Pamela Adlon (/ˈædlɒn/; née Segall) (born July 9, 1966) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director.

She also voiced Baloo in Jungle Cubs (1996–1998), the title role in the Pajama Sam video game series (1996–2001), Lucky in 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998), Margaret "Moose" Pearson in Pepper Ann (1997–2000), Ashley Spinelli in Recess (1997–2001), Otto Osworth in Time Squad (2001–2003), Vidia in the Tinkerbell franchise and Brigette Murphy in Milo Murphy's Law (2016–2019), among numerous others.

Adlon is also known for her roles in the comedy-drama series Californication (2007–2014) and Louie (2010–2015), the latter of which she additionally wrote and produced alongside Louis C.K.

From 2016 to 2022, Adlon starred as Sam Fox on the acclaimed FX comedy-drama series Better Things, which she also co-created, wrote, produced, and directed.

Her most notable films include Say Anything... (1989), Bed of Roses (1996), Lucky 13 (2005), Conception (2011), I Love You, Daddy (2017), All Square (2018), Bumblebee (2018), and Holler (2020).

[1][9] She is the daughter of Marina Lucy (née Leece) and Donald Maxwell "Don" Segall, who was a television comedy writer-producer and author of comic books and science fiction pulp novels.

He was a page at NBC with Gilbert Cates and wrote erotic fiction under various pseudonyms, including Troy Conway.

[13] Her father was born to a Jewish family of Russian-Jewish and Ukrainian-Jewish descent, and her mother, originally an Anglican, converted to Judaism.

[16] She has said that she and her family lived bi-coastally, moving between Los Angeles and New York because her father was a journeyman writer and producer for TV.

[17] Adlon made her acting debut as Dolores Rebchuck in the 1982 musical sequel film Grease 2.

She was nominated for an Annie Award for her role as Otto Osworth in the Cartoon Network animated comedy series Time Squad (2001–2003).

Adlon received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the first two seasons of Better Things.

She has had major performances in The Facts of Life (1983–1984) and Californication (2007–2014) as well as making guest appearances in The Jeffersons (1984), Boston Legal (2007–2008), Parenthood (2012), and This Is Us (2020).

Her voice credits include the animated programs Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Bobby's World (1992–1998), Rugrats (1992–2004), Recess (1997–2001), King of the Hill (1997–2010), The Oblongs (2001), Bob's Burgers (2012–2020), and Babes (2024).