Early Life and Early Career
Grey DeLisle was born Erin Grey Van Oosbree in Fort Ord, California. Her childhood was difficult; her mother was a singer and musician who suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction and her father was a truck driver with a passion for country music. Her parents divorced when she was young. She was primarily raised by her grandmother, Eva Flores Ruth, a vocalist who performed with salsa legend Tito Puente. DeLisle was heavily into goth bands like The Cure, but her mother, who had become a born-again Pentecostal, set a strict rule forbidding secular music. Her records that contain Goth music or heavy metal were burned. She was forbidden to wear pants and makeup. At the age of 17, she rebelled against the Pentecostal church. In her late teens, she started singing old gospel tunes, and entered the world of stand-up comedy on the advice of a close friend. In her comedy routine, DeLisle imitated voices very well, and was advised to take a shot at voice acting.
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