# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karen-hillenburg
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:45:57.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karen-hillenburg"
name: "Karen Hillenburg"
slug: "karen-hillenburg"
description: "Stephen McDannell Hillenburg was an American animator, writer, producer, director, voice actor, and marine biology educator. He was best known for creating the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants for Nickelodeon in 1999. The show has become the fourth longest-running American animated series. He also provided the original voice of Patchy the Pirate's pet, Potty the Parrot."
tagline: "Stephen Hillenburg's wife"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Stephen_Hillenburg_by_Carlos_Cazurro.jpg/330px-Stephen_Hillenburg_by_Carlos_Cazurro.jpg"
gender: "female"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           11.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.533405333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  39
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6105348/"
    handle:    "nm6105348"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Hillenburg"
    title: "Karen Hillenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65027312"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations