Sugar Lyn Beard

Sugar Lyn Beard is a Canadian-born actress and writer, best known for her work on YTV Canada's The Zone and as a popular voice actor.

Beard (nicknamed "Sug") started her career as a late‐night radio Hip-Hop DJ on Toronto's KISS.92. Her unique voice and boundless energy quickly caught the attention of a growing audience, and the station's program director moved her to the city's #1 morning show Mad Dog and Billie.

Know back then as "Sugabaybee," Beard wasted no time and began making her mark by writing and producing bits, interviews and parody songs for the show. Her parody of Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady," aptly named "The Real Sugabaybee," rose up the local charts and made it to #1 in summer of 2000. At the station's annual Wham Bam Thank You Jam, Beard was asked to perform as the opener to world renowned R&B group Destiny's Child.

At age 20, Beard was scouted by YTV Canada to host their popular after-school television program The Zone. As writer and host, she played a variety of characters in improvised sketches and conducted celebrity interviews. In 2005, Beard was named the second most recognized television personality (just under Ryan Seacrest) in a study done by Toronto's Ryerson University.

Beard has been featured as a voice actor in over 30 animated series, including the worldwide phenomena Sailor Moon and the Care Bears series, as well as the television movie The Santa Claus Brothers alongside Bryan Cranston.

Since moving to Los Angeles, Beard has appeared on Showtime's Weeds, Fox's The Mindy Project, IFC's Garfunkel and Oates, and FX's You're the Worst. She can also be seen in the feature films 50/50, For a Good Time, Call ... and Aloha. In 2015, Beard landed the lead role in the indie drama Palm Swings. She can also be heard contributing various voices to the animated comedy Sausage Party alongside Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig and Jonah Hill.

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