Emilie Colleen de Azevedo Brown is an American voice actress and children's media producer, born January 26, 1971 in Encino, California. She's best known for co-creating Signing Time!, the hugely popular educational series that teaches American Sign Language to kids.

Her voice acting career started early—she was just 13 when she landed a role as Annie Labelle in the 1980s anime Robotech, working mostly under the names Emily Brown and Mary Cobb before eventually leaving the LA voice acting scene.

The real turning point came in 2001 when Emilie teamed up with her sister Rachel Coleman to launch Signing Time!. The show grew out of something deeply personal: Rachel and her husband Aaron discovered their oldest daughter Leah was deaf in 1996. Rather than isolate her, they realized that teaching Leah's hearing peers basic sign language created genuine friendships and community. Emilie saw the same benefits firsthand with her own son Alex, who signed his first word—"milk"—at just 10 months old. Watching how ASL opened doors for kids with various abilities became the driving force behind the series.

After graduating from Brigham Young University in 1996 with a theatre degree, Emilie balanced motherhood with a prolific voiceover career in commercials, cartoons, and films. As co-creator, director, and producer of Signing Time!, she's been the creative force behind over 26 episodes, plus spin-offs like Baby Signing Time and Practice Time through Two Little Hands Productions.