Traci Paige Johnson

Traci Paige Johnson is an American animator, writer, producer, director, and voice actress best known for co-creating the television series Blue's Clues, its spin-off Blue's Room, and the reboot series Blue's Clues & You!. She voices the title character for the original and reboot series. She also co-created the television series Gabby's Dollhouse.

Biography

While in high school, Johnson was a member of an award-winning student-produced comedy show, Beyond Our Control which ran on the local NBC affiliate, WNDU-TV, at that time owned and operated by the University of Notre Dame.
Johnson earned a degree in radio, television, and film at Northwestern University.

''Blue's Clues''

Johnson was a freelance animator in the early 1990s when cable television network Nickelodeon wanted to create a new television show for preschoolers. She already had experience working in children's television. In 1994, Johnson, along with producer Angela Santomero and director Todd Kessler, which Nickelodeon executive Brown Johnson called a "green creative team", created the series Blue's Clues. According to Johnson, she was cast as the voice of Blue, because out of the show's crew, she sounded the most like a dog.

Personal life

She is married to Robert Mowen and has three sons: Thomas, Oliver, and Emmet.

Works cited

Tracy, Diane.. Blue's Clues for Success: The 8 Secrets Behind a Phenomenal Business. New York: Kaplan Publishing..