---
name: "Cree Summer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cree-summer"
roles: ["Actor","Writer"]
born: "7 July 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
updated: "2026-09-17T04:32:38.807956+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."
---

# Cree Summer

Actor and writer. Born 7 July 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Writer
- **Born:** 7 July 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Cree Summers, Cree Summer Franks, Cree Summer Francks, Cree Summers Francks, Cree Summer Franck, کری سامر

## Biography

Cree Summer is a Canadian-American actress and singer. Born Cree Summer Francks on 7 July 1969 in Los Angeles, she grew up in Saskatchewan and Toronto, Ontario, and began her career as a child voice actor, appearing on the Canadian programme Mr. Dressup and voicing Penny in the first season of Inspector Gadget (1983).

She is known for her live-action role as Winifred "Freddie" Brooks in the NBC sitcom A Different World (1988–1993). Her extensive voice work includes Princess Kida in Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and its sequel, Susie Carmichael in the Rugrats franchise, Elmyra Duff in Tiny Toon Adventures, and numerous other animated series and films. She has also appeared as Lenny in the FX series Better Things (2019–2022), for which she co-wrote an episode, and voices Ahni in the Netflix series Bass X Machina (2026).

Summer is the daughter of Canadian actors Don Francks and Lili "Red Eagle" Francks.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, betterthings.fandom.com, animationmagazine.net.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Super Mario Bros. Movie* (2023), Fi1m 56, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-super-mario-bros-movie.md)
- *Better Things* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Lenny — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-things-2016.md)
- *BoJack Horseman* (2014), Fi1m 91, as Ollie / Barbara The Barnacle (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Bass X Machina* (2026), Actor

## Also known for

- *Rick and Morty* (2013), Giant Woman (voice)
- *Atlantis: The Lost Empire* (2001), Princess Kida (voice)
- *Atlantis: Milo's Return* (2003), Kida (voice)
- *SpongeBob SquarePants* (1999), Bunny / Granny Tentacles (voice), Lunch Lady Lenore (voice)
- *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water* (2015), Seagull (voice)
- *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990), Lisa Adams
- *American Dad!* (2005), Boat Girl (voice), Chinchilla Slim (voice), Gardener #2 / Worm Woman (voice)
- *Ben 10* (2005), Frightwig (voice)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/cree-summer