---
name: "Christine Cavanaugh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christine-cavanaugh"
fi1m_id: "christine-cavanaugh"
imdb_id: "nm0004815"
tmdb_id: 58136
wikidata_id: "Q2740411"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 August 1963"
died: "22 December 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T22:04:38.533408+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Christine Cavanaugh

## Identity

Christine Cavanaugh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christine-cavanaugh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christine-cavanaugh
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004815
- **TMDB ID:** 58136
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2740411
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Cavanaugh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2740411, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004815/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58136

Actor. Born 16 August 1963 in Layton, Utah, USA. Died 22 December 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 August 1963, Layton, Utah, USA
- **Died:** 22 December 2014
- **Active:** 1982–1996
- **Also known as:** Крістін Кавано
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 84 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $528m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Cavanaugh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2740411, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004815/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58136

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Babe*](https://film.one/film/babe.md) (88)

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## Fi1m on Christine Cavanaugh

> Christine Cavanaugh made a young voice sound like someone still working things out. We rate her work in *Babe* highly: she makes the piglet’s decency believable, and never turns his good manners into a lecture.

In *Babe* (1995), Christine Cavanaugh makes a piglet sound as though he is taking the other animals seriously. His politeness could have made him unbearable: a small animal demonstrating correct behaviour for the benefit of the children watching. Instead, he sounds as though he is still learning, and assumes the other animals are worth listening to even when their expectations leave little room for him. We were moved by that courtesy, because Cavanaugh makes it sound ordinary and sincere.

She came to voice work in 1991, after small live-action television roles in the late 1980s. Chuckie Finster, the anxious toddler in *Rugrats* (1991), and Gosalyn Mallard, the energetic daughter in *Darkwing Duck* (1991), gave her quite different children to play. The scratchy, youthful voice was readily recognisable, but it did not prescribe a single temperament. *Babe* brought that skill to a live-action title role, followed by the boy genius Dexter in *Dexter’s Laboratory* (1996).

Cavanaugh recorded *Rugrats* in group sessions, drawing on interactive play-acting. That is a useful detail for an actor whose most affecting work, for us, depends on making speech feel like a response to someone else. In *Babe*, Chris Noonan’s light touch gives her room to do this without making every exchange a lesson. The film remains funny, and her earnestness does not spoil the joke. A more insistently adorable piglet would have worn out our goodwill well before the film was over.

The reservation is Nigel Westlake’s score, which occasionally insists on feelings the performance has already earned. We sometimes wanted the music to leave Cavanaugh alone; the small voice was doing enough without further encouragement. Noonan’s restraint elsewhere makes those emphatic passages harder to ignore, though they do not undo the film’s tenderness or humour. Start with *Babe* for Cavanaugh, and listen for how rarely she asks to be found charming.

## Biography

Christine Cavanaugh (16 August 1963 – 22 December 2014) was an American actress and voice actress. She provided the voice of the title character in the 1995 film *Babe*.

Cavanaugh attended Utah State University and the University of Hawaii before moving to California. She began with small television roles in the late 1980s and became known for voice work on series including *Rugrats* (1991–2002) as Chuckie Finster, *Dexter's Laboratory* (1996–2003) as Dexter, and *Darkwing Duck* as Gosalyn Mallard. She also appeared in live-action roles in *Jerry Maguire* (1996) and episodes of *The X-Files*, *ER* and *Everybody Loves Raymond*.

Cavanaugh received an Annie Award in 2000 for her work on *Dexter's Laboratory*. She retired from voice acting in 2001 and returned to Utah.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Jerry Maguire* (1996), Fi1m 81, as Mrs. Remo — [page](https://film.one/film/jerry-maguire.md)
- *Babe* (1995), Fi1m 88, as Babe (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/babe.md)
- *Cheers* (1982), Fi1m 88, as Terry Gardner — [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cartoon Network: Christmas Rocks* (2005), as Dexter (voice)
- *Cartoon Network Christmas: Yuletide Follies* (2004), as Dexter (Voice)
- *Rugrats: Decade in Diapers* (2002), as Chuckie Finster
- *The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo* (2002), as Dexter (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Have Time, Will Travel* (2001), as Birdie (voice)
- *Rugrats: All Growed Up* (2001), as Charles 'Chuckie' Finster Jr. (voice)
- *Rugrats: Still Babies After All These Years* (2001), as Chuckie Finster (voice)
- *A Rugrats Kwanzaa* (2001), as Chuckie Finster (voice)
- *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Birthday World* (2001), as Birdie (voice)
- *Rugrats in Paris: The Movie* (2000), as Chuckie Finster (voice)
- *JBVO* (1999), series, as Dexter (voice)
- *Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip* (1999), as Dexter / D22 / Old Man Dexter (voice)
- *Fashionably L.A.* (1999), as Madge-Simone's Fanclub
- *The Brothers Flub* (1999), series, as (voice)
- *Belle's Tales of Friendship* (1999), as Carroll (voice)
- *Rugrats: Runaway Reptar* (1999), as Chuckie Finster (voice)
- *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space* (1999), as Birdie the Early Bird (voice)
- *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Legend of Grimace Island* (1999), as Birdie (voice)
- *The Rugrats Movie* (1998), as Chuckie Finster (voice)
- *The Powerpuff Girls* (1998), series, as Bunny (voice)
- *Storybook Friends: A Little Christmas Magic* (1998), as Flaps (voice)
- *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald* (1998), series, as Birdie the Early Bird
- *The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly* (1998), as Birdie (voice)
- *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), series, as Short Tail Macqaque (voice)
- *You Lucky Dog* (1998), as Bernice
- *101 Dalmatians Series* (1997), series, Actor
- *A Rugrats Vacation* (1997), as Chuckle Finster / Cashier (voice)
- *Soulmates* (1997), as Anna Weisland
- *Anastasia* (1997), as Mischka
- *Jerry Maguire* (1996), as Mrs. Remo — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/jerry-maguire.md)
- *A Rugrats Chanukah* (1996), as Chuckie Finster (voice)
- *Cave Kids* (1996), series, Actor
- *Little Surprises* (1996), Actor
- *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), series, as Erin
- *Aaron Gillespie Will Make You a Star* (1996), as Mona
- *Dexter's Laboratory* (1996), series, as Dexter (voice)
- *P.J. Funnybunny: A Very Cool Easter* (1996), as (voice)
- *Dexter's Laboratory: The Big Sister* (1996), as Dexter (voice)
- *Gramps* (1996), as Boy / Alien Kid 2 (voice)
- *The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper* (1996), series, as Badger Boy (voice)
- *Down, Out and Dangerous* (1995), as Leslie McCoy
- *Babe* (1995), as Babe (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/babe.md)
- *Night Stand with Dick Dietrick* (1995), series, Actor
- *What a Cartoon!* (1995), series, as Dexter (voice), Boy / Alien Kid #2 (voice)
- *Dexter's Laboratory* (1995), as Dexter (voice)
- *Mixed Nuts* (1994), as Police
- *Aaahh!!! Real Monsters* (1994), series, as Oblina (voice)
- *ER* (1994), series, as Gloria — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Beethoven* (1994), series, as Rosebud (voice)
- *Wild Oats* (1994), series, Actor
- *A Rugrats Passover* (1994), as Chuckie Finster / Chinese Baby (voice)
- *Darkwing Duck. Ai confini della realtà* (1994), as Gosalyn Mallard (voice)
- *The Critic* (1994), series, as Marty Sherman (voice)
- *Flintstone Family Christmas* (1993), as Stony (voice)
- *P.J.'s Unfunnybunny Christmas* (1993), as (voice)
- *Sonic the Hedgehog* (1993), series, as Bunnie (voice)
- *Bakersfield P.D.* (1993), series, as Operator #2
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Amanda Nelligan — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Darkwing Duck: Comic Book Capers* (1993), as Gosalyn Mallard (voice)
- *Recycle Rex* (1993), as Knock / Ping (voice)
- *Raw Toonage* (1992), series, as Gosalyn Mallard (voice)
- *Bob* (1992), series, Actor
- *Herman's Head* (1991), series, as Martha Fitzer
- *Darkwing Duck* (1991), series, as Gosalyn Waddlemeyer-Mallard (voice)
- *Darkwing Duck: Darkly Dawns The Duck* (1991), as Gosalyn Waddlemeyer (voice)
- *Rugrats* (1991), series, as Chuckie Finster (voice)
- *Salute Your Shorts* (1991), series, Actor
- *Wings* (1990), series, as Fan
- *P.J. Funnybunny* (1989), as (voice)
- *Empty Nest* (1988), series, Actor
- *Cheers* (1982), series, as Terry Gardner — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *The Oscars* (1953), series, as Babe (voice)

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