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American animator and voice actress
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Traci Paige Johnson
Johnson at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2024
BornNew York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Animator, voice actress
SpouseRobert Mowen (m. 1995)
Children3

Traci Paige Johnson is an American animator and voice actress best known for creating the Nick Jr. Channel television series, Blue's Clues (1996–2006), its spin-off, Blue's Room (2004–2007), and the reboot series Blue's Clues & You! (2019–present). She voices the title character for the original and reboot series.

Biography

While in high school, Johnson was a member of an award-winning student-produced comedy show, Beyond Our Control which ran on the local NBC affiliate, WNDU-TV, at that time owned and operated by the University of Notre Dame.

Johnson earned a degree in radio, television, and film at Northwestern University.

Blue's Clues

Johnson was a freelance animator in the early 1990s when cable television network Nickelodeon wanted to create a new television show for preschoolers. She already had experience working in children's television. In 1994, Johnson, along with producer Angela Santomero and director Todd Kessler, which Nickelodeon executive Brown Johnson called a "green creative team", created the series Blue's Clues. According to Johnson, she was cast as the voice of Blue, because out of the show's crew, she sounded the most like a dog.

Personal life

She is married to Robert Mowen (another Beyond Our Control alum) and has three sons: Thomas, Oliver, and Emmet.

Filmography

Title Role First aired Last aired Co-production Network Notes
Blue's Clues Co-creator September 8, 1996 August 6, 2006 Out of the Blue Enterprises
Nickelodeon Animation Studio		 Nick Jr. Also the vocal effects of Blue
Blue's Room August 2, 2004 March 29, 2007
Blue's Clues & You! November 11, 2019 present 9 Story USA
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Brown Bag Films		 Nick Jr.
Gabby's Dollhouse January 5, 2021 DreamWorks Animation Television Netflix First production without 9 Story USA

Notes

  1. "Beyond Our Control Alumni Association". beyondourcontrol.org.
  2. Tracy, p. 15
  3. Tracy, p. 14
  4. ^ Jim Forbes (narrator) (July 27, 2006). "Behind the Clues: 10 Years of Blue (Part 1)" (Short documentary). Nickelodeon
  5. Tracy, p. 12
  6. "Traci Paige Johnson: Producing Kids' TV… versus Producing an Actual Kid". September 13, 2013.
  7. "Traci Paige Johnson (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

Works cited

  • Tracy, Diane. (2002). Blue's Clues for Success: The 8 Secrets Behind a Phenomenal Business. New York: Kaplan Publishing. ISBN 0-7931-5376-X.

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