Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon
Adlon at SXSW 2024
Born
Pamela Segall[1][2]

(1966-07-09) July 9, 1966 (age 58)[3]
New York City, U.S.
Citizenship
  • United States
  • United Kingdom[4][5]
OccupationActress
Years active1982–present
Spouse
Felix Adlon
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(m. 1996; div. 2010)​
Children3, including Gideon and Odessa
RelativesPercy Adlon (former-father-in-law)

Pamela Adlon (/ˈædlɒn/; née Segall) (born July 9, 1966) is an American actress, writer and director. She is known for voicing Bobby Hill in the animated comedy series King of the Hill (1997–2010),[6] for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award. She also voiced Baloo in Jungle Cubs (1996–1998), the title role in the Pajama Sam video game series (1996–2001), Lucky in 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998), Margaret "Moose" Pearson in Pepper Ann (1997–2000), Ashley Spinelli in Recess (1997–2001), Otto Osworth in Time Squad (2001–2003), and Brigette Murphy in Milo Murphy's Law (2016–2019), among numerous others.

Adlon is also known for her roles in the comedy-drama series Californication (2007–2014) and Louie (2010–2015), the latter of which she additionally wrote and produced alongside Louis C.K.[7] Her work on Louie garnered her four Primetime Emmy Award nominations. From 2016 to 2022, Adlon starred as Sam Fox on the acclaimed FX comedy-drama series Better Things, which she also co-created, wrote, produced, and directed. The series won a Peabody Award, and she was nominated twice for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.[8] She also starred alongside Redd Foxx on The Redd Foxx Show as Toni in 1986.

Adlon was featured in numerous films since making her acting debut in Grease 2 (1982). Her most notable films include Say Anything... (1989), Bed of Roses (1996), Lucky 13 (2005), Conception (2011), I Love You, Daddy (2017), All Square (2018), and Holler (2020).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference tvg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Stated on Finding Your Roots, January 25, 2022
  3. ^ Adlon, Pamela. "Finding your roots". PBS.
  4. ^ Tube, Stage. "VIDEO: Pamela Adlon Revisits Her Bobby Hill Voice on THE TONIGHT SHOW". BroadwayWorld.com.
  5. ^ "Pamela Adlon wants you to know she has your back". Fortune.
  6. ^ Gross, Terry (January 4, 2012). "Pamela Adlon: From 'Hill' Kid To 'Californication'". Fresh Air. NPR. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  7. ^ Harris, Will (April 1, 2014). "Pamela Adlon on snorting fake coke, Louie, and the fate of her Vulcan ears". The A.V. Club. Onion Inc. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
  8. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 16, 2016). "Louis C.K.-Pamela Adlon FX Comedy Series 'Better Things' Sets Fall Premiere Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 12, 2016.