Lazy Town which is universally acclaimed as one of the most expensive children’s shows ever made was centered on an eight-year-old girl Stephanie, who visited the town to stay with her Uncle, Mayor Milford Meanswell, and soon realized that the residents of the town lived an inactive lifestyle. Thereafter she took it upon herself to lead Lazy Town to a more active lifestyle with the help of Superhero Sportacus. It was hugely successful and has been dubbed into 30 languages and shown in 180 countries.
We are here to discuss what has happened to the lead actress, Stephanie and other Lazy Town cast.
Lazy Town Cast
Julianna Rose Mauriello as Stephanie
The little, smart, athletic Lazy Town girl with pink Bob hair who went on a mission to rescue the town of the lazy town was cast by Julianna Rose Mauriello. She featured in season 1 & 2 and then retired in 2011 when she had outgrown her role.
However, she worked on the series Lazy town extra from 2008 to 2014. Of course, she looks nothing like little Stephanie now, the pink Bob has disappeared, so has much of her pink apparel. Moreover, she doesn’t appear to be doing much acting anymore.
In fact, the 27-year-old announced last year, via Instagram that she was now a qualified Occupational therapist and was out for jobs.
Chloe Lang as Stephanie
Chloe Lang who is from Connecticut, USA, was Mauriello’s replacement for seasons 3 & 4 of the program. She started dancing when she was two years old and grew popular by appearing in dancing competitions. Her other shows are Mask Face (2011) and My Brother Jack (2013). Lang has grown into a beautiful teenager and is estimated to be worth about $2 million.
Magnús Schevin as Sportacus
Schevin, a local and international aerobic athletic champion, was the creator of lazy town. He wrote a book called Afram Latibær on how kids can live a healthy lifestyle. He was motivated to start the series because of the apparent lack of physical activity in Iceland’s young population.
He played the role of the energetic Sportacus who loved to eat only fruits and vegetables, which he calls ‘Sports candy’ and would lose all his superhero power whenever he consumes junk food like candy.
In February 2005, he handed over the reign of Lazy Town entertainment and took to his other passion which is restaurant business. He is currently the manager of ROK, a Scandinavian seafood restaurant.
Stefán Karl Stefánsson as Robbie Rotten
Stefánsson played the role of the scheming villain, whose ultimate aim was to thwart Stephanie’s effort although he never succeeds. Ironically, he puts so much energy into his plans that he ended up becoming the most active citizen of Lazy town.
He continued with TV shows and films after Lazy Town, but in 2016, he was diagnosed with bile duct cancer and subsequently underwent surgery on his liver. He was declared cancer-free in August 2017, but the disease sadly returned in March 2018 and was deemed ‘inoperable’.
Unfortunately, he passed on from the disease in 21st August 2018 at the age of 43, leaving behind his wife, Steinunn Ólina Porsteinsdóttir and four kids.
While he was alive, a GoFundMe campaign was initiated by Mark Valanti, Lazy town’s writer, to pay his bills when he became too ill to work. After his death, his Manager, Cheryl Edison announced that the Stefan Karl Academy for the Performing arts would be launched in Switzerland, in 2019, in order to keep his memory alive.
Julie Westwood as Pixel and Bessie Busybody
Westwood continued her career as a renowned voice actress and puppeteer. She lives in Bolton, the UK with her two sons, Tom and Nigel. Other TV shows where she played voice characters are The Hoobs (as Tula), Cartoon Critters (as Fleur) and Fully booked.
Gudmundor Thor as Ziggy
Thor is one of the lazy town cast who is the voice behind the sweet and candy lover, Ziggy. He is an Icelandic puppet designer and puppeteer and Lazy town was the only TV show he ever featured in. He has a puppet entertainment company based in Iceland.
Sarah Burgess as Trixie
Sarah Burgess is a British puppeteer who voiced the character, Trixie, the mischievous girl who frequently refers to Stephanie as ‘Pinky’ because of her pink hair. She also voiced the character of Stingy, in the UK version of the show.
She was the voice of Brassy in Sea Pirates and was a puppeteer in Doctor Dolittle. Sarah played the role of Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz in Furchester Hotel and currently resides in London.
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Jodi Eichelberger as Stingy
Eichelberger is a puppeteer and the voice character of the self- centered Stingy. He is a writer as well, and wrote a version of ‘snow Queen’ and ‘Pinocchio’. He is also a composer and director and he equally has advanced training in theatre and music from Reagent’s college.
He lives in the US and hosts ‘Story Story Night’, which is a storytelling program.
David Mathew Feldman as Mayor Milford Meanswell
The Mayor of Lazy town by Mathew Feldman loves his niece Stephanie and often calls on Sportacus to help her whenever she is in trouble.
Aside from being the voice actor of Marumo in the manga series, Mirmo, little else is known about Mathew Feldman’s recent activities. But we know that he was born and raised on Long Island, New York and known love all works of puppetry since childhood.
