress and radio personality. Her radio host persona uses the name "Suga BayBee", and as co-host of YTV's The Zone from 2001–2007, she was called "Sugar".

Sugar Lyn Beard
Born
Stephanie Lyn Beard

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Other names
  • Sugar
  • Sug
  • Suga BayBee
Occupations
  • Actress
  • radio personality
Years active1999–present

Early life

Beard was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Her Suga BayBee was also a character on the Mad Dog and Billie morning show formerly aired on Toronto radio station KISS 92.5.[1][2] Beard's squeaky-voiced character began appearing on KISS when Beard was 19 years old and otherwise working as a sales clerk.[3]

Career

Her voice in 2000 was most known as the voice of Sailor Mini Moon in the Cloverway adaptation of Sailor Moon. From June 2001 to January 26, 2007, Beard hosted and produced The Zone, a series of short interstitial segments that aired between regular weekday programming on the Canadian children's network YTV. Between 2002 and 2007, the programming block was hosted by both Beard and Carlos Bustamante, another long-time YTV host that was the host of The Zone from 2002-2018. She also hosted additional programs like Sugar & Avril: A Zone Special.[4] She and Bustamante hosted a weekly hour-long program, Plugged In, on the Corus Entertainment website boomboxbaby.ca.[5]

She also had a column in the youth newspaper, Brand New Planet; it was distributed with subscriptions to the Toronto Star only.[6] In 2006, the Star put her on the long list for Children's Entertainment, when creating their Essentially Canadian Top 10 lists.[7]

Among her works, she played the role of Susan in the 2011 film 50/50[8] and the character Fiona in two episodes of season 6 of Weeds. She also played Krissy in the 2012 film For a Good Time, Call..., and Jeanie in the 2016 comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot Wish Bear Voice
2005 The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie
2010 True Story. Based on Things That Never Actually Happened. ...And Some That Did Amanda
Not Quite College Jessica
2011 Stag Mary
Darla Loud Mouth
50/50 Susan
2012 For a Good Time, Call... Krissy
Living Loaded Maureen
2015 Aloha Global One Volunteer
2016 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Jeanie
Sausage Party Baby Carrots and Cookies Voice
2017 Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Goodie Two-Shoes Girl Voice
The Disaster Artist Actress No. 2
Palm Swings Allison Hughes
2018 Game Over, Man! Herself
The Package Sheryl
2020 Unpregnant Kate
Eat Wheaties! Carla Fisk

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Sailor Moon Serenity "Rini" Tsukino/Sailor Mini Moon Voice, 77 episodes
The Red Green Show Kelly Cook 2 episodes
2001 Pecola Coco Voice
The Santa Claus Brothers Additional Voices
2001–2007 The Zone Herself Host and producer
2002 Franklin Betty Beaver Voice, episode: "Franklin and Betty"
Beyblade G-Revolution Ming Ming Voice, 8 episodes
2003 The Save-Ums! Olena Octopus Voice
2003–2004 The World of Piwi Sunny, Brooklyn
2004 Cyberchase Creech Voice, 4 episodes
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends Sweetie Voice, episode: "Country Bug-Kin"
Kevin Hill Santa's Helper Voice, episode: "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
2005 Atomic Betty Cadets Voice, 2 episodes
2005–2008 Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs Nancy the Nanosaurus Voice, 7 episodes
2006 Sons of Butcher Bar Girl Voice, 3 episodes
Captain Flamingo Kirsten Voice
2006–2009 Di-Gata Defenders Kara Voice, 34 episodes
2009 The Amazing Spiez! Tami Voice, 52 episodes
King of the Hill Unknown Voice, episode: "Uncool Customer"
2010 Weeds Fiona 2 episodes
2012 The Mindy Project Claire Episode: "Hiring and Firing"
2013 Ghost Ghirls Becky Episode: "Something Borrowed, Something Boo"
2014 Garfunkel and Oates Epiphany Episode: "Rule 34"
2015 You're the Worst Justine Episode: "Born Dead"
2016 Drunk History Catharine Fox Episode: "Siblings"
2017–2018, 2023 The Flash Becky Sharpe / Hazard, Clifford DeVoe / Thinker (in Hazard's body) 4 episodes
2019 Drunk History Herself/narrator Episode: "Femme Fatales"
2022–present Super Wish Ronny Bobby Candle #4

Radio
  • Mad Dog and Billie on KISS 92.5 (2000–2001) – Suga BayBee

References
  1. Goddard, Peter (December 18, 2000). "Listeners love morning KISS ; Mouse-like Suga BayBee radio voice for younger generation". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  2. Barnard, Linda (January 23, 2012). "Sundance 2012: For A Good Time Call, first look at raunchy comedy". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  3. Pigg, Susan (February 24, 2001). "Kiss and makeover ; Country music station CISS 92 changed to pop tunes overnight". Toronto Star. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  4. "Country music Industry as plastic as its songs". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  5. Your Name (this will appear with your post) (November 7, 2006). "Broadband Radio Booming, Baby | Mediacaster Magazine – Broadband & Content". Mediacaster Magazine. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  6. "Sweet! Suga Baybee's in Brand New Planet (ad)". Toronto Star. Toronto ON. February 10, 2004. p. E16.
  7. "Essentially Canadian: Children's Entertainment". Toronto Star. Toronto ON. June 22, 2006.
  8. Cusimano, Salvatore (April 17, 2012). "50 e 50 – Recensione". ecodelcinema (in Italian). Retrieved July 9, 2012.
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