- Born
- Nicknames
- El
- Els
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Elsie Kate Fisher is an American actor. She began her career in 2009 with a role in the television series Medium (2005) at age six, before voicing Agnes in the first two Despicable Me films. In 2018, she received critical acclaim for her performance as the socially struggling teenager Kayla Day in the comedy-drama film Eighth Grade (2018); she earned many accolades and nominations for her performance, including a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
Most well-known for voicing Agnes in the Despicable Me films, she is also notable for her voice role as Masha in the English version of the animated television series Masha and the Bear (2007). As a live-action actor, she was cast as Kevin Costner's character's daughter in the feature film McFarland, USA (2015).
Fisher portrayed Parker Needler in the animated adaptation of The Addams Family (2019). She will also star in Ken Kwapis' musical film The Shaggs, based on the rock band of the same name.
- IMDb mini biography by: ahmetkozan, corrected by mi_marih
- ParentsSusic Fisher
- Thick eyebrows
- While recording Despicable Me (2010), the directors told her to sing a song about unicorns, and she made one up on the spot.
- Elsie's favorite actor is Steve Carell, whom she worked with on Despicable Me (2010).
- Nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy category for her role as Kayla Day in Eighth Grade (2018), but lost to Olivia Colman for The Favourite (2018).
- When Elsie grows up, she wants to be a scientist, an archaeologist, or a painter.
- Elsie was videotaped while recording her lines for Despicable Me (2010) so that the animators could use her speech movements.
- My favorite thing to do is play video games. I love Pokemon; I'm going to get a new Pokemon game soon.
- I want to act for a long time, but, later when I grow up, I also want to be a scientist!
- [on what she wants to be when she grows up] I think I'll be a scientist or a veterinarian.
- [on why she likes making animated movies] I like doing animated films because you don't have to act it out or do it a lot of times.
- [on the one thing she couldn't live without] It would be my family, it really would be my family.
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