Early life

Day was born in Huntsville, Alabama. She began her acting career at the age of 8 when she starred as Scout in a local production of To Kill a Mockingbird. She studied operatic singing and ballet professionally, performing at concerts and competitions nationwide. Home-schooled throughout much of her childhood, she began college at the age of 16.

She was a National Merit Scholar (1995) and graduated as valedictorian of her class. An accomplished violinist, Day was accepted to the Juilliard School of Music but chose to attend the University of Texas at Austin on a full scholarship in violin performance. She double majored in mathematics and music performance, and graduated at the age of 19 in the top 4% of her class. She is also an avid player of a wide variety of video game genres. Much of her work on The Guild web series was based on her personal experience with video games, especially when she played World of Warcraft.

Career

Early career

After graduation, Day moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. She landed several roles in various short and independent films as well as commercials and guest spots on television shows, including Undeclared and Maybe It's Me. These parts propelled her to larger roles: a part in the film Bring It On Again, the starring role in June, and a recurring guest spot as potential Slayer Vi on television's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a recurring role that is still occasionally used in that show's eighth season comic book series. In HBO's 2005 biopic of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Warm Springs, Day's singing was featured when her wheelchair-using character serenaded a dinner group with "I Won't Dance".

The Guild

Day is the creator, writer, and star of The Guild, a web series which aired from 2007 to 2013 and explored the MMORPG gaming subculture. The first season was primarily hosted on YouTube where it garnered millions of views. Its second season premiered on Microsoft's three major video channels Xbox Live, MSN Video and The Zune Marketplace after Microsoft made a deal with The Guild, allowing Day, her cast, and her crew to be paid for their work. Day also created a song and music video called "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar", featuring the cast dressed up as their in-game personae. The final moments of the music video itself also detailed that the release date for the third season of Day's The Guild would be August 25, 2009. A second song and Bollywood style video "Game On" was released prior to the premiere of the fourth season of The Guild. A third and final music video, called "I'm the One That's Cool", features the members of the cast in the guise of an alternative band performing at a local venue, intercut with scenes of the cast as younger versions of their characters experiencing bullying at the hands of "cooler" and more popular kids while at school.

The Guild has won multiple awards, including the Greenlight Award for Best Original Digital Series Production at the South by Southwest festivals, the YouTube Video Award for Best Series, the Yahoo! Video Award for Best Series, and 2009 Streamy Awards for Best Comedy Web Series, Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series, and Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series.

Geek & Sundry

In March 2012, Day announced that she would be launching a premium YouTube channel, "Geek & Sundry," on April 2.

Geek and Sundry took over production of The Guild for Season 6. Day hosts several shows on Geek & Sundry, most notably The Flog, Vaginal Fantasy, Felicia's Ark, and Co-Optitude (which co-stars Felicia's brother Ryon Day.)

Day is a recurring guest on Wil Wheaton's Tabletop and is also billed as an executive producer for the series.

In August 2014, Geek and Sundry was acquired by Legendary and became part of Chris Hardwick's Nerdist Industries, with Day retaining creative control.

Other work

In July 2008, Day starred as Penny in the three-part web-based musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (created by Joss Whedon, who also created Dollhouse and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which Day had parts). Day was featured as a patient in the episode "Not Cancer" of the medical drama House, and had a guest starring role in the sci-fi drama Dollhouse's unaired episode "Epitaph One", as well as its series finale "Epitaph Two." In 2008, Day was featured in a series of commercials for Sears Blue Crew. She also appeared in the first of the revitalized Cheetos commercials. In the series Lie to Me, on the episode called "Tractor Man," airing December 14, 2009, Day sang a song called "White Lie" alongside Brendan Hines. Day starred with Kavan Smith in the Syfy film adaption of the Little Red Riding Hood saga, called Red, produced by Angela Mancuso. Day also played the continuing role of Dr. Holly Marten in the Syfy channel's original series, Eureka, appearing in 18 episodes during the last two seasons of the show. Day has also played the role of 'Gorgol' in the web series MyMusic directed by The Fine Brothers.

Day also starred in Guild co-star Sandeep Parikh's web-series The Legend of Neil, in which she portrayed a Fairy.

Day lent her voice to the character Veronica Santangelo in the video game Fallout: New Vegas.

In February 2011, Day announced that she would be starring in a new web miniseries. Called Dragon Age: Redemption, it is based on the Dragon Age video games made by BioWare and aired on October 10, 2011. Day plays an elf named Tallis, and returns as the voice and model for the character in the Dragon Age II downloadable content "Mark of the Assassin."

In January 2012, Day announced that she would be hosting a Google+ Hangout called Vaginal Fantasy. The Hangout features Day along with Kiala Kazebee, Veronica Belmont, and Bonnie Burton. Every month they discuss lady-leaning paranormal and historical adventure books.

In February 2012, Day guest starred in Sean "Day" Plott's online webcast featuring Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

In April 2012, it was announced that Day would host the 2012 IndieCade Awards Ceremony on October 4, 2012.

On April 29, 2012, she also appeared on the YouTube show MyMusic as a Norwegian Black Metal singer named Gorgol. She guest starred in the second season of the Jane Espenson scripted web series, Husbands.

In October 2012, she guest starred on The Game Station podcast and appeared in an episode of My Drunk Kitchen.

On August 4, 2015, Day guest starred on Episode 9 of the Dear Hank & John podcast.

On November 23, 2015, Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson announced that Felicia would star in the upcoming Kickstarter-funded MST3K revival as mad scientist Kinga Forrester. The character will be a descendent of original Mad Dr. Clayton Forrester, who was played by Trace Beaulieu in the original show. Day and Hodgson had met earlier in the year at the Salt Lake City ComicCon, and Hodgson quickly offered her the role.

Awards

In September 2008, TV Week included her in their list of Top 10 Web Video Creators.

During the inaugural Streamy Awards held in Los Angeles on March 28, 2009, Day received the award for the "Best Female Actor in a Comedy" for her work as protagonist Cyd Sherman in The Guild, and won the same award again in 2010. She was also recognized for her work on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog in 2009. Day was also nominated for the Best Guest Appearance Award for the 3rd Streamy Awards.

Awards and nominations for Felicia Day

Year	Award Show	Category	Work	Result
2009	1st Streamy Awards	Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series	The Guild	Won
		Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series		Won
		Best Writing in a Comedy Web Series		Nominated
2010	2nd Streamy Awards	Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series		Won
		Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series		Nominated
		Best Writing in a Comedy Web Series		Nominated
2012	Inaugural IAWTV Awards	Best Writing (Comedy)		Won
		Best Female Performance (Comedy)		Won
2013	2nd Annual IAWTV Awards	Best Writing (Non-Fiction)	The Flog	Won
	3rd Streamy Awards	Best Writing - Comedy	The Guild	Nominated
		Best Guest Appearance	MyMusic	Nominated

Filmography and other works

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Strings
2002	They Shoot Divas, Don't They?	Call Girl	TV movie
	House Blend	Pam	TV movie
2003	Delusional
2003	Backslide	Maddie
2004	The Mortician's Hobby	Tiffany
	Bring It On Again	Penelope
	June	June Marie Jacobs	TV movie
	Final Sale	Felicia
2005	Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder	Emily	TV movie
	Warm Springs	Eloise Hutchinson	TV movie
	Short Story Time	Felicia
2006	God's Waiting List	Trixie
2007	Splitting Hairs	Sugar Girl
2008	Prairie Fever	Blue
	Dear Me	Pipsy
2010	Red: Werewolf Hunter	Virginia Sullivan
2011	Rock Jocks	Alison
2014	Lust for Love	Mary
2016	Chew	Ameila Mintz	Filming

Television/Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Emeril	Cherie	Episode: "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"
2002	Maybe It's Me	Cookie	Episode: "The Crazy-Girl Episode"
2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Vi	Eight episodes
	For the People	Nicole	Episode: "Nexus"
	Undeclared	Sheila	Episode: "God Visits"
2004	One on One	Sarah	Episode: "We'll Take Manhattan"
	Century City	Sheryl	Episode: "The Haunting"
	Strong Medicine	Jesse's Friend	Episode: "Positive Results"
2005	Monk	Heidi Gefsky	Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Drunk"
2006	Windfall	Danielle	Episodes: "Changing Partners" "Crash Into You"
	Love, Inc.	Natalie	Episode: "Hello, Larry"
2007-2013	The Guild	Cyd Sherman/Codex	Web series Creator
2008-2010	The Legend of Neil	Fairy	Web series Five episodes
2008	House	Apple	Episode: "Not Cancer"
	Retarded Policeman #7.5: Fish	Herself
	Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog	Penny	Joss Whedon web series
2009	Roommates	Alyssa	Three episodes
	My Boys	Heather	One episode
	Dollhouse	Mag	Episodes: "Epitaph One" "Epitaph Two: Return"
	IRrelevant Astronomy	Felicia Day	Episode: "Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide"
	Lie to Me	Ms. Angela	Episode: "Tractor Man"
	Three Rivers	Jeni	Episode: "A Roll of the Dice"
2010	A Comicbook Orange	Herself	Episode: "Felicia Day & Viking"
	The Webventures of Justin & Alden	Herself
	Generator Rex	Annie	Episode: "Operation: Wingman"
2011	Dragon Age: Redemption	Tallis	Writer & co-producer
	Generator Rex	Annie	One episode: "Haunted"
	The Big Chew	Marjorie	YouTube production
	Eureka	Dr. Holly Marten	18 episodes
2012-2015	Supernatural	Charlie Bradbury/Celeste Middleton	Episodes: 7x20: "The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo" 8x11: "LARP and the Real Girl" 8x20: "Pac-Man Fever" 9x04: "Slumber Party" 10x11: "There's No Place Like Home" 10x18: "Book of the Damned" 10x21: "Dark Dynasty"
	The Flog	Herself	Weekly vlog on Geek & Sundry
	Vaginal Fantasy	Herself	Monthly hangout on Geek & Sundry
	Tabletop	Herself	Episodes: "Munchkin" "Elder Sign" "Last Night on Earth" "The Resistance" "Lords of Waterdeep" "Unspeakable Words" "Fortune and Glory" "Forbidden Desert" "Love Letter/Coup" YouTube Internet series.
2012	Fish Hooks	Angela	Episodes: "Send Me an Angel Fish" "Guys' Night Out" "Oscar is a Playa" "Fish Prom"
	MyMusic	Gorgol	One episode: "INVISIBLE!" YouTube Internet series
	Dan Vs.	The Boss	One episode: "Dan vs. The Boss"
	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Ginger/Peach	Episodes: "Sir Juice Alot" "Founding Fruits" "Fruit Plane" "Girls vs. Boys"
	Husbands	Sexy Pizza Girl	Web series
	My Gimpy Life	Felicia	Two episodes: "Inspirational" and "Crowd"" YouTube Internet series
	YOMYOMF	Herself	One episode: "KevJumba Takes the SAT w/ Felicia Day" YouTube Internet series
	The Game Station Podcast	Herself	One episode: "Episode 27" YouTube Internet series
	Rewind YouTube Style 2012	Carly Rae Jepsen	Single video
2013	Felicia's Ark	Herself	Weekly series running from 2013-04-01 to 2013-05-13. YouTube Internet series.
	Co-Optitude	Herself	YouTube Internet series
	Spellslingers	Herself	Episodes: "Day vs. Felicia Day" "Day vs. Alan Tudyk, Felicia Day, and Ryon Day" YouTube Internet series
	Outlands	84	YouTube Internet series
	Rooster Teeth Podcast	#337	YouTube Internet series
2015	Con Man	Assistant	Webseries Two episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2010	Rock of the Dead	Mary Beth
	Fallout: New Vegas	Veronica Santangelo
2011	Dragon Age II: Mark of the Assassin	Tallis
2012	Guild Wars 2	Zojja
2014	Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff	Herself

Books

Day is the author of the memoir You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), as well as numerous works relating to the Guild web series.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]