High-quality and professional dubbing of any television product plays a crucial role in capturing the interest and devotion of the viewer. Thousands of actors and ordinary people try themselves in this area. They are trying to voice this or that role in films, animated films and series. We, the audience, are always pleased to hear voices that are perfectly matched to a particular character. This leaves a lasting positive viewing experience. It is especially curious to find out who voiced specific voices. For example, a little girl, a pony, a robot, and other bizarre characters. Tara Strong, an actor in voice acting for films, TV shows, animations and video games, widely known in Hollywood circles, was particularly successful.
Tara Strong's biography and career
Tara Lyn Strong was born in the glorious Canadian city of Ontario. It happened on February 12, 1973. She grew up there. Her father Sid and mother Lucy ran a toy store. At the age of four, Tara Strong performed in a school play. A continuation of her beginning career was participation in the Jewish theater of Toronto. At the age of 13, Tara entered the art school, becoming the performer of the role of Gracie in Limelight Theater's. Then she is invited to star in an animated series based on the game of characters from Japanese culture Hello Kitty. Soon, she gets a role on the CBC channel in the sitcom Mosquito Lake. To improve her acting skills, Tara Strong, whose biography until that time was still not so famous, is enrolled in refresher courses The Second City in Toronto. She continues to act in animated and feature films until moving to Los Angeles in January 1994.
Strong is the main voice of many animated films. Among them are the following paintings: “Magic Patrons”, “Oh, these kids!”, “Kids have grown up”, “Powerpuff Girls”, “Ben-10”, “Young Titans”, “Foster’s House of Friends”. In addition, the girl performed the musical part for the character of "Family Guy". She also dubbed “My Little Pony. Friendship is our everything. ” Then Tara participated in the English localization of the Japanese anime "Spirited Away" and the production of "Princess Mononoke." Characters in many video games speak her voice, including The Last Fantasy X, where she speaks for the character Rikka.
Its popularity is caused by the extraordinary flexibility of the voice, which it changes to perform a particular task. This flexibility allowed her to achieve extraordinary heights, even having gathered her small army of fans.
Filmography of Tara Strong. Hall of Fame
For all the time, the acting voice actress Tara Strong took part in more than 400 projects. She became famous for her roles in the animated series My Little Pony. Friendship is our everything ”,“ Powerpuff Girls ”,“ Young Titans ”,“ Ben-10 ”,“ Oh, these kids! ”,“ Family Guy ”,“ Justice League ”,“ Gravity Falls ”,“ Transformers ”and others . This list continues to grow. Tara's talent is noticed by many film directors and producers. They constantly invite her to voice this or that character. At the moment, there are many projects in which Tara Strong participates - films with different storylines and budgets.
"My little pony. Friendship is our everything ”
Animation series "My Little Pony. Friendship is our everything ”(2010) - a project based on the toy My Little Pony. The series is intended for children under 7 years. Events unfold in the fantastic world of Equestria, where ponies and other animals live, along with fictional creatures.
The character voiced by Tara Strong, the Twilight Sparkle unicorn, does not like to communicate with other creatures in her country. She receives the task of seeking true friendship. During the events, Twilight meets a pony, which subsequently helps her in various situations. The series received positive reviews from critics. The initial audience was 1.4 million people, increasing to 4 million in just one month. For dubbing the animated series "Friendship is Our Everything" received a huge number of awards.
"Cool girls"
The animated series tells about the adventures of three girls with superpowers who fight evil in every episode. They get their superpower as a result of the experiment of a mad scientist. The action of the animated series takes place in the town of Townsville, which is teeming with all sorts of criminals, aliens and other creatures aggressively disposed towards civilians. Critics reacted to the picture quite kindly.
In this series, Tara Strong voiced the character Bubbles - a cute kind girl who can lose her temper at the right time. The series takes 17th position in the ranking of the best animated series for all time according to the TV Guide. In the IGN ranking of “25 Best Animated Series of All Time”, the animation work “Powerpuff Girls” takes 18th position. The series won two Primetime Emmys awards, two more at the Annie Awards. In addition, he was nominated 16 times for other prizes.
Young Titans
The basis was taken by DC comics "Young Titans." The series was released in July 2003. The main characters are the leader of the detachment Robin, the alien Tamaran, Cyborg, the girl Azarat, who is able to create paranormal phenomena, the Beast - a boy who can take an animal form, as well as Raven voiced by Tara Strong - a mixture of a robot and a person. The detachment carries out the fight against criminal activity of various kinds of marginals, while solving its internal problems associated with growing up, friendship, and limitedness.
In mid-November 2005, filming of the series was suspended. After some time, it became known that the Cartoon Network television network officially closed it. The first seasons received negative reviews from critics, but the subsequent ones were much more warmly received. In 2004, the series was nominated for outstanding music and plot for the Annie Awards.
"Ben 10"
The American animated series Ben-10 tells the story of a ten-year-old boy named Benjamin Kirby, an impudent, immature boy who receives a device that transforms him into different fantastic creatures. He uses these modifications to protect the Earth and space from global evil. In this series, Ben Tennyson is voiced by Tara Strong. The pilot series was released on December 27, 2005 and immediately became popular among the target audience. The series received critical acclaim, was nominated for 2 Emmy awards and won one of them.
Every year, the number of animated series in the United States is growing steadily. The industry of this sphere is moving by leaps and bounds. Production technologies, drawing styles are changing, and the use of heavy-duty computers is no longer something new. The only thing that remains unchanged is the voice acting. And five and fifty years ago, professional actors did this. We hope that in the future our children will see cartoons of the highest standard, with the voice acting of such professionals as Tara Strong, whose filmography, obviously, indicate the indisputable talent of the girl and her ability to please the public.
Awards and Achievements
In 2004, Tara won the Interactive Achievement Award for her voice acting in the video game Last Fantasy X-2. She was the host of the 1999 Kid's Choice Award Ceremony, was a guest at comic book events such as BotCon, Jacon, Comic-Con International, Anime Overdose. Working Mother magazine placed Tara on the front cover of a July-August 2004 issue. She has been nominated 5 times for the Annie Awards. In 2013, Strong won the Short Actress Award for Best Actress.
Personal life of Tara Strong
Having excellent work and professional achievements, we still want to spend time with our loved ones, share the most intimate with them and be part of something more. Tara Strong has similar desires. Her personal life is quite interesting. Few people know that Tara's maiden name before marriage was Charendoff. She took the current one after she married the voice actor Craig Strong, whom she met in 1999.
On May 14, 2000, they got married. Tara and her husband launched an online dubbing training campaign. In addition, they run a baby bottle business. Currently, Tara has two sons: Sammy born in 2002 and Aiden, who was born in 2004. Tara lives with her family near Lake Toluca (California). She also has a sister, Marla. Tara is Jewish and a staunch vegetarian. She always eats kosher diet foods.
Tara Strong has helped finance charities that specialize in helping children with brain tumors. In 2012, she met with her fans from the military. In a word, Tara Strong turned out to be an incredibly talented, developed, sociable and humane person. Photos of this charming woman can be seen in many glossy magazines. She has her own Facebook account. Here you can see a lot of her pictures. She also loves to shoot short videos and upload them to Instagram.