Tara Lyn Strong is a Canadian actress and singer.
She has done voice work in numerous animated films and television series.
Her voice roles include Batgirl in The New Batman Adventures, Harley Quinn from Batman:
Arkham, Dil Pickles from Rugrats and All Grown Up!, Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls, Timmy
Turner and Poof from The Fairly OddParents, Raven from Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!,
Ben Tennyson from Ben 10, Princess Clara and Toot Braunstein from Drawn Together, and Twilight
Sparkle from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
Early life Tara Strong was born on February 12, 1973
to Syd and Lucy Charendoff.
Syd and Lucy ran a conveniencecandy store called The Wiz; Syd has also worked as a pharmacist.
Tara and her sister Marla were raised in Toronto, Ontario.
Strong and her family are Jewish.
Her acting career began when she volunteered to be a soloist in a school production at
age four.
Soon, she began acting in the Yiddish Theater; though she did not know Yiddish, she memorized
her lines phonetically.
During this time, she also performed at 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, where she sang the lyrics in both English and Hebrew, a feat she repeated
on February 10, 2005, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel during the March of the Living dinner
in honor of then-Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger.
At age 13, Strong was accepted into a performing arts school, where she landed her first professional
role: the role of Gracie in the Limelight Theater's production of The Music Man.
That same year, she booked a guest starring role in Mr. T's T. and T. Afterwards, she
landed the title role in Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater and starred in the short-lived
CBC Television sitcom Mosquito Lake before moving to Los Angeles in the midst of the
1994 Northridge earthquake.
Career Strong is the voice of numerous animated characters,
including main roles in 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, Benwolf,
and Buzzshock; Teen Titans as Raven; 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 Princess Twilight Sparkle.
She has also lent her voice to English-language localizations of Japanese anime such as Spirited
Away and Princess Mononoke, as well as several video games, including her work as Elisa and
Ursula in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops; Paz Ortega Andrade in Metal Gear Solid: Peace
Walker; Rikku in Final Fantasy X, its sequel Final Fantasy X-2, and Kingdom Hearts II;
Talwyn Apogee in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and its sequel, Ratchet & Clank
Future: Quest for Booty; Harley Quinn in Batman: Arkham City, replacing Arleen Sorkin from
the franchise; and Juliet Starling, the main character of Lollipop Chainsaw.
She has appeared in live roles in National Lampoon's Senior Trip, Sabrina Goes to Rome,
Sabrina, Down Under, Mosquito Lake, and The Last White Dishwasher.
She also made guest appearances on such shows as Forever Knight, Street Legal, Touched by
an Angel, Take Home Chef, Party of Five, Comic Book: The Movie, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues,
and 3rd Rock from the Sun.
In January 2013, she voiced the character "Plum" in Cartoon Hangover's Bravest Warriors,
created by Pendleton Ward.
She has the role of the character Miss Collins in Nickelodeon's live action series Big Time
Rush.
Strong has been nominated four times for an Annie Award.
In 2004, she won an Interactive Achievement Award for her role as Rikku in Final Fantasy
X-2.
She also served as the announcer for the 2000 Kids' Choice Awards, appeared as a guest at
several fan conventions, and was featured on the front cover of the July/August 2004
issue of Working Mother magazine, saying, "My son is now old enough to respond to my
work.
To me, that's what it is all about."
Personal life Prior to her marriage, she was originally
credited under her maiden name, Charendoff.
Strong attended Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, class of 1991.
After leaving high school she studied at The Second City in Toronto for two years before
moving to Los Angeles in January 1994.
Strong and actress Neve Campbell lived together when they both moved to Los Angeles at the
same time.
They both auditioned for the same role, Julia, in the 1990s TV series Party of Five.
Strong appeared in an episode as Lorna.
She met former American actor, turned real estate agent, Craig Strong in 1999.
They married on May 14, 2000 and have two sons, Sammy and Aden.
The family resides in Los Angeles.
She and Craig run VoiceStarz, Inc., an Internet-based company which teaches people how to get into
the voiceover business.
Filmography Discography
For the documentary film Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony, Tara
Strong co-wrote and recorded the song "Take My Hand".
References
External links Official website
Tara Strong at the Internet Movie Database