Janice Caroline Bellett

Janice Caroline Bellett (born Matthew Thomas Bellett; March 5, 1972) is a American-Canadian actress, singer, playwright, television writer and voice actress. She is best known for voicing Sharleen in the animated series Mole Miner, as well as for her theater career, performing on, in the and at the. She has also written for a number of Mole Miner creator Phelan Morkel's other shows.

Early life
Bellett was born Matthew Thomas Bellett in,. At the age of 8, she moved with her father to, ,. She holds dual citizenship with the and Canada.

Bellett attended. She studied acting at and graduated from the.

Personal life
Bellett splits her time between Vancouver, and. She is a member of, , the and.

Transition
Bellett experienced feelings of gender dysphoria throughout her life. She publicly came out as a transgender woman in October 2013 in an op-ed for Playbill. She announced plans to begin transitioning, including taking hormones and undergoing facial feminization surgery. She also began using the name "Janice Caroline Bellett". "Janice" was selected because she found it to be a "pretty name", while "Caroline" was selected because it was the name of a close friend of hers in secondary school who died in a car crash.