Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#863
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Jennifer Hale represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 33 years in, and Jennifer is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Jennifer Hale appears in 27 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Jennifer. Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O. is the clearest case: a film rated 8.0 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, screen presence. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for comedy, fantasy, adventure. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Randi Rodrigues, Jeff Wamester, Trevor Kirschner and others, Jennifer Hale helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O. (2006) as Fanny 'Numbuh 86' Fulbright / Computer (voice) · Once Upon a Studio (2023) as Cinderella (voice) · Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015) as Shannon Lucas / Ridley / Launch Manager (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #863 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
27
1992–2025
Career length
33 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.0
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
Average Nutevio score
6.9
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.3
Once Upon a Studio
Most frequent director
Jeff Wamester
3 films together
Longest collaboration
3×
With Jeff Wamester
Most common genre
Animation
23 titles
Average runtime
1h 19m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.2
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.8
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2020s
7.1 average MV
The 2020s are where the work and the material meet. LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite, Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three, The Thundermans Return — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2020s
7.1
Across 8 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2020s
7.2
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Love Potion No. 9.
Most productive era
2010s
12 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | — | 7.11 film | 7.32 films | 7.71 film |
| Action | — | 7.33 films | 6.99 films | 6.95 films |
| Thriller | — | — | 7.31 film | — |
| Comedy | 6.21 film | 7.03 films | 7.13 films | 7.34 films |
| Crime | — | — | 7.31 film | — |
| Romance | 6.21 film | — | — | — |
| Horror | — | — | 5.72 films | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Catty Woman.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2006Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
8.0 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2025LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite
The current state of the argument, as Cinderella (voice).
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
27 of 27 films
as Fanny 'Numbuh 86' Fulbright / Computer (voice)
Directed by Tom Warburton
as Cinderella (voice)
Directed by Dan Abraham
as Shannon Lucas / Ridley / Launch Manager (voice)
Directed by Paul McEvoy
as Iris (voice)
Directed by Jay Oliva
as Cinderella (voice)
Directed by Randi Rodrigues
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Fanny 'Numbuh 86' Fulbright / Computer (voice)
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O. (2006)
Performance score7.8
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Fanny 'Numbuh 86' Fulbright / Computer (voice) gives Jennifer Hale a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Cinderella (voice)
Once Upon a Studio (2023)
Performance score7.5
Once Upon a Studio asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Cinderella (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Shannon Lucas / Ridley / Launch Manager (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015)
Performance score7.5
Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Shannon Lucas / Ridley / Launch Manager (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Iris (voice)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
Performance score7.4
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Iris (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Fanny 'Numbuh 86' Fulbright / Computer (voice)
Start here. Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O. is the clearest statement of what Jennifer Hale does — accessible, 73 minutes, and rated 8.0 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Jennifer at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
Keeps the action register of Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O. but asks for a colder reading of it.
Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015)
Keeps the science fiction register of Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox but asks for a colder reading of it.
Once Upon a Studio (2023)
Keeps the comedy register of Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness but asks for a colder reading of it.
LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite (2025)
Keeps the comedy register of Once Upon a Studio but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Jake Castorena
Director
3 films together
Notably The Death of Superman
Jeff Wamester
Director
3 films together
Notably Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three
Craig McCracken
Director
1 film together
Notably The Powerpuff Girls Movie
Tom Warburton
Director
1 film together
Notably Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
Sam Liu
Director
1 film together
Notably Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Henry Joost
Director
1 film together
Notably Paranormal Activity 4
Michael Chang
Director
1 film together
Notably Superman vs. The Elite
Jay Oliva
Director
1 film together
Notably Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Ethan Spaulding
Director
1 film together
Notably Batman: Assault on Arkham
David Hayter
Director
1 film together
Notably Wolves
Paul McEvoy
Director
1 film together
Notably Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness
Ash Brannon
Director
1 film together
Notably Rock Dog
Phil Johnston
Director
1 film together
Notably Ralph Breaks the Internet
Andrew Duncan
Director
1 film together
Notably LEGO Marvel Spider-Man: Vexed by Venom
Matt Peters
Director
1 film together
Notably LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters
Dan Abraham
Director
1 film together
Notably Once Upon a Studio
Trevor Kirschner
Director
1 film together
Notably The Thundermans Return
Randi Rodrigues
Director
1 film together
Notably LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Jake Castorena
Director
3 films together · 7.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Death of SupermanJeff Wamester
Director
3 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part ThreeTom Warburton
Director
1 film together · 8.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.Dan Abraham
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Once Upon a StudioPaul McEvoy
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster MadnessJay Oliva
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Justice League: The Flashpoint ParadoxEthan Spaulding
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Batman: Assault on ArkhamRandi Rodrigues
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LEGO Disney Princess: Villains UnitePhil Johnston
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Ralph Breaks the InternetMatt Peters
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and MonstersSam Liu
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Superman/Batman: Public EnemiesTrevor Kirschner
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Thundermans ReturnMichael Chang
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Superman vs. The EliteCraig McCracken
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Powerpuff Girls MovieAndrew Duncan
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LEGO Marvel Spider-Man: Vexed by VenomAsh Brannon
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Rock DogDavid Hayter
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
WolvesHenry Joost
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Paranormal Activity 4Six degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
as Fanny 'Numbuh 86' Fulbright / Computer (voice)
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Once Upon a Studio
as Cinderella (voice)
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
as Fanny 'Numbuh 86' Fulbright / Computer (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
The Thundermans Return
as Thunder Monitor (voice)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
as Fanny 'Numbuh 86' Fulbright / Computer (voice)
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Jennifer Hale has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
33 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Animation Legend
Awarded
23 catalogue titles in animation, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
as Fanny 'Numbuh 86' Fulbright / Computer (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
as Fanny 'Numbuh 86' Fulbright / Computer (voice)
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Rock Dog
as Additional Voices (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness
as Shannon Lucas / Ridley / Launch Manager (voice)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O.
as Fanny 'Numbuh 86' Fulbright / Computer (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Death and Return of Superman
as Martha Kent (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Once Upon a Studio
as Cinderella (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
The Death of Superman
as Ma Kent (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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