Lazy Town cast members were 38 in number, both main and minor, and since the Icelandic children’s TV series completed its run in 2014, fans have been curious to know what became of its cast.
A scrutiny of the biographies of each cast member of the TV series reveals that many of them are still in the business of acting and filmmaking. However, there are a select few that have left the entertainment scene to go try their hands in other fields. A typical example is Julianna Rose Mauriello, who first depicted the character of the pink-haired Stephanie. Julianna went back to school to study occupational therapy and now practices as a certified expert in her field.
Cast Members of The Lazy Town
1. Lorraine Parsloe Ziggy
- Role: Ziggy
- Number of Episodes: 77
- Season: one, two, three, and four
Lorraine Parsloe is the Lazy Town cast member that appeared the highest number of times in the TV series, recording a total of 77 episodes. She joined the cast of Lazy Town as Ziggy when it started airing in 2002 and stayed till 2014, when it finally wrapped up.
Born in 1962, the actress is a native of Gloucestershire in England. Before showing up in Lazy Town, the UK-born actress has recorded appearances on the sets of other productions, including Max & Ruby in 2002. Also, she joined the cast of LazyTown Extra when it was released in 2008.
From what is obvious, Parsloe seems to have taken a long hiatus from the acting scene since she last appeared in Lazy Town Extra. The Gloucestershire native seems to be the type that loves to keep the details of their personal lives under lock and key; thus, finding out about her most recent preoccupation is somewhat difficult
2. Magnús Scheving Sportacus
- Role: Sportacus
- Number of Episodes: 67
- Season: One, two, three, and four
The man behind the role of Sportacus on the set of Lazy Town is Magnús Scheving. Magnus is one of the pioneer members of the series’ cast, as he equally joined in 2002. He was viewed in the light of a hero in the whole of Lazy Town and dubbed an answer to MR. Motivator. An Icelandic athlete, Magnus takes credit for creating the popular series from his children’s book called Áfram Latibær and later made an animation series out of it.
Away from his Sportacus role, Magnus was also the creator, former Chief Executive Officer, and co-founder of the firm LazyTown Entertainment. The company is into the production of books, games, videos, and sporting equipment to assist in the promotion of fitness and healthy lifestyles for the younger generation.
After successfully building Lazy Town into a Franchise, Magnus stepped down as the CEO and went on to manage ROK- a Reykjavík-based Scandinavian/seafood restaurant he co-founded with Hrefna Björk Sverrisdóttir
3. Stefán Karl Stefánsson
- Role: Robbie Rotten
- Number of Episodes: 66
- Season: One, two, three, and four
Stefán Karl Stefánsson is listed among Lazy Town cast members that started its first season in 2002. He was featured as the comedic villain of the show Robbie Rotten. A couple of years after the show was concluded in 2016, Stefan, who was also a musician, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had to undergo surgery.
Though he was thought to be recovering from surgery, the Iceland actor’s cancer was found to have returned around March 2018 and was declared inoperable. Stefan eventually died on the 21st of August, 2018, at the age of 43. He was surrounded by family and loved ones at the time of his demise.
Before he died, Stefan took to Twitter to plead with his followers to ensure that they live life to the fullest. The actor’s death was a huge loss to his family and co-actors, who took to social media to pay tribute to him
4. Julianna Rose Mauriello
- Role: Stephanie
- Number of Episodes: 52
- Season: One and two
In fact, the TV series revolves around Julianna’s character, Stephanie. She is one of the Lazy Town cast members that appeared in many episodes despite the fact that she joined two years after it premiered and left in 2007. The pink-haired Stephanie relocated to Lazy Town to live with Mayor Milford Meanswell, who is her uncle. On reaching there, she discovered that all the people in their neighborhood led lazy lives.
Stephanie enlisted Sportacus’ help in teaching people the healthy way to live by taking part in athletic pastimes. However, the show’s villain, Robbie, who prefers to live a sluggish life, often thwarts Stephanie’s efforts as he was terribly agitated by the unexpected boom of physical activity. Eventually, all of Robbin’s ill-judged schemes to instill laziness in people failed, and he lost out in the end.
Important to note that Julianna only played Stephanie for two seasons and was replaced by another actress in 2007 as the plot demanded. Born on May 26th, 1991, the Lazy Town’s pink-haired juvenile actor is now a grown woman of 32 and totally unrecognizable.
After she left the show, Julianna decided to concentrate on her studies and went to the New York-based Ivy League school. Proceeding to Columbia University, the former child star did her Masters in occupational therapy and now practices as a certified expert in her field.
5. Jodi Eichelberger
- Role: Stingy
- Number of Episodes: 48
- Season: One, two, three, and four
Jodi Eichelberger is a native of Portland, Oregon, born on the 28th of December 1970. He depicted the character of Stingy on the set of the Lazy Town series for 48 episodes from 2004 to 2014.
Unlike several other Lazy Town cast members, Jodi has an active Facebook account through which fans discovered that he is a resident of the United States, where he is currently hosting a live storytelling program in Boise called Story Story Night. He is associated with a popular Idaho-based modern live-work space for artists called Surel’s Place as a Program Coordinator.
This Lazy Town cast member is also a known puppeteer that has created as well as performed several stage productions. Some of his notable projects include the Avenue Q musical, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, and more.
6. Julie Westwood
- Role: Bessie Busybody
- Number of Episodes: 47
- Season: One, two, three, four
Depicting the character of Bessie Busybody in the Lazy Town series is Julie Westwood. She was featured as Mayor Milford’s secretary cum girlfriend, who doubled as the PR agent of the town. Though she may come across as patronizing, Bessie was somewhat motherly with the children. Pompous and fashionable, she takes note of every new trend in town. Always talking on the phone, the town’s PR can be so engrossed in a phone conversation that she totally forgets about the happenings around her.
Before she became a Lazy Town cast member, Westwood, who is British, was already established as a voice actress and puppeteer, and after the show wrapped up, she continued with her voicing gigs in several animations.
Some of the projects she has worked on include The Furchester Hotel, Fully Booked, The Hoobs, Fireman Sam, It’s a Big Big World, The Basil Brush Show, and others. A mother of two (Nigel and Tom), Julie currently lives in Bolton, the United Kingdom, but her work takes her to the US from time to time.
7. Chloe Lang
- Role: Stephanie
- Number of Episodes: 26
- Seasons: 3 and 4
The demand for a change in the character of Stephanie took Julianna out of the show to be replaced by Chloe Lang. Chloe started starring as Stephanie in 2013 in the third season and stayed till 2014, when the show’s fourth season was concluded. Chloe obviously did justice to the role of Stephanie, and the change was well-received by fans of the series.
Chloe lives in Connecticut, United States, and was already acting before she joined the series. Some of her most notable projects include Mask Face (2011), My Brother Jack (2013), Brooke & Carly (2016), and the 2017 short movie, The Fifth Borough. She is also a gifted vocalist and in December 2018, dropped the music video for her track, Party Down the Road.
Chloe has a TikTok account with over 500k followers, through which she shares some interesting behind-the-scenes clips from Lazy Town, where she would be seen preparing for her role as Stephanie.
8. David Matthew Feldman
- Role: Mayor Meanswell
- Number of Episodes: 20
- Season: One, two, three, and four
David Matthew Feldman is the Lazy own cast member that depicted the character of Stephanie’s uncle, Mayor Milford Meanswell. The old-fashioned Mayor always took to the catchphrase, ‘oh my;’ he fell in love with Bessie Busybody, who became his girlfriend. Meanswell took good care of his niece, Stephanie, and always call for Sportacus’ assistance whenever Steph gets into trouble or is not happy.
Born on May 1973, David Matthew Feldman comes from Long Island, New York, and is an alum of Amherst College. He stayed with the cast of Lazy Town for ten years, from 2004 to 2014, and at the end of the series, he went back to his job as a puppeteer for children’s television and theatre. He is also a talented writer.
Other productions that David has appeared in include Corn, The American Astronaut, Between the Lions, Crank Yankers, and Oh Noah!
9. Ronald Binion
- Role: Pixel
- Number of Episodes: 20
- Season: One, two, three, and four
Ronald Binion’s character, Pixel, is an inventor so passionate about technology, especially computers. He is an adept hand at fixing up any kind of gadget, as he never wants to be involved in any form of physical activity. Most of the time, Pixel comes across as a not-so-sociable character and loves his own company. He prefers to fill his time playing video games.
He faced a big predicament after he developed romantic feelings for Stephanie at the beginning of the series and didn’t know how to approach his love interest. A pixel represents both common sense and intelligence in the series, and the rest of the kids in Lazy Town used his home as their meeting spot; The reason for this is that Pixel’s home contains a TV set and is quite spacious.
Since he left the series in 2014, Ronald has been an employee of the Jim Henson Company. Apart from Lazy Town, he appeared in other projects like Pippin Broadway Musical, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Book of Pooh, and more
10. Guðmundur Þór Kárason
- Role: Ziggy Zweets
- Number of Episodes: 19
- Season: one. two, three, and four
Guðmundur Þór Kárason played the role of Ziggy Zweets in 19 episodes of Lazy Town. Ziggy was portrayed as a sweet-toothed lad who loved eating sweets, especially Lollipops. However, with the arrival of Stephanie, he found out that there is actually more to kids than sugary foods.
He later became very active, participating in all the children’s sports, but still takes his sugary candy, albeit in moderation. An unsophisticated character, Ziggy possesses gullibility and naivety. He is obsessed with Sportacus and also idolizes him
Born on June 14th 1974, Guðmundur Þór Kárason comes from Retjavík, Iceland. After the show in 2014, he went back to LTS Garðbær Studios which he co-founded in 1994. He is listed as a puppeteer and puppet designer and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest
11. Sarah Burgess
- Role: Trixie
- Number of Episodes: Eight
- Season: One and two
One Lazy Town cast member whose face was never seen was Sarah Burgess, but her role in the series was very important. Sarah was the puppeteer that played the role of Trixie in seasons one and two. Sarah loves to crack jokes and makes sarcastic comments about her friends, including Stephanie, whom she calls “Pinky” because of her all-pink hair and outfit. She represents a lack of respect for rules and impatience.
She left Lazy Town in 2006 to the series entitled Space Pirates and in 2008, made a comeback to join the cast of Lazy Town Extra – a spin-off series from Lazy Town. From 2014 to 2016, she got occupied with a voice role in The Furchester Hotel TV series as the protagonist, Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz. The show aired on networks like Nick Jr., Spacetoon, and CBeebies.
Sarah’s other projects include Sleeping Beauty, The Talkative Tortoise, The Frog Prince, Bunny Town, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and others. She has no profile on social media and loves to keep away from the prying eyes of the public.
12. Kobie Powell
- Role: Trixie
- Number of Episodes: 14
- Season: One and Two
Many actors depicted the character of Trixie in the series Lazy Town and Kobie Powell is one of them. The Waukegan, Illinois, native voiced the puppet character in a total of 14 episodes. Powell has worked with the Nickelodeon Company for a very long time and is dubbed “the voice of Nick Jr.”
This Lazy Town cast member takes the credit for recording about 80 percent of the network’s promo and sound bites from 2004 to 2009. He worked with Pepsi, recording both national and local commercials for the beverage brand on the radio. Other brands he has worked with include the likes of Burger King, Mountain Dew, BET, VH1, and more.
As a songwriter and rapper, Powell is part of the music group, Us3. He wrote and performed tracks in their hit album, “Hand on the Torch.”