Jody Marie Banson is a well-known American actress and soprano singer, who has become famous all over the world thanks to her voice acting as the little mermaid Ariel in the animated film of the same name from Disney Studios.
Jodi Benson Biography
The singer was born on October 10, 1961 in the city of Rockford, Illinois in the United States. Her passion for music and talent manifested itself in early childhood. Parents sent her first to a music school, and then the college, which she successfully graduated from. In 1984, she married Ray Benson, in a marriage with whom two children appeared - son McKinley and daughter Delaney, born in 1999 and 2001, respectively.
In 1989, she first appeared in the Broadway musical "Welcome to the Club," where she performed on the same stage with Samuel E. Wright, who voiced Sebastian's crab in The Little Mermaid.
In 1992, she was nominated for Best Tony Actress for her role as Paulie Baker in Crazy for You.
In 1998, Benson played the storyteller in the project Joseph and His Amazing Cloak, and in 2010, the Queen at the evening concert of the Nashville Symphony Concert.
In the world of cinema and music
Of course, Jodi Benson is known all over the world for the voice of the little mermaid Ariel, but in addition to her, she voiced many roles, for example, the playful Barbie in the cartoon of the same name, she also owns the voice of Thumbelina, she voiced the character in the projects Toy Story 3 and Tinkerbell.
Jody Benson played the role of Sam, Patrick Dampsey's aide in the Disney movie Enchanted. Her singing can be heard in the films "Baby Faith", "The Dark Adventures of Billy and Mendy" and many others. On her account more than fifty films and cartoons, in seven of which she not only voiced the character, but played herself.
She often performs as a soloist in a symphony concert, playing a leading role on the twenty-fifth anniversary of "Disney's Spectacular Magic" in Central Park in New York.
The Broadway successes of Jody Benson are overwhelming. She performed the main song in the musical "Disneyland" by Howard Ashman.
Creative success
- 1990 - soundtrack to the cartoon "The Little Mermaid".
- 1991 - Timmy's Precious Moments (original theme from Starlight).
- 1991-1992 - a bible for a beginner in two parts.
- 1992 - soundtrack to the animated film "The Little Mermaid: Splash".
- 1993 - soundtrack to the movie "Crazy Throw".
- 1994 - soundtrack to the cartoon "Thumbelina".
- 1996 - soundtrack for the film "Christmas in Hollywood."
- 2004-2006 - soundtracks for the animated films "Disney Princess" and "The Last Disney Princess".
Jody Benson is a talented beautiful woman with indefatigable energy, who has presented a whole generation of children with pleasant memories of the voices of Ariel, Thumbelina and many other beautiful characters.