Myriam Catania (born December 12th, 1979) is an Italian actress and voice actress. She is one of the daughters of Rossella Izzo, another voice actress.
She is best known as the Italian voice of Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and especially Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls.
Some of her voice acting roles include:
Films – Animation
- Nita in Brother Bear 2
- Susan Murphy / Ginormica in Monsters vs. Aliens
- Jenny in Oliver & Company
Films – Live Action
- Jessica Alba in several roles
- Keira Knightley in several roles
- Amanda Seyfried in several roles
- Cady Heron in Mean Girls
Live-Action TV
- Willow Rosenberg in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Max Guevara / X5-452 in Dark Angel
- Ashley Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls
- Libby Chessler and Roxie King in Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Stevie Budd in Schitt's Creek
- Bela Talbot in Supernatural
- Hayley Marshall in The Vampire Diaries and The Originals
Western Animation
- Botila in Kong: King of the Apes
- Susan Murphy / Ginormica in Monsters vs. Aliens (2013)
Her works provide examples of:
- Real-Life Relative: The best example is Gilmore Girls. Myriam dubbed Rory, while her aunt Giuppy Izzo dubbed Rory's mother Lorelai.
- Role Reprise: The Gilmore Girls revival A Year in the Life stayed at the same studio (PUMAISdue), with the main characters' voice actresses (Myriam and Giuppy Izzo) appointing themselves as the dubbing directors and inviting all the original voice actors back after nine years.
- Temporary Substitute: She had a car accident in 2006 and while she was recovering, she couldn't voice Rory from Gilmore Girls in several episodes of season 6. She was replaced by Federica De Bortoli, until Myriam came back.
