JENNIFER TILLY (Celia) provides the distinctive voice for the character of Celia, the one-eyed, snake-haired receptionist at Monsters, Inc.

"She's just your normal snake-haired gal and she happens to be in love with a normal one-eyed monster named Mike," says Tilly. "She's a very efficient receptionist and very proud of her job. She does get a little carried away with her lovey-doveyisms with Mike. It's really fun to be Celia because she sees everything that's going on. She isn't scary at all because everybody can relate to her. She's just a girl looking for love. She worries about what to wear on a Saturday night and whether she should cut her hair. The snakes in her hair reflect her emotions and when she's happy, they all sort of perk up and make happy faces. When she's sad they get a little limp and droopy.

"Basically Celia sounds like me only a bit more exaggerated," adds Tilly. "Once in awhile, she'll talk in baby talk to Mike. I also threw in a bit of generic receptionist voice like you hear at big corporations or at the airport. There is a sing-song quality to her voice that works really well for her job as a receptionist.

"When I was little, I always thought there was something in the closet or something under the bed. And I think 'Monsters, Inc.' is a really good film that will help parents alleviate their children's fears. Kids will love this movie and maybe even look forward to meeting the monsters in their closet after seeing it."

Tilly received both an Academy Award� nomination, and an American Comedy award nomination for her role as Olive in Woody Allen's "Bullets over Broadway."

Her performance in "Liar, Liar" as Jim Carrey's gold-digging client earned her another American Comedy Award nomination, as well as a Blockbuster award nomination as Favorite Supporting Actress.

Tilly's other film credits include "Bound" (Saturn award nominee-Best Actress, GLAAD award recipient), "The Muse," "Relax, it's Just Sex," "Stuart Little," "The Getaway," "Made in America," "Bride of Chucky" (Saturn award nominee-Best Actress), "Shadow of the Wolf," "Let it Ride," "The Crew," and "The Fabulous Baker Boys."

On television, she starred in the miniseries "Bella Mafia," with Vanessa Redgrave, and the Fox series "Key West." She received a CableAce award nomination (Best Actress in a Comedy) for her recurring role as Garry's girlfriend, Angelica, on "The Garry Shandling Show." For her role in the Showtime movie "Heads," she received a Gemini award nomination for Best Actress.

Tilly has extensive stage credits, including "Tartuffe," "Boy's Life" at the LATC, and "Baby with the Bathwater" and "The Woolgatherer" at the LA Public Theatre. She received a Dramalogue Award for her work in "Vanities," and for her performance in "One Shoe Off" at the Joseph Papp Theatre, she won a TheatreWorld award for Outstanding Newcomer.

Recently completed projects include "Dancing at the Blue Iguana," an improvisational film about a strip club, directed by Michael Radford (Il Postino); a remake of "The Magnificent Ambersons," directed by Alphonso Arau ("Like Water For Chocolate"); "Fast Sofa," with Crispin Glover and Natasha Lyonne; "Sister Mary Explains it All," with Diane Keaton and directed by Marshall Brickman, which aired on Showtime in May; "The Cat's Meow," starring Kirsten Dunst, and Eddie Izzard, and directed by Peter Bogdonavich; and, most recently, "Ball in the House" with David Straithairn, which recently debuted at the Toronto Film Festival.