Soleil Moon Frye

About Soleil Moon Frye

Soleil Moon Frye is an American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter.

Frye made her acting debut in the 1982 television movie Missing Children: A Mother's Story.

At an audition in 1984, Frye beat out over three thousand girls (which included Melissa Joan Hart) to win the titular role on the NBC sitcom Punky Brewster, an American sitcom television series about a young girl being raised by a foster parent in Chicago. The show ran on NBC from September 16, 1984, to March 9, 1986, and again in syndication from October 30, 1987, to May 27, 1988.

During the 1990s, Frye guest-starred on several television series, including The Wonder Years, Saved by the Bell, and Friends, and voiced characters for the animated series Tiny Toon Adventures, The Ren & Stimpy Show, and The Cartoon Cartoon Show (namely, the Johnny Bravo pilot episode). In addition to her television work, Frye has appeared in the films The Liars' Club (1993) and Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1995) and in stage productions of Orestes, I Murdered My Mother and The Housekeeper.

In 1996, Frye moved to New York to attend The New School and later directed her first film, Wild Horses (1998).

From 2000 to 2003, Frye played the character of Roxie King in the last few seasons of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. During the run of Sabrina, she voiced Zoey Howzer in the Disney Channel series The Proud Family and the series' 2005 television movie. She reprised the role in the revival series The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder.

Frye directed her second film, Sonny Boy, in 2004. The documentary chronicles a two-week trip Frye took with her father, Virgil, who had Alzheimer's disease. Sonny Boy was an official selection at the 27th Starz Denver International Film Festival and won Best Documentary at the San Diego Film Festival.

In 2021, Frye directed Kid 90, a documentary film using an archive of footage she shot in the 1990s, for which Leonardo DiCaprio was executive producer.

Frye appears in the Punky Brewster reboot that began airing on Peacock on February 25, 2021.

Frye is of Ashkenazi Jewish, English, Irish, and Scottish descent. As a teen, she suffered from gigantomastia. She underwent a breast reduction three months before her 16th birthday.

As of January 2025, Frye has answer 335 thousand Instagram followers.