Tara Lyn Strong (née Charendoff; born February 12, 1973) is a Canadian-American actress.[1] She is known for her voice work in animation, websites and video games
Strong's voice roles include animated series such as The New Batman Adventures, Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go!, Rugrats, The Powerpuff Girls, The Fairly OddParents, Xiaolin Showdown, Ben 10, Chowder, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, DC Super Hero Girls, and Unikitty!. She has also voiced characters in the video games Mortal Kombat X, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Jak and Daxter, Final Fantasy X, X-2, Blue Dragon, and Batman: Arkham.
She has earned Annie Award and Daytime Emmy nominations and won an award from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.
Early life
Strong was born Tara Lyn Charendoff in Toronto, Canada, on February 12, 1973,[2] the younger daughter of Syd and Lucy Charendoff.[3] Strong has called her Jewish background "a big part of her identity".[4] She has an older sister named Marla. At age four, Strong became interested in acting and volunteered to be a soloist at a school production.[5] She worked with the Yiddish Theater, where she memorized her lines phonetically because she did not know the Yiddish language. Strong also performed with the Toronto Jewish Theater, where she acted in A Night of Stars and was featured in an audiotape for "Lay Down Your Arms" with the Habonim Youth Choir, singing the lyrics in both English and Hebrew.[5]
Career
See also: Tara Strong filmography
Strong's first professional role was Gracie in Limelight Theater's production of The Music Man at the age of 13.[5] She had a guest role in the action series T. and T. Her first major cartoon role, also at the age of 13, was the title role in Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater.[6] Strong starred in the short-lived CBC Television sitcom Mosquito Lake.[5] She took improv classes at The Second City in Toronto[6] and continued acting in both animated and live-action shows and films, before moving to Los Angeles in January 1994.[7][8]
Strong is the voice of numerous animated characters, including main roles in The New Batman Adventures as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl, Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go! as Raven; Fillmore! as Ingrid Third; The Fairly OddParents as Timmy Turner and Poof; Rugrats and All Grown Up! as Dil Pickles; The Powerpuff Girls as Bubbles; Ben 10 as Ben Tennyson, Upgrade, Blitzwolfer, and Buzzshock; Chowder as Truffles; Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends as Terrence; the singing voice of Meg Griffin and additional voices on Family Guy; My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as Twilight Sparkle, Unikitty! as Princess Unikitty, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! as Daizy, and Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz as Joanni.
In 2004, she won an Interactive Achievement Award for her role as Rikku in Final Fantasy X-2.[12][13] She also served as the announcer for the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards, appeared as a guest panelist at several fan conventions (including BotCon, Jacon, Comic-Con International, and Anime Overdose), and was featured on the front cover of the July/August 2004 issue of Working Mother magazine, in which she said, "My son is now old enough to respond to my work. To me, that's what it is all about."[14] Strong has been nominated five times for Annie Awards.[15][16][17][18]
In 2013, Strong won the Shorty Award for "Best Actress" for her use of social media.[19] The Behind the Voice Actors website selected her for a BTVA Voice Acting Award for Voice Actress of the Year for 2013,[20] having nominated her for 2011 and 2012.[21][22]
Strong is currently starring in the Canadian series Pretty Hard Cases as Tiggy Sullivan, the head of a drug trafficking gang. She also voices Miss Minutes in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki.[23]
Personal life
In 1999, Strong met U.S. real estate agent and former actor Craig Strong.[2][24] The couple married on May 14, 2000, and have two sons named Sammy (born February 2002) and Aden (born August 2004).[25] They lived in Los Angeles and were formerly the owners of VoiceStarz, an online company that taught people how to get into the voice-over business.[26] On July 24, 2019, she filed for divorce.[27]
In 2012, during the BronyCon event in New Jersey, Strong attended a lunch with fans from the military.[28] In 2013, she was involved with a charity group called Bronies for Good, helping them raise funds for a family whose daughter had a brain tumor.[4][29]
She follows a vegan diet and is a fervent supporter of PETA.[30]
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