Tara Strong
Tara Strong | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tara Lynn Charendoff February 12, 1973 |
| Status | Marriedz |
| Other names | Tara Charendoff |
| Occupation | Voice Actor/Comedian |
| Agent | DPN Talent Agency |
| Notable credit(s) | Ben 10 as Ben Tennyson/Upgrade Fairly Odd Parents as Timmy Turner Drawn Together as Princess Clara/Toot Braunstein Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 as Rikku Tales of Symphonia as Presea Combatir Teen Titans as Raven Lilo and Stitch: The Series/Leroy and Stitch as Angel Transformers: Heroes as Sari Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops as Elisa/Ursula |
| Spouse(s) | Craig Strong (May 14, 2000-Present) |
| Children | Sammy Strong (son), Aden Strong (son) |
| Relatives | Marla Charendoff (sister) |
| Family | son |
| Website | www.TaraStrong.com |
Tara Lynn Charendoff-Strong (b. February 12 1973, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a voice actress.
She plays Toot Braunstein & Princess Clara from Drawn Together. Her voice has been used for a wide variety of Canadian and American animation including main roles in The Powerpuff Girls as Bubbles, Ben 10 as Benjamin Tennyson, Upgrade and Benwolf, The Fairly Odd Parents as Timmy Turner, Teen Titans as Raven, and many others. She has also lent her voice to Japanese animated films such as Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, as well as her work as Elisa & Ursula in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, Rikku in Final Fantasy X and its sequel Final Fantasy X-2.
On January 30 2007, Tara Strong confirmed that she will be the voice of Kluke in the North American localization of Blue Dragon (see [1]).
Voice roles
Some of the notable voice roles that Tara Strong has performed include:
- Chowder - Truffles
- Teen Titans - Raven, Kitten, Teether, and Kole
- Extreme Ghostbusters - Kylie Griffin
- Transformers: Animated - Sari [2]
- Codename: Kids Next Door - Sally Sanban
- Fillmore! - Ingrid Third
- Kim Possible - Tara, Joss Possible
- Drawn Together - Princess Clara and Toot Braunstein
- The Fairly OddParents - Timmy Turner/Tad/Blonda/Britney Britney
- Rugrats (1991), and All Grown Up! (2003) - Dil Pickles
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends — Terrence
- The Powerpuff Girls — Bubbles (replacing Kath Soucie)
- The New Batman Adventures', Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Gotham Girls - Batgirl/Barbara Gordon
- Xiaolin Showdown - Omi
- American Dragon: Jake Long - Sara & Kara and Stacey
- Ben 10 - Ben Tennyson, Upgrade, Benwolf, Future Gwen(in the episode Ben 10,000)
- Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks - Molly and Dannan
- Robotboy - Robotboy
- Madeline - Chloe
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series - Two-Tone and Spot
- Danny Phantom - Guest-star Ember McLain ((Spectra))
- The Buzz on Maggie - Dawn Swatworthy
- Ay Quiero Del Mundo - Mary Peep
- Lilo and Stitch: The Series - Angel Experiment 624
- The Replacements Sierna
- Additional Voices in The Replacements.
- Additional Voices in Camp Lazlo
- Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World - Hip Koopa and Hop Koopa
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea - Melody
- SpongeBob SquarePants - Additional Voices
- El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera - Mindy Rivera/La Huelga
She has also done voice work for several computer and video games, including:
- Blue Dragon — Kluke
- Family Guy: The Video Game- Additional Voices
- Final Fantasy X — Rikku
- Final Fantasy X-2 — Rikku
- Hot Shots Golf Fore — Emma
- Kingdom Hearts II — Rikku
- Jak 3 — Keira, Seem
- Killer7 — KAEDE Smith
- Tales of Symphonia — Presea Combatir, Corrine
- Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble - Captain Blue Jr.
- Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) — Rachel
- Psychonauts — Sheegor
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops — Ursula & Elisa
- Xiaolin Showdown - Omi - List of xiaolin showdown characters
- Justice League Heroes — Supergirl
- Spyro: A Hero's Tail — Ember, Flame
- Shrek 2 (video game) - Li'l Red
- Shrek Super Slam - Red Riding Hood
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 - Additional Voices
- Whacked! - Lucy, Charity
- Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction - Talwyn
Filmography
- The Raccoons (TV series) (voice)
- The Care Bears (TV series) (voice)
- Rainbow Brite (TV series) (voice)
- Rupert the Bear (TV series) (voice)
- Pound Puppies (TV series) (voice)
- Maxie's World (TV series) (voice)
- My Pet Monster (TV series) (voice)
- Mosquito Lake (TV series)
- Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (TV series) - Hello Kitty (voice)
- Garbage Pail Kids (animated series) (TV series) — Patty Putty (voice)
- The Long Road Home
- Beetlejuice (TV series) - Clare and Bertha (voice)
- Babar (TV series) - Celeste (voice)
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (TV series) -- Lemmy "Hip" Koopa and Iggy "Hop" Koopa (voice)
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (TV series) (voice)
- Piggsburg Pigs (TV series) (voice)
- Madeline (TV series) (voice)
- Married to It
- ProStars (TV series) (voice)
- The New Super Mario World (TV series) — Lemmy "Hip" Koopa and Iggy "Hop" Koopa (voice)
- Wish Kid (TV series) (voice)
- Here's How! (TV series) (voice)
- Family Pictures
- The Incredible Dennis the Menace
- Tales from the Cryptkeeper (TV series) (voice)
- Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
- Tekkaman Blade II (voice)
- Skin Deep
- Reform School Girl
- National Lampoon's Senior Trip as Carla Morgan
- Little Bear (TV series) (voice)
- Sailor Moon (TV Series) (voice)
- Gadget Boy and Heather (TV series) (voice)
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV series) (voice)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues (TV series) (voice)
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (TV series) (voice)
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series (TV series) (voice)
- Pepper Ann (TV series) (voice)
- The New Batman Adventures (TV series) — Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (voice)
- Healthspells (1997) TV Series (voice)
- Princess Mononoke — Kaya (voice)
- Extreme Ghostbusters - Kylie Griffin (TV series) (voice)
- Channel Umptee-3 (TV series) (voice)
- Gadget Boy's Adventures In History (TV series) (voice)
- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (voice)
- Sonic Underground (Tv series) — Additional Voices
- Sabrina Goes to Rome as Gwen
- The Powerpuff Girls (TV series) — Bubbles (voice)
- The Rugrats Movie — Dil Pickles (voice)
- Rugrats (TV series) — Dil Pickles (voice)
- Family Guy (TV series) (voice)
- Can of Worms
- Sabrina, Down Under as Gwen
- The Kids from Room 402 (TV series)
- Mona the Vampire (TV series)
- Detention (TV series) — Shareena Wickett (voice)
- Mina and the Count - (voice) Mina Harper
- Clerks: The Animated Series (TV series) (voice)
- Cartoon Cartoon Fridays (TV series)(voice)
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea — Melody (voice)
- Rugrats in Paris — Dylan "Dil" Pickles (voice)
- Sacrifice (voice)
- Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker — Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (voice)
- Orphen: Scion of Sorcery (voice)
- Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale (voice)
- The Fairly OddParents — Timmy Turner, Tad, and Britney Britney (voice)
- Final Fantasy X — Rikku (voice)
- Rugrats: All Growed Up — Dil Pickles (voice)
- Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi(Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away) /"Spirited Away" — Bou (voice)
- The Proud Family (TV series) — Bebe and Cece Proud as well as Puff (voice)
- Batman: Vengeance (video game) — Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (voice)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (video game) (voice)
- Da Mob (TV series) — Tara Byron (voice)
- Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (voice)
- Ice Age (voice)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (voice)
- The Powerpuff Girls Movie — Bubbles (voice)
- Tarzan & Jane (voice)
- The Wild Thornberrys Movie (voice)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (video game) (voice)
- Gotham Girls (TV series) — Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (voice)
- Fillmore! (TV series) — Ingrid Third (voice)
- Kim Possible (TV series) — Tara (voice)
- Codename: Kids Next Door — Mushi Sanban (voice) (sister of Numbuh 3 (played by Lauren Tom))
- Totally Spies! (TV series) - minor voice characters
- Whacked! (video game) - Lucy, Charity (voice)
- Final Fantasy X-2 (video game) — Rikku (voice)
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series — Angel (voice)
- The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris (voice)
- Rugrats Go Wild! — Dil Pickles (voice)
- The Fairly OddParents Movie — Timmy Turner and Various (voice)
- Teen Titans (TV series) — Raven, Kitten, Kole (voice)
- The Animatrix: Beyond (voice)
- All Grown Up! (TV series) — Dil Pickles (voice)
- Xiaolin Showdown (TV series) — Omi (voice)
- Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks — Dannan 'O Mallard / Molly Winks (voice)
- Infinite Darcy, The (TV series) (voice)
- Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman — Barbara Gordon (voice)
- Danny Phantom — Star, Ember McLain and Penelope Spectra (voice)
- Tales of Symphonia — Presea Combatir / Corrine (voice)
- The Toy Warrior (voice)
- Hot Shots Golf Fore! (video game) (voice)
- Ninja Gaiden (video game) — Rachel (voice)
- Spyro: A Hero's Tail — Ember, Flame (voice)
- Jak 3 (video game) — Keira, Seem (voice)
- Drawn Together (TV series) — Princess Clara / Toot Braunstein (voice)
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (TV series) — Terrence (voice)
- La Pucelle Tactics (video game) — Goddess Poitreene (voice), Chocolat (voice)
- American Dragon: Jake Long (TV series) — Kara & Sara the Oracle Twins, Veronica, Stacey (voice)
- Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone (voice)
- Xenosaga II (video game) — Sakura Mizrahi (voice)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender -Mai's mother (voice)
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (TV series) — Roger (voice)
- Killer7 (video game) — Kaede Smith (voice)
- The Buzz On Maggie — Dawn (voice)
- X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse — Blink (voice)
- Psychonauts (video game) — Sheegor (voice)
- The Batman Vs. Dracula — Vicky Vale (voice)
- Jak X (video game) — Keira (voice)
- Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble — Captain Blue Jr. (voice)
- Camp Lazlo — Amber, Toodie, & Honey (voice)
- The Proud Family Movie (TV Movie) — Bebe and Cece Proud as well as Cashew
- Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas - Priscilla Pig
- Ben 10(TV series) as Benjamin Tennyson and Upgrade
- Kingdom Hearts II — Rikku (voice)
- Take Home Chef - Herself
- Ben 10 (TV series) — Ben Tennyson, Benwolf, Upgrade, and Gwendolyn Tennyson (in "Ben 10,000") (voice)
- Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams — Arin
- Leroy & Stitch — Angel (voice) [3]
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops — Elisa & Ursula(voice)
- Bratz Genie Magic - Katia (Voice)
- TMNT - Various Voices
- Gurumin - Cream, Mosby and Baby Tokaron
- Ben 10 - Benjamin Tennyson, Upgrade and Benwolf
- Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams - Sharma
- The Drawn Together Movie - Princess Clara/Toot Braunstein (Voice)
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning - Ariel's sisters (various voices)
- The Save-Ums — Jazzi (voice)
Quotes
- "My son is old enough to respond to my work. To me, that's what it is all about." (in an interview in Working Mother magazine, July/August 2004)