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{{Short description|Canadian and American actress (born 1973)}}
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| name = Tara Strong
| name = Tara Strong
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| caption = Strong in 2012
| caption = Strong at [[GalaxyCon]] Columbus in 2023
| birth_name = {{nowrap|Tara Lyn Charendoff}}
| birth_name = Tara Lyn Charendoff
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|2|12}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|02|12}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| citizenship = {{hlist|Canada|United States}}
| occupation = Actress, voice actress, singer
| alias = Tara Charendoff
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = [[#Personal life|Craig Strong]] (2000-present)
| children = 2 sons
| website = http://www.tarastrong.com
| years_active = 1986–present
| years_active = 1986–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Craig Strong|2000|2022|end=divorced}}
| signature = TaraStrong.png
| children = 2
| partner = Willie Morris (2022–present)
| website = {{URL|https://tarastrong.com}}
}}
}}
'''Tara Lyn Strong''' (''née'' '''Charendoff''', February 12, 1973) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[actress]], [[voice actress]], and [[singer]], who has done voice work in animated films and television series. She provided the voices for Dil Pickles from ''[[Rugrats]]'', Bubbles from ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', Timmy Turner from ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'', Raven from ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'', Ben Tennyson from ''[[Ben 10]]'', and Twilight Sparkle from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/?ref_=sr_1 IMDb Tara Strong]</ref>


'''Tara Lyn Strong''' ({{née|'''Charendoff'''}}; born February 12, 1973) is a Canadian and American actress.<ref name="AMA Reddit">{{cite web |url=http://interviewly.com/i/tara-strong-feb-2014-reddit |date=February 2014 |access-date=January 7, 2015 |title=Tara Strong Reddit AMA – February 2014 |work=Interviewly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326102840/http://interviewly.com/i/tara-strong-feb-2014-reddit |archive-date=March 26, 2015}}</ref> 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 (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'', ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'', ''[[Rugrats]]'', ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', ''[[The Proud Family]]'', ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'', ''[[Ben 10 (2005 TV series)|Ben 10]]'', ''[[Chowder (TV series)|Chowder]]'', ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'', ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', ''[[Unikitty!]]'', and ''[[DC Super Hero Girls (TV series)|DC Super Hero Girls]]''. She has also voiced characters in the video games ''[[Mortal Kombat X]]'', ''[[Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]'', ''[[Blue Dragon (video game)|Blue Dragon]]'', and ''[[Batman: Arkham]]''. Strong has earned [[Annie Award]] and [[Daytime Emmy Award|Daytime Emmy]] nominations and won an award from the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]].
==Early life and career==
Tara Lyn Charendoff was born on February 12, 1973 to Jewish-Canadian parents Lucy (1936–2004) and Syd Charendoff who ran a convenience/toy/candy store called The Wiz, and was raised in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. Strong's 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 language|Yiddish]], she memorized her lines phonetically. During this time, she also performed at the Toronto Jewish Theater (TJA), where she acted in ''A Night of Stars'', and was featured in an audiotape for "[[Lay Down Your Arms (Doron Levinson song)|Lay Down Your Arms]]" with the Habonim Youth Choir, where she sang the lyrics in both [[English language|English]] and [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]],<ref name="TaraStrong.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tarastrong.com |title=Tara Strong official website |publisher=Tarastrong.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> a feat she repeated on February 10, 2005, at the [[Hilton Hotels|Beverly Hilton Hotel]] during the [[March of the Living]] dinner in honor of then-[[Governor of California]] [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]].<ref name="TaraStrong.com"/>


==Early life==
At age thirteen, 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 (TV series)|Mosquito Lake]]'' before moving to [[Los Angeles]] in the midst of the [[1994 Northridge earthquake]].<ref name="TaraStrong.com"/>
Strong was born as Tara Lyn Charendoff in [[Toronto]], Ontario, on February 12, 1973,<ref name="tara stats">{{cite web |first=Doreen |url=http://www.mkbmemorial.com/TOTS/main/agency.html |title=Stats and Agency Info |publisher=MKBMemorial.com |work=TOTS: The Official Tara Strong |access-date=January 3, 2015 |last=Mulman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425033724/http://www.mkbmemorial.com/TOTS/main/agency.html |archive-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref> the younger daughter of Syd and Lucy Charendoff.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/tara-strong/bio/176236/|title=Tara Strong|magazine=TV Guide|access-date=October 30, 2020}}</ref> Strong has called her [[Jewish]] background "a big part of her identity".<ref name="CJ news">{{cite news |url=http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?q=node/117100 |title=Versatile voice is key to success |newspaper=[[Canadian Jewish News]] |date=November 4, 2013 |last=Stern |first=Cara |access-date=October 10, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107032532/http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?q=node%2F117100 |archive-date=January 7, 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name="early career" /> She worked in [[Yiddish Theatre]] in Toronto, 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 (Doron Levinson song)|Lay Down Your Arms]]" with the Habonim Youth Choir, singing the lyrics in both English and [[Hebrew]].<ref name="early career" />


==Career==
Strong is the voice behind a multitude of North American animated characters, including main roles in ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' as [[List of characters in The Fairly OddParents#Timmy Turner|Timmy Turner]] and [[List of characters in The Fairly OddParents#Poof|Poof]]; ''[[Rugrats]]'' and ''[[All Grown Up!]]'' as [[Dil Pickles]]; ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' as [[List of characters in The Powerpuff Girls#Bubbles|Bubbles]]; ''[[Ben 10]]'' as [[Ben Tennyson]], Upgrade, Benwolf, and Buzzshock; ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'' as [[Raven (comics)|Raven]]; ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' as [[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends#Recurring characters|Terrence]]; the singing voice of [[Meg Griffin]] and additional voices on ''[[Family Guy]]''; ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]''<ref>[http://www.tv.com/people/tara-strong/ TV.com]</ref> as [[Twilight Sparkle]]; and currently voices [[Betty Boop]] in commercials with [[Tress MacNeille]].
{{see also|Tara Strong filmography}}
[[File:Tara strong 2009-cropped.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Strong at the 2009 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
Strong's first professional role was Gracie in Limelight Theater's production of ''[[The Music Man]]'' at the age of 13.<ref name="early career" /> 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]]''.<ref name="tots faq2008" /> Strong starred in the short-lived [[CBC Television]] sitcom ''[[Mosquito Lake (TV series)|Mosquito Lake]]''.<ref name="early career" /><!-- NEED SOURCE For high school, she attended the [[Forest Hill Collegiate Institute]] and graduated in 1991.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}--> She took improv classes at [[The Second City]] in Toronto<ref name="tots faq2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.mkbmemorial.com/TOTS/main/FAQ2008.html |title=FAQ 2008 |publisher=MKBMemorial.com |work=TOTS: The Official Tara Strong |access-date=January 3, 2015 |last=Mulman |first=Doreen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511134559/http://www.mkbmemorial.com/TOTS/main/FAQ2008.html |archive-date=May 11, 2015}}</ref> and continued acting in both animated and live-action shows and films, before moving to Los Angeles in January 1994.<ref name="CJ news"/><ref name="voicestarz bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.voicestarz.com/TaraStrong.html |title=About Tara Strong |work=VoiceStarz |access-date=January 7, 2015}}</ref>


Strong is the voice of numerous animated characters, including main roles in ''[[The New Batman Adventures]]'' as [[Barbara Gordon|Barbara Gordon/Batgirl]], ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'' and ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'' as [[Raven (DC Comics)|Raven]]; ''[[Fillmore!]]'' as Ingrid Third; ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' as [[List of characters in The Fairly OddParents|Timmy Turner]] (Strong took over the role after the suicide of the original voice actress [[Mary Kay Bergman]]—the two were close friends<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=America toons in: a history of television animation |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=978-0-7864-7650-3 |pages=313–315}}</ref>) and [[List of characters in The Fairly OddParents|Poof]]; ''[[Rugrats]]'' and ''[[All Grown Up!]]'' as [[List of Rugrats characters|Dil Pickles]]; ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' as [[Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup#Bubbles|Bubbles]]; ''[[Ben 10]]'' as [[Ben Tennyson]], Upgrade, Blitzwolfer, and Buzzshock; ''[[Chowder (TV series)|Chowder]]'' as Truffles; ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' as [[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends|Terrence]]; the singing voice of [[Meg Griffin]] and additional voices on ''[[Family Guy]]''; ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' as [[Twilight Sparkle]], ''[[Unikitty!]]'' as the titular princess, ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'' as Daizy, and ''[[Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz]]'' as Joanni.
She has also lent her voice to English-language [[Dub localization|localizations]] of [[Japan]]ese 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]]'' and [[Harley Quinn]] replacing [[Arleen Sorkin]] in ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''. In June 2012, she voiced the main character "Juliet Starling" of ''[[Lollipop Chainsaw]]''.


While recording lines for her role as Dil in ''Rugrats'', one scene's script for Strong's character prompted her to make crying noises. During the taping, the producers suddenly paused and revealed to Strong that her voice acting of a child had been so realistic that she had inadvertently made a woman in the studio lactate. As the role was otherwise going to be offered to [[Madonna]], Strong subsequently quipped that she was proud that the incident led to her keeping the role.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tara Strong (Timmy Turner) Breaks Down Her Most Famous Character Voices |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/tara-strong-breaks-down-her-most-famous-character-voices |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=20 Aug 2020 |time=22:16 minutes in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Eakin |first1=Marah |title=Tara Strong on Loki's Miss Minutes, My Little Pony, and Rugrats |url=https://www.avclub.com/voice-acting-legend-tara-strong-on-loki-s-miss-minutes-1847866329 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en |date=18 October 2021}}</ref>
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 (TV series)|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]]''.<ref name="TaraStrong.com"/> In 2012, 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 (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]]'s live action series ''[[Big Time Rush]]''. Strong has been nominated four times for an [[Annie Award]], and once for a [[Daytime Emmy Award|Daytime Emmy]]<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/awards IMDB Award List]</ref> and she will voice Roxy of ''[[Winx Club]]'', which will be broadcast on [[Nickelodeon]].<ref name="TaraStrong.com"/>


She has also lent her voice to English-dubbed [[Dub localization|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]]'', ''[[Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes]]'', and ''[[Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain]]''; [[Rikku]] in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', its sequel ''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]'', and ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''; Krista Sparks in ''[[Twisted Metal: Head-On]]''; Talwyn Apogee in ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty]]''; Keira in ''[[Jak and Daxter series]]''; and Juliet Starling, the main character of ''[[Lollipop Chainsaw]]''. She also has a minor voiceover for the teddy bear Ted in the motion picture ''[[Ted (film)|Ted]]''. In ''[[Blue Dragon (video game)|Blue Dragon]]'', she is the voice actor for Kluke for the Xbox 360 game, but not in the [[Blue Dragon (TV series)|anime series]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://squarehaven.com/news/2007/02/25/Tara-Strong-to-voice-Kluke-in-Blue-Dragon/www.tarastrong.com |title=Tara Strong to voice Kluke in Blue Dragon |date=February 25, 2007 |website=Square Haven News |access-date=May 4, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110072505/https://squarehaven.com/news/2007/02/25/Tara-Strong-to-voice-Kluke-in-Blue-Dragon/www.tarastrong.com |archive-date=January 10, 2015}}</ref>
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]] (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, saying, "My son is now old enough to respond to my work. To me, that's what it is all about."<ref name="TaraStrong.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mkbmemorial.com/TOTS/main/WM_C.html |title=Strong on the cover of '&#39;Working Mother'&#39; magazine |publisher=Mkbmemorial.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>


Beginning with the video game ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'', Strong would also succeed [[Arleen Sorkin]] as the voice of [[Harley Quinn]].
==Personal life==
Prior to her marriage, she was originally credited under her maiden name, Charendoff. She has one sister, Marla Charendoff (born 1971). 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 '90s TV series ''[[Party of Five]]''. Strong appeared in an episode as Lorna.


She has appeared in live roles in ''[[National Lampoon's Senior Trip]]'', ''[[Sabrina Goes to Rome]]'', ''[[Sabrina Down Under]]'', and ''[[The Last White Dishwasher]]''. She also made guest appearances on such shows as ''[[Forever Knight]]'', ''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]'', ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'', ''[[Take Home Chef]]'', ''[[Party of Five]]'', ''[[Comic Book: The Movie]]'', ''[[Kung Fu: The Legend Continues]]'', ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' and ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]''.<ref name="TaraStrong.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.tarastrong.com |title=Tara Strong official website |publisher=Tarastrong.com |access-date=May 4, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526114247/http://www.tarastrong.com/ |archive-date=May 26, 2011}}</ref> In January 2013, she voiced the character Plum in [[Cartoon Hangover]]'s ''[[Bravest Warriors]]'', created by [[Pendleton Ward]]. She recurred as Miss Collins in [[Nickelodeon]]'s live-action series ''[[Big Time Rush]]'' from 2010 to 2013.<ref name="egb">{{cite web |url=http://www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/castcrew.htm |title=Ghostbusters Cast & Crew Multimedia |work=Spook Central |access-date=September 22, 2014 |last=Rudoff |first=Paul |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016074123/http://www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/castcrew.htm |archive-date=October 16, 2014 }}</ref>
She met former American actor, turned real estate agent, Craig Strong in early 1999 at a party hosted by [[Sharon Stone]]'s sister. Tara and Craig married on May 14, 2000. They have two sons, Sammy (b. 2002) and Aden (b. 2004). The family resides in [[Toluca Lake, California]] with their dogs, Baci and Latka. She and Craig are the founders of VoiceStarz, Inc., an [[Internet]]-based company which teaches people how to get into the voiceover business. Craig is the [[Chief executive officer|CEO]].


In [[7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|2004]], she won an [[Interactive Achievement Award]] for her role as Rikku in ''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]''.<ref name="InteractiveAchievementAwards">{{cite web |url=http://www.interactive.org/awards/2004_7th_awards.asp |title=2004 Interactive Achievement Awards |publisher=Interactive.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905072830/http://www.interactive.org/awards/2004_7th_awards.asp |archive-date=September 5, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="IGNAwards">{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/05/2004-interactive-achievement-awards |title=2004 Interactive Achievement Awards |publisher=IGN |access-date=March 4, 2004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105203926/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/05/2004-interactive-achievement-awards |archive-date=November 5, 2013 }}</ref> 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."<ref name="working mother">{{cite journal |access-date=January 5, 2015 |at=Front cover, p. 15 |last=Howard |first=Caroline |journal=[[Working Mother]] |date=July–August 2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jntD2wARQdgC&pg=PA15 |title=Work in Progress – Getting It Done – Career, Self, & Soul – This Week's Cover Mom – Tara Strong |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519051048/https://books.google.com/books?id=jntD2wARQdgC&pg=PA15 |archive-date=May 19, 2015 }}</ref><!-- http://mkbmemorial.com/TOTS/main/WM_C.html --> Strong has been nominated five times for [[Annie Award]]s.<ref name="39th annie awards">{{cite web |url=http://annieawards.org/39th-annie-awards |title=39th Annie Awards |work=[[Annie Awards]] |access-date=September 17, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203024428/http://annieawards.org/39th-annie-awards |archive-date=February 3, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="31st annie awards">{{cite web |url=http://annieawards.org/31st-annie-awards |title=31st Annie Awards |work=[[Annie Awards]] |date=February 1, 2014 |access-date=March 23, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701220856/http://annieawards.org/31st-annie-awards |archive-date=July 1, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="29th annie awards">{{cite web |url=http://annieawards.org/29th-annie-awards |title=29th Annie Awards |work=[[Annie Awards]] |date=February 1, 2014 |access-date=March 23, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102052242/http://annieawards.org/29th-annie-awards |archive-date=January 2, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="27th annie awards">{{cite web |url=http://annieawards.org/27th-annie-awards |title=27th Annie Awards |work=[[Annie Awards]] |date=February 1, 2014 |access-date=March 23, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401040333/http://annieawards.org/27th-annie-awards |archive-date=April 1, 2014 }}</ref>
==Filmography==
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+ Film
! Year !! Title !! Role
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Care Bears Nutcracker Suite]]'' || Anna
|-
| 1995 || ''[[National Lampoon's Senior Trip]]'' || Carla Morgan
|-
|1997 || ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' || Kaya
|-
| rowspan=2|1998 || ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'' || [[Dil Pickles]]
|-
| ''[[Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island]]'' || Lena
|-
|1998 || ''[[Sabrina Goes to Rome]]'' || Gwen
|-
| rowspan=2|1999 || ''[[Can of Worms (film)|Can of Worms]]'' || Lula
|-
| ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' || Additional Voices (uncredited)
|-
| rowspan=3|2000 || ''[[Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker]]'' || Batgirl
|-
| ''[[The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea]]'' || [[Characters in Disney's The Little Mermaid#Melody|Melody]]
|-
| ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'' || Dil Pickles
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Spirited Away]]'' || Boh
|-
| rowspan=6| 2002 || ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame II]]'' || Additional Voices
|-
| ''[[Ice Age (film)|Ice Age]]'' || Baby [[Moeritherium]]
|-
| ''[[The Powerpuff Girls Movie]]'' || Bubbles, Female Child 1, Female Citizen 1
|-
| ''[[Tarzan & Jane]]'' || Hazel
|-
| ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring]]'' || Nibbles
|-
| ''[[The Wild Thornberrys Movie]]'' || Schoolgirl
|-
| rowspan=4|2003 || ''[[Final Flight of the Osiris|The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris]]'' ||
|-
| ''[[101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure]]'' || Two-Tone, additional voices
|-
| ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]'' || Dil Pickles
|-
| ''[[Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman]]'' || Barbara Gordon
|-
| 2004 || ''The Toy Warrior'' ||
|-
| rowspan=3|2005 || ''[[The Batman vs. Dracula]]'' || [[Vicki Vale]]
|-
| ''[[Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone]]'' || Mora
|-
| ''[[The Proud Family Movie]]'' || Bebe, Cece, Cashew
|-
| rowspan=5|2006 || ''[[Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas]]'' || Priscilla Pig
|-
| ''[[Bratz Genie Magic]]'' || Katia
|-
| ''[[Leroy & Stitch]]'' || Angel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mkbmemorial.com/TOTS/filmo/index.html |title=TOTS: The Official Tara Strong filmography! |publisher=Mkbmemorial.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Superman: Brainiac Attacks]]'' || [[Mercy Graves]]
|-
| ''[[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo]]'' || [[Raven (comics)|Raven]]
|-
| rowspan=5|2007 || ''[[Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix]]'' || Ben Tennyson
|-
| ''[[Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams]]'' || Sharma
|-
| ''[[Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme]]'' || April Strange
|-
| ''[[TMNT (film)|TMNT]]'' || Janella
|-
| ''[[Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale]]'' || Le Petite Ballerina
|-
| rowspan=5|2008 || ''[[Bolt (2008 film)|Bolt]]'' || Diss
|-
| ''[[The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning]]'' || Adella and Andrina (various voices)
|-
| ''[[Secrets of the Furious Five]]'' || Young Tigress
|-
| ''[[The Last White Dishwasher]]'' || Tamara Swanson
|-
| ''[[Bratz Girlz Really Rock]]'' || Cloe's Singing Voice
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Wonder Woman (film)|Wonder Woman]]'' || Alexa
|-
| rowspan=3| 2010 || ''Bratz Genie Magic 2: Desert Jewelz'' || Katia
|-
| ''[[The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!]]'' || Princess Clara, Toot Braunstein, [[Betty Rubble]], The "Real" Princess, Blonde Woman, Jew Producer's Wife
|-
| ''[[Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare]]'' || Trudy
|-
| rowspan=2| 2011 || ''[[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!]]'' || Poof
|-
| ''[[DC Showcase: Catwoman]]'' || Buttermilk Skye
|-
| rowspan=8| 2012|| ''[[Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens]]'' || Ben Tennyson
|-
| ''[[Strange Frame: Love & Sax]]'' || Naia X.
|-
| ''[[Ted (film)|Ted]]'' || Ted's "I love you" voice-box (Uncredited)
|-
| ''[[Superman vs. The Elite]]'' || [[Vera Black|Young Vera Black]]
|-
| ''[[Dino Time]]'' || Julia
|-
| ''[[Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (film)|Batman: The Dark Knight Returns]]'' || Michelle/Additional voices
|-
| ''Dear Dracula'' || Nicole
|-
| ''[[Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony]]'' || Herself
|}


In 2013, Strong won the [[Shorty Award]] for "Best Actress" for her use of social media.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.shortyawards.com/post/47720027964/shorty-award-winners-cassey-ho-and-tara-strong-on |title=Shorty Award winners Cassey Ho and Tara Strong on Fox News Live |work=Shorty Awards Blog |date=April 11, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103091226/http://blog.shortyawards.com/post/47720027964/shorty-award-winners-cassey-ho-and-tara-strong-on |archive-date=January 3, 2015 }}</ref> The Behind the Voice Actors website selected her for a BTVA Voice Acting Award for Voice Actress of the Year for 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/btva-awards/2013/general/ |title=3rd Annual BTVA Voice Acting Awards 2013 – General |work=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=January 4, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109003518/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/btva-awards/2013/general/ |archive-date=November 9, 2014}}</ref> having nominated her for 2011 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/btva-awards/2012/general/ |title=2nd Annual BTVA Voice Acting Awards 2012 – General |work=Behind the Voice Actors |access-date=January 4, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107120102/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/btva-awards/2012/general/ |archive-date=November 7, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/btva-awards/2011/general/ |title=1st Annual BTVA Voice Acting Awards 2011 – General |work=Behind the Voice Actors |access-date=January 4, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222115534/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/btva-awards/2011/general/ |archive-date=December 22, 2014 }}</ref>
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+ Television (Live Action)
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class = "unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan=2|1986 || ''Street Legal'' || Angela ||
|-
| ''Desiree's Wish'' || Waitress ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[T. and T.]]'' || Sydney ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Mosquito Lake (TV series)|Mosquito Lake]]'' || Tara Harrison ||
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Married to It]]'' || Student in Pageant ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1992 || ''A Town Torn Apart'' || ||
|-
| ''[[The Judge (TV series)|The Judge]]'' || Millie Waters ||
|-
| ''[[Forever Knight]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1993 || ''Family Pictures'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Kung Fu: The Legend Continues]]'' || Elizabeth ||
|-
| ''[[Ready or Not (TV series)|Ready or Not]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1994 || ''Reform School Girl'' || Lucille ||
|-
| ''[[Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story]]'' || Terra (age 16) ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1995 || ''[[Skin Deep (1995 film)|Skin Deep]]'' || Tina ||
|-
| ''[[Party of Five]]'' || Lorna ||
|-
| ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' || Judy Walsh || 1 episode
|-
| 1996 || ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' || Yoga Lady || Episode ''My Mother the Alien''
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Sabrina Goes to Rome]]'' || Gwen ||
|-
| rowspan=7|1999 || ''[[Sabrina, Down Under]]'' || Gwen ||
|-
| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Black Mask'' || Additional Voices ||
|-
| ''[[Candid Camera]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[1997 Kids' Choice Awards]]'' || Herself || Winner (with the cast of ''[[Rugrats]]'') for Favorite Cartoon
|-
| ''[[1998 Kids' Choice Awards]]'' || Herself|| Winner (with the cast of ''Rugrats'') for Favorite Cartoon
|-
| ''[[1999 Kids' Choice Awards]]'' || Herself || Presenter, Winner (with the cast of ''Rugrats'') for Favorite Cartoon, Winner (with the cast of ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'') for Favorite Movie
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Comic Book: The Movie]]'' || ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Take Home Chef]]'' || Herself ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[The Bad Girls Club]]'' || Season 2 Narrator ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[According to Jim]]'' || || Kayla
|-
| 2010–present || ''[[Big Time Rush]]'' || Miss Collins || Recurring Role
|}


Strong starred 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 (TV series)|Loki]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2021/06/08/loki-review-tom-hiddleston-owen-wilson-disney-plus-marvel-series/|title=''Loki'' Review: After a Talky-Talky Start, Disney+'s Third Marvel Series Is a Super Fun 'Time Detectives' Two-Hander|first=Matt Webb|last=Mitovich|work=TVLine|date=June 8, 2021|access-date=June 8, 2021}}</ref>
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+ Television (Animation)
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class = "unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1986 || ''[[The Care Bears (TV series)|The Care Bears]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=6|1987 || ''[[Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater]]'' || [[Hello Kitty]] ||
|-
| ''[[Garbage Pail Kids (TV series)|Garbage Pail Kids]]'' || Patty Putty ||
|-
| ''[[Sylvanian Families]]'' || Bridget ||
|-
| ''[[Maxie's World]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[My Pet Monster]]'' || Amie ||
|-
| ''[[The Wild Puffalumps]]'' || Holly ||
|-
| |1988 || ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog|Clifford's Fun with...]]'' || Additional voices ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1989 || ''[[Babar (TV series)|Babar]]'' || Young Celeste ||
|-
| ''[[Beetlejuice (TV series)|Beetlejuice]]'' || Clare, Bertha ||
|-
| rowspan=4|1990 || ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' || Lemmy "Hip" Koopa and Iggy "Hop" Koopa ||
|-
| ''[[Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990 TV series)|Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Madeline]]'' || Chloe ||
|-
| ''[[Piggsburg Pigs!]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=6|1991 || ''Here's How!'' || ||
|-
| ''[[ProStars]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[The Raccoons]]'' || Donna (1 episode "Join the Club") ||
|-
| ''[[Rupert (TV series)|Rupert]] || ''Frances'' ||
|-
| ''[[Super Mario World (TV series)|Super Mario World]]'' || Lemmy "Hip" Koopa and Iggy "Hop" Koopa ||
|-
| ''[[Wish Kid starring Macaulay Culkin|Wish Kid]]'' || ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[X-Men (TV series)|X-Men]]'' || [[Magik (comics)|Magik]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1993 || ''[[The Incredible Dennis the Menace]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Tales from the Cryptkeeper]]'' || ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Tekkaman Blade II]]'' || Yumi Francois/Tekkaman Hiver ||
|-
| rowspan=2|1995 || ''[[Gadget Boy & Heather]]'' || Heather ||
|-
| ''[[Little Bear (TV series)|Little Bear]]'' || Tutu ||
|-
| rowspan=3|1996 || ''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV series)|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]'' || Additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Adventures from the Book of Virtues]]'' || Girl ||
|-
| ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'' || Kazrina ||
|-
| rowspan=7|1997 || ''[[101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'' || Spot, Two-Tone, Vindella de Vil ||
|-
| ''[[Channel Umptee-3]]'' || Additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' || [[Extreme Ghostbusters#Characters and cast|Kylie Griffin]] ||
|-
| ''Healthspells'' || ||
|-
| ''[[The New Batman Adventures]]'' || [[Batgirl]]/[[Barbara Gordon]] ||
|-
| ''[[Pepper Ann]]'' || Brenda ||
|-
| ''[[King of the Hill]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=5|1998 || ''[[Rugrats]]'' || [[Dil Pickles]], Timmy McNulty ||
|-
| ''[[Gadget Boy & Heather|Gadget Boy's Adventures In History]]'' || Heather ||
|-
| ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' || [[List of characters in The Powerpuff Girls#Bubbles|Bubbles]] ||
|-
| ''[[Histeria!]]'' || Big Fat Baby Girl<br>Additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' || Molly Dolly ||
|-
| rowspan=4|1999 || ''[[Detention (TV series)|Detention]]'' || [[Detention (TV series)#Characters|Shareena Wickett]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Kids from Room 402]]'' || Penny ||
|-
| ''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]'' ||Becky Benson||
|-
| ''[[Sonic Underground]]'' || Additional Voices ||
|-
| rowspan=2|2000 || ''[[Clerks: The Animated Series]]'' || Giggling Girl ||
|-
| ''[[Sailor Moon S]]'' || Additional voices ||
|-
| rowspan=4|2001 || ''[[Baby Felix|Baby Felix & Friends]]'' || Baby Kitty ||
|-
| ''[[The Proud Family]]'' || [[The Proud Family#BeBe & CeCe Proud|Bebe and Cece Proud]], [[The Proud Family#Puff the Dog|Puff]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' || [[List of characters in The Fairly OddParents#Main characters|Timmy Turner]], [[List of characters in The Fairly OddParents#Main characters|Poof]], [[List of characters in The Fairly OddParents#Celebrities|Britney Britney]], Additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Lloyd in Space]]'' || Cindy's Nice Head ||
|-
| rowspan=8|2002 || ''[[Scruff (TV series)|Scruff]]'' || Scruff, Princess ||
|-
| ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' || Mushi Sanban, Numbuh 10, Sally Sanban, Katie and The Interesting Twins From Beneath The Mountain ||
|-
| ''[[Fillmore!]]'' || Fillmore!#Ingrid Third|Ingrid Third, Jenna ("Red Robins Don't Fly"), Croquet Kid ("Next Stop, Armageddon"), Ariella Third ("A Cold Day At X"), Treplew ("Two Wheels, Full Throttle, No Breaks") ||
|-
| ''[[Gotham Girls]]'' || Batgirl/Barbara Gordon, Elizabeth Styles ||
|-
| ''[[The Paz Show]]'' || Additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Kim Possible]]'' || [[Tara (Kim Possible)|Tara]], [[Joss Possible]], [[Britina]] ||
|-
| ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' || Various characters ||
|-
| ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' || Terry/Alexandra Viggi/Trudy ||
|-
| rowspan=8|2003 || ''[[The Animatrix]]'' || Crew Woman ("Final Flight of the Osiris") / Nurse ("World Record") / Misha ("Beyond") ||
|-
| ''[[Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks]]'' || Dannan 'O Mallard / Molly Winks ||
|-
| ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'' || Sera, [[Royal Flush Gang|Queen]] ||
|-
| ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' || [[Kixx|Angel]], [[Lilo (Lilo & Stitch)|Adult Lilo]] ||
|-
| ''[[Spider-Man: The New Animated Series]]'' || Christina, ("Head Over Heels") ||
|-
| ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'' || [[Raven (comics)|Raven]], [[Kitten (Teen Titans)|Kitten]], [[Kole]], [[Jinx (comics)|Jinx]] ("Titans Together"), [[Gizmo (DC Comics)|Gizmo]] ("Titans Together") ||
|-
| ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'' || [[List of Xiaolin Showdown characters#Omi|Omi]] ||
|-
| ''[[All Grown Up!]]'' || [[Dil Pickles]] ||
|-
| rowspan=6|2004 || ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' || [[List of villains and ghosts in Danny Phantom#Ember McLain|Ember McLain]], Star, and [[List of villains and ghosts in Danny Phantom#Penelope Spectra|Penelope Spectra]] ||
|-
| ''[[Drawn Together]]'' || Princess Clara, Toot Braunstein, [[Wilma Flintstone]], Unusually Flexible Girl, Paper Baby ||
|-
| ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'' || [[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends#Recurring characters|Terrence]], Various Characters ||
|-
| ''The Infinite Darcy'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi]]'' || Little Girl ||
|-
| ''[[Megas XLR]]'' || Pulsar, Comet ||
|-
| rowspan=9|2005 || ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'' || Kara & Sara, Veronica, Stacey ||
|-
| ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' || Tom-Tom ||
|-
| ''[[Ben 10 (TV series)|Ben 10]]'' || Ben Tennyson, Upgrade, Adult Gwendolyn Tennyson ("Ben 10,000" and "Ken 10"), Benwolf ("Benwolf"), Ken Tennyson, Buzzshock, ("Ken 10"), Cousin Lucy ("Big Fat Alien Wedding"), Sandra Tennyson ("Goodbye and Good Riddance"), Additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Brandy & Mr. Whiskers]]'' || Gabriella/Mom Howler ||
|-
| ''[[The Buzz on Maggie]]'' || Dawn Swatworthy ||
|-
| ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'' || [[List of characters in Camp Lazlo#Squirrel Scouts|Amber, Tootie, & Honey]] ||
|-
| ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' || [[Paris Hilton]] ||
|-
| ''[[Family Guy]]'' || [[Meg Griffin]]'s singing voice ||
|-
| ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]'' || Roger, Lila the Sasquatch ||
|-
| rowspan=4|2006 || ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' || Johnny ||
|-
| ''[[Family Guy]]'' || additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Legion of Super Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' || Alexis Luthor/[[Esper Lass|Esper]]/[[Emerald Empress]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Replacements (TV series)|The Replacements]]'' || Sierra, additional voices ||
|-
| rowspan=8|2007 || ''[[My Friends Tigger & Pooh]]'' || [[List of Winnie-the-Pooh characters#Porcupine|Porcupine]] ||
|-
| ''[[Afro Samurai]]'' || Otsuru, Jiro ||
|-
| ''[[The Boondocks (TV series)|The Boondocks]]'' || Cindy McPhearson ||
|-
| ''[[Chowder (TV series)|Chowder]]'' || Truffles ||
|-
| ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' || Additional Voices, including a bird. || Episode: "Interview With a Platypus"
|-
| ''[[Sushi Pack]]'' || Maguro ||
|-
| ''[[Storm Hawks]]'' || Screaming Queens Sky Knight ||
|-
| ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' || [[Sari Sumdac]], [[Slipstream (Transformers)|Slipstream]], Slo-Mo, [[Strika]], [[Red Alert (Transformers)|Red Alert]], Mayor Edsel's press secretary, Carly, Teletran-1 ||
|-
| rowspan=4|2008 || ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'' || List of characters in Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!#Daizy|Daizy ||
|-
| ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force]]'' || Princess Attea ||
|-
| ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men (TV series)|Wolverine and the X-Men]]'' || [[Marrow (comics)|Marrow]], [[Dust (comics)|Dust]], [[X-23]], [[Firestar]], [[Stepford Cuckoos]], [[Magik (comics)|Magik/Illyana]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Garfield Show]]'' || Monica the Cat ||
|-
| rowspan=7|2009 || ''The Powerpuff Girls Rule!'' || Bubbles ||
|-
| ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'' || [[Huntress (Helena Bertinelli)|Professor Helena Bertinelli/Huntress]], [[Captain Marvel (DC Comics)|Billy Batson]], [[Mary Batson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.toonzone.net/articles/29173/toon-zone-news-interviews-the-brave-and-bold-james-tucker|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090330083639/http://news.toonzone.net/articles/29173/toon-zone-news-interviews-the-brave-and-bold-james-tucker|archivedate=2009-03-30 |title=Toon Zone - Your Source for Toon News! |publisher=News.toonzone.net |date=2009-03-26 |accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> ||
|-
| ''[[The Goode Family]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' || Eggy the duckling, Mother Duck, Know-it-all Kid, Additional Voices ||
|-
| ''[[The Super Hero Squad Show]]'' || [[H.E.R.B.I.E.]], [[Invisible Woman]], [[Scarlet Witch]], Brynnie Bratton, [[Toro (comics)|Toro]] ||
|-
| ''[[Random! Cartoons]]'' || Beth, New Alien ||
|-
| ''[[El Chavo (animated series)|El Chavo]]'' || Doña Florinda, La Popis ||
|-
|2010–present || ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' || [[Twilight Sparkle]] || Speaking Voice only
|-
| rowspan=3|2010 || ''[[Sym-Bionic Titan]]'' || Ilana ||
|-
| ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'' || Ben Tennyson (age 10), Serena ||
|-
| ''[[Mad (TV series)|Mad]]'' || Various voices||
|-
|2010–present || ''[[Pound Puppies (2010 TV series)|Pound Puppies]]'' || Becky O'Bannon, Lily (cat), Woman, Little girl 2, Zipper (dog), Julie, Bubbles (dog)||
|-
| rowspan=3|2011 || ''[[Young Justice]]'' || Dr. Serling Roquette, Lunch lady, Additional Voices ||
|-
|''[[Dan Vs.]]'' || Timmy ||
|-
| ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' || [[Sniffles]], [[Penelope Pussycat]] ||
|-
| rowspan=9|2012 || ''[[Napoleon Dynamite (TV series)|Napoleon Dynamite]]'' || Kangaroo singer, Scantronica, Dody, Shaylene, Candy, Egg Queen ||
|-
| ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TV series)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' || [[Mary Jane Watson]], [[Thundra]], [[Sandman (Marvel Comics)|Sandy]] ||
|-
| ''[[Super Best Friends Forever]]'' || [[Barbara Gordon|Barbara Gordon/Batgirl]] ||
|-
| ''[[Green Lantern: The Animated Series]]'' || [[List of Green Lanterns#Iolande|Iolande]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ben 10: Omniverse]]'' || Benjamin Kirby Tennyson (11 years old), Pakmar, Princess Attea ||
|-
|''[[Robot Chicken]]'' || [[Selena Gomez]], [[Harley Quinn]] ||
|-
| ''[[Electric City (web series)|Electric City]]'' || Makaela || Web series
|-
| ''[[Brickleberry]]'' || Pamela Anderson, News Reporter, Bear No. 1 ||
|-
| ''[[Bravest Warriors]]'' || Plum || Web series
|-
| rowspan=3|2013 || ''Xiaolin Chronicles'' || Omi ||
|-
| ''[[Teen Titans Go! (TV series)|Teen Titans Go!]]'' || Raven ||
|-
| ''[[Sofia the First]]'' || [[Characters in Disney's The Little Mermaid#Melody|Melody]] ||
|}


===Dismissal from ''Boxtown'' cast===
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
After the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war]] began, Strong stated that [[Hamas]] had "brainwashed the western world" to support [[terrorism]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Strong |first=Tara |user=tarastrong |number=1711181889703440526 |date=October 8, 2023 |title=#Hamas has successfully brainwashed the western world to actually believe that #terrorism can be justified.|access-date=October 9, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009031639/https://twitter.com/tarastrong/status/1711181889703440526 |archive-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref> She also stated that people can "help [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] without supporting terrorism"<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Strong |first=Tara |user=tarastrong |number=1711171642788069437 |date=October 8, 2023 |title=You can want to help Palestine without supporting terrorism |access-date=October 9, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009214436/https://twitter.com/tarastrong/status/1711171642788069437 |archive-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref> and expressed support for [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |last=Strong |first=Tara |user=tarastrong |number=1710681812299841799 |date=October 8, 2023 |title=Absolutely devastating. I pray for peace. #IStandWithIsrael I fear for my family there. I fear for all suffering in this terrorist attack. Sickening how anyone condones or celebrates any violence. |access-date=October 9, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009214615/https://twitter.com/tarastrong/status/1710681812299841799 |archive-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref>
|+ Video games
! Year !! Game !! Role !! class = "unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan=6|2000 || ''[[Icewind Dale]]'' || Yxunomei ||
|-
| ''[[Orphen: Scion of Sorcery]]'' || Mar ||
|-
| ''[[The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea]]'' || Melody ||
|-
| ''[[Sacrifice (video game)|Sacrifice]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (video game)|Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'' || Dil Pickles ||
|-
| ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption]]'' || Serena
||
|-
| rowspan=4|2001 || ''[[Batman: Vengeance]]'' || Batgirl/Barbara Gordon ||
|-
| ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' || [[Rikku]] ||
|-
| ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3]]'' || || Siena Williams
|-
| ''[[Rugrats: All Growed Up – Older and Bolder]] || [[Dil Pickles]] ||
|-
| rowspan=4|2002 || ''[[Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat]]'' || Mara ||
|-
| ''[[Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage]]'' || Bubbles ||
|-
| ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4]]'' || || Siena Williams
|-
| ''[[Whacked!]]'' || Lucy, Charity ||
|-
| rowspan=4|2003 || ''[[Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu]]'' || Batgirl / Barbara Gordon ||
|-
| ''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]'' || Rikku ||
|-
|''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]'' || || Siena Williams
|-
|''[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'' || Ada ||
|-
| rowspan=9|2004 || ''[[Everybody's Golf (video game)|Hot Shots Golf Fore!]]'' || Emma ||
|-
| ''[[Jak 3]]'' || [[Keira (Jak and Daxter)|Keira]], Seem ||
|-
| ''[[La Pucelle: Tactics]]'' || Goddess Poitreene, Chocolat ||
|-
| ''[[Ninja Gaiden (2004 video game)|Ninja Gaiden]]'' || Rachel ||
|-
| ''[[Robotech: Invasion]]'' || Guppy ||
|-
| ''[[Shrek 2 (video game)|Shrek 2]]'' || Lil' Red ||
|-
| ''[[Spyro: A Hero's Tail]]'' || [[Sparx (Spyro)|Ember]], [[Sparx (Spyro)|Flame]], [[Sparx (Spyro)|Blink]] ||
|-
|''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' || [[List of characters in Tales of Symphonia#Presea Combatir|Presea Combatir]], Corrine ||
|-
|''[[Tony Hawk's Underground 2]]'' || || Siena Williams
|-
| rowspan=8|2005 || ''[[Jak X: Combat Racing]]'' || Keira ||
|-
| ''[[Killer7]]'' || Kaede Smith ||
|-
| ''[[Psychonauts]]'' || Sheegor ||
|-
| ''[[Shrek SuperSlam]]'' || Red Riding Hood, Donkey, Luna (Witch), Anthrax (Unicorn) ||
|-
| ''[[Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]]'' || || Siena Williams
|-
| ''[[Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble]]'' || [[List of characters in the Viewtiful Joe series#Captain Blue Jr.|Captain Blue Jr.]] ||
|-
| ''[[Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse|Xenosaga II]]'' || Sakura Mizrahi ||
|-
| ''[[X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse]]'' || [[Blink (comics)|Blink]] ||
|-
| rowspan=10|2006 || ''[[Blue Dragon]]'' || Kluke ||
|-
| ''[[Cartoon Network Racing]]'' || Bubbles ||
|-
| ''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]'' || additional voices ||
|-
| ''[[Justice League Heroes]]'' || [[Supergirl]] ||
|-
| ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops]]'' || Elisa & Ursula ||
|-
| ''[[Ninja Gaiden Σ PS3|Ninja Gaiden Sigma]]'' || Rachel ||
|-
| ''[[Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams]]'' || Arin ||
|-
| ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (video game)|Xiaolin Showdown]]'' || [[List of Xiaolin Showdown characters#Omi|Omi]] ||
|-
| ''[[Teen Titans (console game)]]'' || Raven ||
|-
| ''[[Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing]]'' || Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks ||
|-
| rowspan=4|2007 || ''[[Ben 10: Protector of Earth]]'' || Ben Tennyson ||
|-
| ''[[Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure]]'' || Cream, Mosby, and Baby Tokaron ||
|-
| ''[[Lost Odyssey]]'' || Seth ||
|-
| ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction]]'' || Talwyn ||
|-
| rowspan=4|2008 || ''[[Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty]]'' || Talwyn ||
|-
| ''[[Line rider 2 unbound|Line Rider 2: Unbound]]'' || Bailey ||
|-
| ''[[Crash: Mind over Mutant]]'' || Additional Voices ||
|-
| ''[[Lego Batman: The Videogame]]'' || Batgirl ||
|-
| rowspan=7|2009 || ''[[Fat Princess]]'' || Princess, Female Army Member ||
|-
| ''[[Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall]]'' || Bubbles ||
|-
| ''[[Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier]]'' || Keira ||
|-
| ''[[Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs#Video game|Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]]'' || || Musi2
|-
| ''[[Watchmen: The End Is Nigh]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2]]'' || Rachel, Sanji ||
|-
| ''[[Marvel Super Hero Squad (video game)|Marvel Super Hero Squad]]'' || Invisible Woman ||
|-
| rowspan=4|2010 || ''[[Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker]]'' || Paz ||
|-
| ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]'' || Cloe Walsh, Margaret ||
|-
| ''[[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]'' ||[[Doctor Octopus|Doctor Octopus 2099]]||
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| ''[[Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet]]'' || Scarlet Witch, H.E.R.B.I.E., Invisible Woman ||
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| rowspan=8|2011 || ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds]]'' ||[[X-23]] ||
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| ''[[Rango (video game)|Rango]]'' ||[[Priscilla]] ||
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| ''[[Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion]]'' || Bubbles, Chowder, Dexter, Cheese, Young Ben Tennyson ||
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| ''[[Shadows of the Damned]]'' || Justine ||
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| ''[[Rage (video game)|Rage]]'' || Elizabeth ||
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| ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'' || [[Harley Quinn]] ||
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| ''[[Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' || X-23 ||
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| ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]'' || Risha, Holiday ||
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| rowspan=6|2012 || ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' || Durga ||
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| ''[[Armored Core V]]'' || Fran ||
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| ''[[Lollipop Chainsaw]]'' || Juliet Starling ||
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| ''[[PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale]]'' || Fat Princess ||
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| ''[[Skylanders: Giants]]'' || Flashwing, Additional voices ||
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| ''[[Ben 10: Omniverse (video game)|Ben 10 Omniverse: The Game]]'' || Ben Tennyson (11-years)||
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| rowspan=2|2013 || ''[[Injustice: Gods Among Us]]'' || Harley Quinn, Raven ||
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|''[[Marvel Heroes (video game)|Marvel Heroes]]'' || [[Squirrel Girl]]<ref>http://marvel.com/news/story/19959/download_this_week_in_marvel_episode_62.5</ref> ||
|}


Strong's posts and likes on others' posts relating to the war on [[Twitter]], particularly her opinions on the government of Israel's [[bombing of the Gaza Strip]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Massoto|first=Eric|title='Loki's Tara Strong Fired From Animated Project Amid Controversial Posts|url=https://collider.com/tara-strong-recast-boxtown/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |access-date= October 16, 2023 |date=October 28, 2023}}</ref> garnered controversy and criticism, which led independent animation studio Bandit Mill Animation to remove her from the production of their upcoming series ''Boxtown'' and recast a role for a character she would have voiced. They explained on their official Twitter page that "this decision was due to a trend among Tara's recent online activity, including posts that promote controversial messages regarding the peoples of Palestine currently being affected by the ongoing Israel-Palestine crisis."<ref name="IGN Strong 10-17-23">{{cite web |last=Briscuso |first=Lex |title=Tara Strong Removed from Animated Series Boxtown After Controversial Israel-Palestine Tweets |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/tara-strong-removed-from-animated-series-boxtown-after-controversial-israel-palestine-tweets |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=October 18, 2023 |date=October 17, 2023}}</ref>
==Discography==

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After her removal, Strong claimed that she was "fired for being Jewish". This was denied by a co-writer of ''Boxtown''{{'s}} pilot, Spencer Rothbell, who pointed out that several ''Boxtown'' cast and crew members are Jewish, including himself and voice actor [[Alex Hirsch]], the latter whom is voicing a lead character in the series.<ref name="ComingSoon 10-18-23">{{cite web|last=Vlamis|first=Kelsey|title=A star voice actress was fired from a show after posting online about the Israel-Hamas war|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/1371692-tara-strong-claims-she-was-fired-from-boxtown-for-being-jewish|publisher=ComingSoon|access-date=October 19, 2023|date=October 18, 2023}}</ref>
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In 1999, Strong met U.S. real estate agent and former actor Craig Strong.<ref name="tara stats" /><ref name="tfw2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-transformers-animated-voice-actor-tara-strong-164286/|title=TFW2005 Interviews Transformers Animated Voice Actor Tara Strong|work=Transformer World 2005|access-date=January 7, 2015|date=February 22, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107232146/http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-transformers-animated-voice-actor-tara-strong-164286/|archive-date=January 7, 2015}}</ref> The couple married on May 14, 2000, and have two sons named Sammy (b. February 2002) and Aden (b. August 2004).<ref name="Children">{{cite web |url=http://www.mkbmemorial.com/TOTS/main/2004_family/index.html |title=Strong Family Photo Album 2004 |access-date=January 8, 2015 |work=MKBMemorial.com |first=Doreen |last=Mulman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511181758/http://www.mkbmemorial.com/TOTS/main/2004_family/index.html |archive-date=May 11, 2015 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://geekdad.com/2013/04/tara-strong/ |title=Interview With Voice Actress Tara Strong of Teen Titans Go! |last=Moore |first=Kay |date=April 22, 2013 |website=GeekDad |access-date=January 8, 2015}}</ref> On July 24, 2019, she filed for divorce,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la23-strong-tara-vs-strong-craig-415190|title=Strong, Tara vs Strong, Craig|agency=UniCourt|date=January 6, 2020|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> which was finalized on January 5, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tara Strong v. Craig Strong - Judgement of Dissolution of Marriage, 5 January 2022|url=https://archive.org/details/1929079904_202202|author=The Superior Court of California|date=January 5, 2022|access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> That same year, she started dating social media entrepreneur Willie Morris who runs Happy Goat Farm, a farmland based in Yosemite.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Amo |first1=Mama|title=Tara Strong's 'First Boyfriend in over 20 Years' Owns a Goat Farm|url=https://news.amomama.com/408646-tara-strongs-first-boyfriend-in-over-20.html |publisher=Amomama |date=July 13, 2023|access-date=April 22, 2024}}<br>Note how the intro of that article incorrectly says she had "spent two decades as a single woman".</ref>
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Strong is a [[Veganism|vegan]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/pets/my-little-ponys-twilight-sparkle-is-a-bunny-lover-who-doesnt-want-you-to-get-one-on-easter-morning/|title='My Little Pony' 's Twilight Sparkle Is a Bunny-Lover, But Says Don't Get One on Easter Morning|last=Jamieson|first=Amy|date=April 11, 2017|access-date=September 17, 2022|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> In 2012, during the [[BronyCon]] event in [[New Jersey]], she attended a lunch with fans from the military.<ref>{{cite web|first=Andy|last=Charest|url=http://blogs.militarytimes.com/offduty-plus/2012/07/23/horsin-around-military-bronies-love-rifles-my-little-pony/|title=HORSIN' AROUND: Military 'bronies' love rifles, 'My Little Pony'|work=[[Military Times]]|date=July 3, 2012|access-date=January 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110073407/http://blogs.militarytimes.com/offduty-plus/2012/07/23/horsin-around-military-bronies-love-rifles-my-little-pony/|archive-date=January 10, 2015}}</ref> In 2013, she was involved with a charity group called Bronies for Good, helping them raise funds for a family whose daughter had a [[Primary central nervous system lymphoma|brain tumor]].<ref name="CJ news" /><ref name="huffpost 20130215">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/tara-strong-my-little-pony-twilight-sparkle-friendship-is-magic_n_2697884|title=Tara Strong, 'My Little Pony' Voice Actor, Talks Bronies And Evolution Of Twilight Sparkle|date=February 15, 2013|first=Aaron|last=Broverman|work=[[HuffPost]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327054043/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/02/15/tara-strong-my-little-pony-twilight-sparkle-friendship-is-magic_n_2697884.html|archive-date=March 27, 2015|access-date=January 8, 2015}}</ref>
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For the documentary film ''[[Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony]]'',<ref>https://twitter.com/tarastrong/status/293227916920250370</ref> Tara Strong co-wrote and recorded the song "Take My Hand".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/tarastrong/status/293926522530713600|author=Tara Strong|title=Tara Strong retweets announcement of her single release.|date=2013-01-22|accessdate=2013-01-25}}</ref>


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===Sources===
* {{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck |url-access=registration |title=The Animated Movie Guide |publisher=Chicago Review Press |last=Beck |first=Jerry |author-link=Jerry Beck |year=2005 |isbn=9781569762226 |no-pp=y |pages=386pp}}
* {{cite book |ref={{harvid|Brooks & Marsh|2009}} |title=[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present]] |edition=9th |author-first1=Tim |author-last1=Brooks |author-link1=Tim Brooks (television historian) |author-first2=Earle F. |author-last2=Marsh |isbn=9780307483201 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |year=2009}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC |title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 |edition=2d |first=Vincent |last=Terrace |isbn=9780786486410 |publisher=McFarland |year=2008}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71GuAwAAQBAJ |title=Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 1998–2013 |first=Vincent |last=Terrace |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476616452 |year=2014}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aa0zAwAAQBAJ |title=America Toons In: A History of Television Animation |first=David |last=Perlmutter |publisher=McFarland |year=2014 |isbn=9781476614885}}


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Latest revision as of 10:13, 10 November 2024

Tara Strong
Strong at GalaxyCon Columbus in 2023
Born
Tara Lyn Charendoff

(1973-02-12) February 12, 1973 (age 51)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • United States
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Spouse
Craig Strong
​
​
(m. 2000; div. 2022)​
PartnerWillie Morris (2022–present)
Children2
Websitetarastrong.com

Tara Lyn Strong (née Charendoff; born February 12, 1973) is a Canadian and 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, The Proud Family, Xiaolin Showdown, Ben 10, Chowder, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Unikitty!, and DC Super Hero Girls. She has also voiced characters in the video games Mortal Kombat X, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Jak and Daxter, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, Blue Dragon, and Batman: Arkham. Strong has earned Annie Award and Daytime Emmy nominations and won an award from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.

Early life

Strong was born as Tara Lyn Charendoff in Toronto, Ontario, 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 in Yiddish Theatre in Toronto, 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 at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con

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.[4][7]

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 (Strong took over the role after the suicide of the original voice actress Mary Kay Bergman—the two were close friends[8]) 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 the titular princess, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! as Daizy, and Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz as Joanni.

While recording lines for her role as Dil in Rugrats, one scene's script for Strong's character prompted her to make crying noises. During the taping, the producers suddenly paused and revealed to Strong that her voice acting of a child had been so realistic that she had inadvertently made a woman in the studio lactate. As the role was otherwise going to be offered to Madonna, Strong subsequently quipped that she was proud that the incident led to her keeping the role.[9][10]

She has also lent her voice to English-dubbed 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, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain; Rikku in Final Fantasy X, its sequel Final Fantasy X-2, and Kingdom Hearts II; Krista Sparks in Twisted Metal: Head-On; Talwyn Apogee in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction and its sequel, Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty; Keira in Jak and Daxter series; and Juliet Starling, the main character of Lollipop Chainsaw. She also has a minor voiceover for the teddy bear Ted in the motion picture Ted. In Blue Dragon, she is the voice actor for Kluke for the Xbox 360 game, but not in the anime series.[11]

Beginning with the video game Batman: Arkham City, Strong would also succeed Arleen Sorkin as the voice of Harley Quinn.

She has appeared in live roles in National Lampoon's Senior Trip, Sabrina Goes to Rome, Sabrina Down Under, 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, 3rd Rock from the Sun and The Drew Carey Show.[12] In January 2013, she voiced the character Plum in Cartoon Hangover's Bravest Warriors, created by Pendleton Ward. She recurred as Miss Collins in Nickelodeon's live-action series Big Time Rush from 2010 to 2013.[13]

In 2004, she won an Interactive Achievement Award for her role as Rikku in Final Fantasy X-2.[14][15] 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."[16] Strong has been nominated five times for Annie Awards.[17][18][19][20]

In 2013, Strong won the Shorty Award for "Best Actress" for her use of social media.[21] The Behind the Voice Actors website selected her for a BTVA Voice Acting Award for Voice Actress of the Year for 2013,[22] having nominated her for 2011 and 2012.[23][24]

Strong starred 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.[25]

Dismissal from Boxtown cast

After the 2023 Israel–Hamas war began, Strong stated that Hamas had "brainwashed the western world" to support terrorism.[26] She also stated that people can "help Palestine without supporting terrorism"[27] and expressed support for Israel.[28]

Strong's posts and likes on others' posts relating to the war on Twitter, particularly her opinions on the government of Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip,[29] garnered controversy and criticism, which led independent animation studio Bandit Mill Animation to remove her from the production of their upcoming series Boxtown and recast a role for a character she would have voiced. They explained on their official Twitter page that "this decision was due to a trend among Tara's recent online activity, including posts that promote controversial messages regarding the peoples of Palestine currently being affected by the ongoing Israel-Palestine crisis."[30]

After her removal, Strong claimed that she was "fired for being Jewish". This was denied by a co-writer of Boxtown's pilot, Spencer Rothbell, who pointed out that several Boxtown cast and crew members are Jewish, including himself and voice actor Alex Hirsch, the latter whom is voicing a lead character in the series.[31]

Personal life

In 1999, Strong met U.S. real estate agent and former actor Craig Strong.[2][32] The couple married on May 14, 2000, and have two sons named Sammy (b. February 2002) and Aden (b. August 2004).[33] 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.[34] On July 24, 2019, she filed for divorce,[35] which was finalized on January 5, 2022.[36] That same year, she started dating social media entrepreneur Willie Morris who runs Happy Goat Farm, a farmland based in Yosemite.[37]

Strong is a vegan.[38] In 2012, during the BronyCon event in New Jersey, she attended a lunch with fans from the military.[39] 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][40]

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Tara Strong Reddit AMA – February 2014". Interviewly. February 2014. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Mulman, Doreen. "Stats and Agency Info". TOTS: The Official Tara Strong. MKBMemorial.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  3. ^ "Tara Strong". TV Guide. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Stern, Cara (November 4, 2013). "Versatile voice is key to success". Canadian Jewish News. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d Mulman, Doreen. "Early Career". TOTS – The Official Tara Strong. MKBMemorial.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  6. ^ a b Mulman, Doreen. "FAQ 2008". TOTS: The Official Tara Strong. MKBMemorial.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  7. ^ "About Tara Strong". VoiceStarz. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  8. ^ Perlmutter, David (2014). America toons in: a history of television animation. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 313–315. ISBN 978-0-7864-7650-3.
  9. ^ "Tara Strong (Timmy Turner) Breaks Down Her Most Famous Character Voices". Vanity Fair. August 20, 2020. Event occurs at 22:16 minutes in.
  10. ^ Eakin, Marah (October 18, 2021). "Tara Strong on Loki's Miss Minutes, My Little Pony, and Rugrats". The A.V. Club.
  11. ^ "Tara Strong to voice Kluke in Blue Dragon". Square Haven News. February 25, 2007. Archived from the original on January 10, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  12. ^ "Tara Strong official website". Tarastrong.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  13. ^ Rudoff, Paul. "Ghostbusters Cast & Crew Multimedia". Spook Central. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  14. ^ "2004 Interactive Achievement Awards". Interactive.org. Archived from the original on September 5, 2011.
  15. ^ "2004 Interactive Achievement Awards". IGN. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2004.
  16. ^ Howard, Caroline (July–August 2004). "Work in Progress – Getting It Done – Career, Self, & Soul – This Week's Cover Mom – Tara Strong". Working Mother. Front cover, p. 15. Archived from the original on May 19, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  17. ^ "39th Annie Awards". Annie Awards. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  18. ^ "31st Annie Awards". Annie Awards. February 1, 2014. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  19. ^ "29th Annie Awards". Annie Awards. February 1, 2014. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  20. ^ "27th Annie Awards". Annie Awards. February 1, 2014. Archived from the original on April 1, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  21. ^ "Shorty Award winners Cassey Ho and Tara Strong on Fox News Live". Shorty Awards Blog. April 11, 2013. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015.
  22. ^ "3rd Annual BTVA Voice Acting Awards 2013 – General". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  23. ^ "2nd Annual BTVA Voice Acting Awards 2012 – General". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  24. ^ "1st Annual BTVA Voice Acting Awards 2011 – General". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  25. ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (June 8, 2021). "Loki Review: After a Talky-Talky Start, Disney+'s Third Marvel Series Is a Super Fun 'Time Detectives' Two-Hander". TVLine. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  26. ^ Strong, Tara [@tarastrong] (October 8, 2023). "#Hamas has successfully brainwashed the western world to actually believe that #terrorism can be justified" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 9, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via Twitter.
  27. ^ Strong, Tara [@tarastrong] (October 8, 2023). "You can want to help Palestine without supporting terrorism" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 9, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via Twitter.
  28. ^ Strong, Tara [@tarastrong] (October 8, 2023). "Absolutely devastating. I pray for peace. #IStandWithIsrael I fear for my family there. I fear for all suffering in this terrorist attack. Sickening how anyone condones or celebrates any violence" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 9, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via Twitter.
  29. ^ Massoto, Eric (October 28, 2023). "'Loki's Tara Strong Fired From Animated Project Amid Controversial Posts". Collider. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  30. ^ Briscuso, Lex (October 17, 2023). "Tara Strong Removed from Animated Series Boxtown After Controversial Israel-Palestine Tweets". IGN. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  31. ^ Vlamis, Kelsey (October 18, 2023). "A star voice actress was fired from a show after posting online about the Israel-Hamas war". ComingSoon. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
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