Tara Strong

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Tara Strong
Birth name	Tara Lynn Charendoff
Alias	Tara Charendoff
Born	February 12, 1973 (1973-02-12) (age 35) Toronto, Ontario Canada
Occupation(s)	Voice Actor/singer
Spouse	Craig Strong (May 14, 2000-Present)
Children	Sammy Strong (son), Aden Strong (son)
Website	www.TaraStrong.com

Tara Lynn Charendoff Strong (born February 12, 1973, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a vocal actress/singer.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 2.1 1985 2.2 1986 2.3 1987 2.4 1989 2.5 1990 2.6 1991 2.7 1992 2.8 1993 2.9 1994 2.10 1995 2.11 1996 2.12 1997 2.13 1998 2.14 1999 2.15 2000 2.16 2001 2.17 2002 2.18 2003 2.19 2004 2.20 2005 2.21 2006 2.22 2007 2.23 2008 3 Quotes 4 References 5 External Links

[edit] Biography

An early sign of acting was when she auditioned for a solo in a school play at the age of four. Then, she changed her career to vocal acting.

Strong is the voice behind a multitude of North American animated characters, including main roles in The Rugrats & All Grown Up! as Dil Pickles; The Powerpuff Girls as Bubbles; Ben 10 as Ben Tennyson, Upgrade, Benwolf and Buzzshock; The Fairly OddParents as Timmy Turner; Teen Titans as Raven; Drawn Together as Princess Clara and Toot Braunstein; and many others. She has also lent her voice to Japanese animated films such as Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, as well several video games, including her work as Elisa & Ursula in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Rikku in Final Fantasy X and its sequel Final Fantasy X-2. Plus her role as Seth Balmore in Lost Odyssey. In addition to her vast amount of work as a vocal actress, she has had a few roles as a live actress, including in National Lampoon's Senior Trip.

Prior to her marriage, she was originally credited under her maiden name, Tara Charendoff. She is currently married to American actor Craig Strong and they have two sons. They currently reside in Studio City, north of Los Angeles.

[edit] Filmography

All are taken to be voice roles except where stated to be live.

[edit] 1985

TV:

• The Raccoons
• The Care Bears
• Rainbow Brite

[edit] 1986

TV:

• Rupert Bear
• Pound Puppies

[edit] 1987

TV:

• Maxie's World
• My Pet Monster
• Mosquito Lake
• Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater - Hello Kitty
• Garbage Pail Kids — Patty Putty

[edit] 1989

TV:

• Beetlejuice - Clare and Bertha
• Babar - Celeste

Other:

• The Long Road Home

[edit] 1990

TV:

• The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 -- Lemmy "Hip" Koopa and Iggy "Hop" Koopa
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
• Piggsburg Pigs!
• Madeline - Chloe

[edit] 1991

Film:

• Married to It - Student in Pageant (live)

TV:

• ProStars
• The New Super Mario World — Lemmy "Hip" Koopa and Iggy "Hop" Koopa
• Wish Kid
• Here's How!
• Rugrats — Dil Pickles

[edit] 1992

TV:

• X-Men — Magik

• A Town Torn Apart

[edit] 1993

TV:

• The Incredible Dennis the Menace
• Tales from the Cryptkeeper

Other:

• Family Pictures

[edit] 1994

TV:

• Tekkaman Blade II

Other:

• Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
• Skin Deep
• Reform School Girl

[edit] 1995

Film:

• National Lampoon's Senior Trip as Carla Morgan (live)

TV:

• Little Bear
• Sailor Moon
• Gadget Boy & Heather

[edit] 1996

TV:

• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
• Adventures from the Book of Virtues
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

[edit] 1997

Film:

• Princess Mononoke — Kaya

TV:

• Healthspells (1997)
• Extreme Ghostbusters - Kylie Griffin
• Channel Umptee-3
• 101 Dalmatians: The Series - Two-Tone and Spot
• Pepper Ann
• The New Batman Adventures — Batgirl/Barbara Gordon

[edit] 1998

TV:

• Gadget Boy's Adventures In History
• Sonic Underground — additional voices
• The Powerpuff Girls — Bubbles (replacing Katherine Soucie)

Film:

• Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
• The Rugrats Movie — Dil Pickles
• Sabrina Goes to Rome as Gwen (live)

[edit] 1999

TV:

• Family Guy
• The Kids from Room 402
• Mona the Vampire
• Detention — Shareena Wickett
• Mina and the Count - Mina Harper
• Sonic Underground - Sonia the Hedgehog

Film:

• Can of Worms
• Sabrina, Down Under as Gwen (live)

[edit] 2000

TV:

• Clerks: The Animated Series
• Cartoon Cartoon Fridays

• The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea — Melody

Film:

• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie — Dylan "Dil" Pickles
• Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker — Batgirl/Barbara Gordon

Video Game:

• Orphen: Scion of Sorcery
• Icewind Dale
• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Dil

Other:

• Sacrifice

[edit] 2001

TV:

• The Fairly OddParents — Timmy Turner, Tad, Britney Britney, Poof (see List of The Fairly OddParents characters)
• The Proud Family — Bebe and Cece Proud as well as Puff
• Rugrats: All Growed Up — Dil Pickles
• Lloyd In Space - Cindy's Nice Head

Film:

• Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away) /"Spirited Away" — Boh

Video Games:

• Batman Vengeance — Batgirl/Barbara Gordon
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
• Final Fantasy X — Rikku
• The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction - Bubbles
• Powerpuff Girls: Mojo's Pet Project - Bubbles

[edit] 2002

TV:

• Gotham Girls — Batgirl/Barbara Gordon
• Fillmore! — Ingrid Third
• Kim Possible — Tara, Joss Possible,Britina
• Totally Spies! - minor voice characters
• Codename: Kids Next Door — Mushi Sanban (sister of Numbuh 3 (played by Lauren Tom))
• What's New, Scooby Doo?-Terry/Alexandra Viggi/Trudy

Film:

• Ice Age
• The Powerpuff Girls Movie — Bubbles, Female Child 1, Female Citizen 1
• The Wild Thornberrys Movie
• Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
• Tarzan & Jane
• 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure - Two-Tone

Video Game:

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (video game)
• Whacked! (video game) - Lucy, Charity
• The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage - Bubbles, Female Child 1, Female Citizen 1

[edit] 2003

Video game:

• Final Fantasy X-2 — Rikku

TV:

• Lilo & Stitch: The Series — Angel
• Teen Titans — Raven, Kitten, Kole
• The Animatrix: Beyond
• All Grown Up! — Dil Pickles
• Xiaolin Showdown — Omi
• Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks — Dannan 'O Mallard / Molly Winks

Film:

• The Fairly OddParents Movie — Timmy Turner and Various
• Rugrats Go Wild — Dil Pickles
• The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris

[edit] 2004

TV:

• Infinite Darcy, The
• Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman — Barbara Gordon
• Drawn Together — Princess Clara / Toot Braunstein
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends — Terrence
• Danny Phantom — Star, Ember McLain, and Penelope Spectra

Film:

• The Toy Warrior

Video Game:

• Hot Shots Golf Fore! - Emma
• Ninja Gaiden — Rachel
• Jak 3 (video game) — Keira, Seem
• La Pucelle: Tactics — Goddess Poitreene, Chocolat
• Shrek 2 (video game) - Li'l Red
• Spyro: A Hero's Tail — Ember, Flame
• Tales of Symphonia — Presea Combatir, Corrine

[edit] 2005

TV:

• Robotboy - Robotboy
• American Dragon: Jake Long — Kara & Sara the Oracle Twins, Veronica, Stacey
• The Life and Times of Juniper Lee — Roger, Lila the Sasquatch
• Avatar: The Last Airbender -Mai's mother
• The Batman vs. Dracula — Vicki Vale
• Ben 10 — Ben Tennyson, Benwolf, Upgrade, Buzzshock, Ken Tennyson, Lucy and Gwendolyn Tennyson (in "Ben 10,000")
• Camp Lazlo - Amber, Toodie, & Honey, additional voices
• The Buzz on Maggie — Dawn Swatworthy

Video Game:

• Xenosaga II — Sakura Mizrahi
• Killer7 — Kaede Smith
• Jak X: Combat Racing — Keira
• Psychonauts — Sheegor
• Shrek Super Slam - Red Riding Hood
• Tales of Legendia- Norma Beatty
• X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse — Blink
• Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble — Captain Blue Jr.

Film:

• The Proud Family Movie — Bebe and Cece Proud as well as Cashew
• Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone
• Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas - Priscilla Pig

[edit] 2006

TV:

• Take Home Chef - Herself (live)
• The Replacements - Sierra, additional voices
• Legion of Super-Heroes-Alexis Luthor/Esper/Emerald Empress
• Leroy & Stitch — Angel

[1]

• Bratz Genie Magic-Katia

Film:

• Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo — Raven

Video game:

• Xiaolin Showdown - Omi
• Blue Dragon — Kluke
• Family Guy Video Game! - additional voices
• Justice League Heroes — Supergirl
• Kingdom Hearts II — Rikku
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops — Elisa & Ursula
• Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams — Arin

[edit] 2007

Film:

• TMNT - Various Voices
• Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme- April Strange
• Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams - Sharma

TV:

• My Friends Tigger & Pooh - Porcupine
• Wayside - John and Fluffy the Porcupine
• The Boondocks- Cindy McPhearson
• Chowder- Truffles
• Sushi Pack - Maguro [2]
• Transformers: Animated - Sari Sumdac[3], Reception-Bot, Teletran 1, Daniel Witwicky, Carly Witwicky

Video Game:

• Lost Odyssey — Seth
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - Talwyn
• Ben 10: Protector of Earth - Ben Tennyson
• Gurumin - Cream, Mosby and Baby Tokaron

[edit] 2008

Film:

• Fairly OddBaby - Timmy Turner and Little Baby Poof
• The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning - 3 of Ariel's sisters (various voices)

TV:

• The Save-Ums — Jazzi

[edit] 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).

[edit] References

[edit] External Links

• The Official Tara Strong
• The Official Tara Strong MySpace
• Tara Strong at the Internet Movie Database
• Tara Strong at the Voice Chasers Database
• Tara Strong at TV.com