Mean Girls' Lacey Chabert Reminds Fans She Also Voiced Famous Nickelodeon Character: 'Part of Your Average Family'

Mar. 15, 2025

Lacey Chabert and Eliza Thornberry.Photo:Olivia Wong/Getty; Paramount/Nickelodeon/Kobal/Shutterstock

Olivia Wong/Getty; Paramount/Nickelodeon/Kobal/Shutterstock

Did you knowLacey Chabertvoiced one beloved Nickelodeon character?

TheMean Girlsactress reminded fans in a recentTikTokthat she voiced Eliza Thornberry, the main character in Nickelodeon’sThe Wild Thornberrys.

In the Friday, Sept. 6 TikTok, she tells viewers: “Okay, so this is a character I voiced that you may not have realized.” The actress, 41, then proceeds to channel the young cartoon character and recite the series’theme song:

“Hi, I’m Eliza Thornberry. I’m part of your average family. I’ve got a mom, a dad and a sister. There’s Donnie, we found him! And Darwin, he found us!”

“Hold up! Gretchen Wieners was Eliza Thornberry?! 🤯🤯. So awesome! 🥰,” wrote another fan.

“It’s the fact that people don’t know this! 😫😫,” added another user.

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Lacey Chabert at the SiriusXM Studios in 2022.Cindy Ord/Getty

Cindy Ord/Getty

The beloved children’s show followed Chabert’s character, Eliza, as she and her family navigated the wild from their RV while her parents hosted a famous nature show, and Eliza used her magic ability to speak to animals. Alongside Chabert,Tim Curry, Jodi Carlisle,Danielle Harris, Tom Kane andFlealent their voices as Nigel, Marianne, Debbie, Darwin and Donnie, respectively.

The Wild Thornberrysaired on the children’s channel from September 1998 through June 2004, with a total of 91 episodes and five seasons.

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Additionally, in 2002, Nickelodeon released a feature film,The Wild Thornberrys Movie, that followed Eliza as she worked to save a cheetah cub from poachers.

At the same time as working onThe Wild Thornberrys, Chabert also appeared onscreen inParty of Five, playing Claudia Salinger for six seasons from 1994 until 2000. Before her on-screen debut and Nickelodeon role, she also voiced the 8-year-old Anastasia inAnastasiain 1997.

source: people.com