Melissa Altro (born May 16, 1982 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian voice actress.
Her best-known role is Muffy Crosswire from the beloved PBS Kids series Arthur, which is a role she has held since she was 12 years old, making her the show's only child voice actor to remain on the series as an adult. She has also appeared in a lot of other animated series produced in Canada, such as World of Quest, Camp Lakebottom, Bolts & Blip, Grossology, and Nelvana's 1997 Animated Adaptation of Pippi Longstocking, as well as several Canadian advertising campaigns, including as the announcer for Subway Restaurants across Canada since 2019. She's also made cameos in a couple live-action shows and movies.
She originally operated in Montreal, where the vast majority of Arthur's voice cast is based, but she has since moved to Toronto, where most of the other shows she's been in were produced.
She has a website
dedicated to coaching voiceover performances for aspiring voice actors.
Roles
Asian Animation
- Grindel in Z-Squad
Film
- Heather in Kids Of The Round Table
- Barb in The Woods (credited as Missy Altro)
Live-Action TV
- Alex in Are You Afraid of the Dark?
- Stephanie in Being Erica
Western Animation
- Muffy Crosswire and Lisa from Arthur
- Saedee from Bolts & Blip
- Gretchen from Camp Lakebottom
- Sally Keaner in Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist
- Mommy Ooga in Esme & Roy
- Paige Logan from Grossology
- Additional Voices in Mona the Vampire
- The title character of the 1997 Pippi Longstocking series
- Zoé from Totally Spies! The Movie
- Way and Deceit from World of Quest
- Tweenkle Brite from Zokie of Planet Ruby
