JoAnna Garcia Swisher (born August 10, 1979 in Tampa, Florida) is an American actress known for her roles as Sam in Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Vicki Appleby in Freaks and Geeks, and Cheyenne Hart-Montgomery in Reba.
Filmography:
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Film Roles
- Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Susie
- Holy Joe as Joyce Cass
- American Pie 2 as Christy
- Not Another Teen Movie as Sandy Sue
- The Initiation of Sarah as Corinne
- A-List as Naomi
- A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride as Roxanne
- Extreme Movie as Sweetie Pie
- Revenge of the Bridesmaids as Parker Wald
- The Internship as Megan
- Fist Fight as Maggie Campbell
Television Roles
- The Adventures of Superboy as Girl (1 episode)
- Clarissa Explains It All as Fiona (1 episode)
- Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Sam (Main Role)
- SeaQuest DSV as Iris (1 episode)
- Step by Step as Chelsea (1 episode)
- Second Noah as Katherine Ortega (3 episodes)
- From the Earth to the Moon as Julie Shepard
- Partyof Five as Hallie (5 episodes)
- Any Day Now as Martha Montgomery (1 episode)
- Dawson's Creek as Girl #1, Tracy (1 episode)
- Pacific Blue as Leah Chandler (1 episode)
- Providence as Gillian (1 episode)
- CI 5: The New Professionals as Cadet Susan (1 episode)
- Freaksand Geeks as Vicky Appleby (5 episodes)
- Opposite Sex as Cassie Schreiber (1 episode)
- Freedom as Sally Mueller (1 episode)
- Boston Public as Susan Potter (1 episode)
- Go Fish as Amanda (1 episode)
- Going To California as Jennifer (1 episode)
- Reba as Cheyenne Montgomery (Main Role)
- Off Centre as Ramona (1 episode)
- What I Like About You as Fiona (1 episode)
- Family Guy as Liddane (voice, 1 episode)
- Welcome to the Captain as Hope (Main Role)
- Privileged as Megan Smith (Main Role)
- Gossip Girl as Bree Buckley (4 episodes)
- How I Met Your Mother as Maggie (1 episode)
- Better with You as Mia Putney (Main Role)
- The Penguins of Madagascar as Shauna (Voice, 1 episode)
- Royal Pains as Nina Greene (4 episodes)
- Animal Practice as Dorothy Crane (Main Role)
- Once Upona Time as Ariel (Recurring Role, 7 episodes)
- The Mindy Project as Sally Prentice (3 episodes)
- The Astronaut Wives Club as Betty Grissom (Main Role)
- Gradfathered as Sloan (1 episode)
- Pitch as Rachel Patrick (3 episodes)
- Kevin (Probably) Saves the World as Amy (Main Role)
- Sweet Magnolias as Maddie Townsend (Main Role)
JoAnna Garcia Swisher provides examples of the following tropes:
- Ability over Appearance: She is a full eighteen years older than Disney's Ariel, being 33 when she first played her in Once Upon a Time. But it's hard to imagine an actress who can capture Ariel's optimism, clumsiness and quirky attitude in live-action better than she can.
- Irony as She Is Cast: She cannot actually swim in real life despite playing an iconic mermaid.
