Diane is a Southern California native and a graduate of UCSB. She can often be heard on current TV and radio commercials - she's the voice of Olive Oyl in the recent Prego Spaghetti Sauce commercials. Diane's known for creating off-beat voices for animated characters. Her numerous television V.O. credits include The Simpsons, Harvey Birdman (as Jane Jetson), and The West Wing. She has also done voices for many motion pictures, including RV (as the voice of the R.V.), Little Mermaid II and The Savages. She's the dubbed voice of Dianne Feinstein in the newly released feature about Harvey Milk, entitled Milk.
In 1984, Ms. Michelle formed The Goils, a group of three talented and harmonious singers in World War II uniforms who emulate The Andrews Sisters but include jazz, swing, and popular tunes in their wide repertoire. The group has appeared on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, spent one year as resident performers at Las Vegas' New York, New York, and toured Japan four times.
In 2002 Diane launched a one-woman show at the world-famous Encounter restaurant at LAX portraying the award-winning cartoon spaceship captain/diva Va Va LaVoom, a character she originally voiced, from the Elmo Aardvaark cartoon series.
Diane Michelle is an expert in dialects and celebrity impersonations and is also a fine painter, an accomplished guitarist, and a highly experienced voice teacher.
