Melissa Anne "Meli" Povenmire is an American voice actress. They[4] are the youngest child of series creator, Dan Povenmire, and his ex-wife Clarissa McPeck Rincón. They voice one of the titular characters, Gretel Grant-Gomez, younger sister to Kevin and owner of Hamster.[5]
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- Just like Gretel, Meli is also Venezuelan-American. Their mother Clarissa McPeck Rincón is of Venezuelan decent while her father Dan is of American decent.[6]
- Meli was also the inspiration for the name and appearance of Melissa Chase, a main character from Milo Murphy's Law, a previous show Dan Povenmire made along with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Their older sister Alex Povenmire was similarly the inspiration for Isabella Garcia-Shapiro from Phineas and Ferb, the latter show also featured a character named Melissa.
- On November 2, 2023, Meli was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Voice Performance in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program.[7][8][9]
- Meli was coincidently born on the same day that the Phineas and Ferb episodes "Greece Lightning/Leave the Busting to Us!" premiered on Disney Channel.
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- ↑ Dan Povenmire on Twitter
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- ↑ My Divorce: Nova Scotia Today gets nearly every single fact hilariously wrong
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- ↑ Cast Of Disney Animated Series Hamster & Gretel Revealed
- ↑ The First Animated Venezuelan-American Family on American TV
- ↑ The Emmys on Twitter
- ↑ Telling Meli she got NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY!
- ↑ Disney TVA on Twitter