Biography
Name: Crystal Lonnquist
Alias: MorningStar Smiles
Birthday: April 23, 1986
Location: NYC, USA
Hair Color: Currently warm red-brown with blonde highlights
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'7 (170 cm)
Weight: 125 lbs
Voice Acting Since: February 2006
Wish Role: Ultimate wish role for me would be a character (no matter how big or small) in a Miyazaki film someday.
Favorite Word: Mimicry
Bio: Crystal has been performing in theater, speech, and independent film since elementary school. She recorded her first voice over commercial in early 2006 and has gone from "fan of voice acting" to participant ever since. She graduated with a Studio Art major in Graphic Design and Drafting (drawing) and a Theater Minor from Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, MN in May 2008. Crystal now resides in New York and works full-time at a clothing design company in Manhattan as a graphic designer/Men's Dept. Assistant while continuing to lend her voice to many projects ranging from animation and audio dramas to videogame modifications and independant films.
Actor Resume
This section was last updated: October 4, 2009
Voice Acting:
Voice Acting Since: February 2006
Character Demo (Currently under renovation. Will be completed October 2009)
Skills:
Languages: English
Dialects: Brooklynese (New York), Minnesotan, Irish, Southern American, Standard English (British), Cockney, French, Russian, and Japanese
Vocal Range: girls any age 1-100; boys 1-15
Singing Range: Alto to Soprano
Other: I have basic skills in some forms of stage combat, Irish Stepdancing, playing a viola, and Speed Stacking (cup stacking)
Awards: (more details in the awards section)
-September, 28, 2008: New York Anime Festival's "Who Wants To Be A Voice Actor?" - Winner
-July 14, 2007: 4th Golden Film Awards - Best Actress in In the Nick of Time, a machinma film by David Riedel
-December 2006: Voice of Nicola (lead) in "White Christmas" the winning machinma film for the UK Sims Shorts Film Competition
-May 20, 2006: Sogencon 2006's Voice Actor Idol - Winner
List of Voice Over Credits
Non VO Roles:
Acting Since: Elementary School (I've been in speech, theatre, college television broadcasting as both a co-host and news anchor, and independent film)
Theatre:
Full-Length College Plays:
Joan Koski in The Essential Lunatic (Spring 2008) - Lead
Good Deeds in Everyman (Spring 2006) - Supporting
Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (Fall 2005) - Lead
Short Plays or Scenes from Full-length Plays:
Sophie Rauschmeyer in Star-Spangled Girl (Spring 2007)
Mrs. Smith in The Bald Soprano (Spring 2006)
Joy Gresham in Shadowlands (Spring 2005)
Other:
Theatre Physics XIII XIV (Fall 2006 and 2007): Bethany Lutheran College's annual Vaudeville-style study and production of experimental theatre. With an emphasis on humor and unusual physical antics, the show is always sold out for all 5 performances. It is written and performed by the cast in two and a half weeks.
Film:
Independent Full-length Films:
Newspaper Girl (minor) in Hard News (2005)
Independent Short Films:
Extra in Bedford Park Blvd (2009)
Mother (minor) in Dominoes Falling (2007)
Jenna (minor) in Hindsight (2006)
Woman (lead) in Silver Lining (2004)
Secret Agent Girl (lead) in Let's Fighting Love (2004)
Other:
Bethany Lutheran College Promotional Video (2005)
Television Broadcast:
The Show (2004-2005): a college broadcast show filmed live once a week.
-World News Anchor and Reporter
Bethany Lutheran College: Student Model (September 27, 2007 and April 18, 2007)