Cree Summer Francks (Born July 7, 1969), known professionally as Cree Summer is an American-Canadian actress and voice actress, who is known for playing the role of Winifred Freddie Brooks in The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, from 1988 through its end in 1993. She is also the original voice for Penny in the animated series Inspector Gadget. She reprises the role of Penny twice in Robot Chicken. Also she voiced Obah Wexley in Ballmastrz: 9009 and does voices for Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances. She is also the voice director for Oh My God... Yes! A Series of Extremely Relatable Circumstances.