Creator / Daron Nefcy

Daron Leah Nefcy (born November 26, 1985) is an American animator, actress, voice actress, writer, producer, artist, and storyboard artist who is best known for creating Disney's Star vs. the Forces of Evil.

Prior to creating her own show, she was a storyboard revisionist on Wander over Yonder and Robot and Monster as well as a designer on MAD.

In addition to animation work, she has also done voicework both on her own show and Ollie & Scoops as Macaroni and Cheese.

Currently, she is working on an unknown project for Nickelodeon.

She is married to writer/director Bobby Miller - who helped inspire Star character Marco Diaz - and they have one son together.

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Tropes found in Daron Nefcy's work include:

• Creator Couple: With Bobby Miller who provided the voices of Archibald and Slime Monster on Star Vs. The Forces of Evil.
• Dawson Casting: Was in her late 20s/early 30s during Star Vs. The Forces of Evil's run and voiced the 14-15 year old StarFan13 and Sabrina.
• Descended Creator: She has voiced various minor characters in Star Vs. The Forces of Evil such as StarFan13, the laser puppies, Sabrina, the mirror voice, and others.
• Teasing Creator:
  • Daron Nefcy once put out pictures of herself and her husband, who Marco is based off of, kissing while cosplaying as Star and Marco.
  • A few hours before "Bon Bon the Birthday Clown" made all Starco shippers cry tears of blood at Jackie and Marco going on a date and kissing, Daron Nefcy tweeted this.
• Write Who You Know:
  • According to Daron Nefcy, Star’s personality was based on hers, while Marco’s personality was based at least in part on her husband's.
  • According to Daron Nefcy on Twitter, Marco getting his high school equivalence to skip his junior and senior years was based on her doing the same thing.

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