Tara Strong Biography

Apr 14, 2016

Birthdate: February 12, 1973
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This Canadian actress is one of the most famous people you wouldn't recognize if she was right next to you! Tara Strong has been a performer and actress since her start in a school play at age four. But, it's been her work behind the scenes as the voices for your fave animated characters that has really given this super-talented girl the chance to shine.

Tara Strong - One Girl, One Thousand Voices

Ok, maybe not a thousand, but Tara is the voice of lots of the biggest cartoon characters on TV. She's the spooky Raven from Teen Titans, Bubbles the PowerPuff girl, Omi the Xiaolin Showdown kung-fu master, Timmy in The Fairly Odd Parents, and more. She also does video game voices, like Rikku from Final Fantasy X-2 and the upcoming Kingdom Hearts II video games. Check out this list of just a few of her coolest roles on TV and in video games.

Tara Strong - Cartoon Show Characters

American Dragon: Jake Long - The Oracle Twins
Batman - Batgirl/Barbara Gordon
Ben 10 - Ben Tennyson
Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater - Hello Kitty
Kim Possible - Joss Possible and others
PowerPuff Girls - Bubbles
Rugrats - Dil Pickles
Teen Titans - Raven
The Fairly Odd Parents - Timmy
The Proud Family - Bebe Proud, Cece Proud and Cashew
X-Men - Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff and Illyana Rasputin
Xiaolin Showdown - Omi

Tara Strong - Video Game Characters

Kingdom Hearts II - Rikku
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse - Blink
Jak X: Combat Racing - Keira
Jak 3 - Keira
The Fairly Odd Parents: Shadow Showdown - Timmy
The Fairly Odd Parents: Breakin da Rules - Timmy
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu - Batgirl/Barbara Gordon
Tales of Symphonia - Presea Combatir and Corrine
Final Fantaxy X-2 - Rikku
Psychonauts - Sheegor
Shrek 2 - Lil' Red and Fairy

Tara Strong - More Than Just a Talented Voice

Tara is more than just a voice actress, she's an awesome singer, plays the trumpet and piano and can dance like a pro. When she isn't acting, Tara hangs out with her husband Craig and their two kids, four year-old Sammy and one year-old Aden. She even takes them to work with her! Tara and her husband also run Voicestarz, an online voice-training website that gives new voice actors tips and advice from the pros.

Tara Strong - Did U Know?

Tara's first big voice-acting job was as Hello Kitty in the Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater TV show when she was 13!
Her last name was Charendoff until she married her husband Craig Strong.
Tara's fave voice ever was Melody from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.
You can visit Tara's Voicestarz website at: www.voicestarz.com
Tara has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy for doing the voice of Dannan O'Mallard in Jakers! The Adventures of Piggly Winks.