Tara Strong facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Tara Strong
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Strong at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024
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Tara Lyn Charendoff
February 12, 1973 |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Craig Strong
(m. 2000; div. 2022) |
| Partner(s) | Willie Morris (2022–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Tara Lyn Strong (born February 12, 1973) is a talented actress from Canada and the United States. She is super famous for using her voice to bring many animated characters to life. You've probably heard her in cartoons, on websites, and in video games!
Tara Strong has voiced characters in popular animated shows like The Powerpuff Girls, The Fairly OddParents, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and Teen Titans. She has also lent her voice to video games such as Mortal Kombat X and Final Fantasy X. Her amazing work has earned her nominations for awards like the Annie Award and Daytime Emmy. She even won an award from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences!
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Early Life and Beginnings
Tara Lyn Charendoff was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on February 12, 1973. She was the younger daughter of Syd and Lucy Charendoff. Tara has shared that her Jewish background is a very important part of who she is. Her grandfather was a cantor, which is a singer who leads prayers in a synagogue. Her grandmother ran a catering business. Tara also has a sister.
When Tara was just four years old, she became interested in acting. She even volunteered to sing by herself in a school play! She also performed in Yiddish Theatre in Toronto. This was special because she didn't know the Yiddish language, so she learned her lines by listening and repeating them. Tara also performed with the Toronto Jewish Theater and was featured on an audiotape, singing in both English and Hebrew.
Tara Strong's Amazing Career
Tara Strong's first professional acting job was when she was 13. She played Gracie in a play called The Music Man. Around the same time, she got her first big cartoon role, voicing the main character in Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater. She also appeared in a TV show called Mosquito Lake. Tara took acting classes and kept working in both cartoons and live-action shows. In January 1994, she moved to Los Angeles to continue her career.
Voice Acting Roles
Tara Strong is the voice behind many beloved animated characters. Here are some of her most famous roles:
- Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in The New Batman Adventures
- Raven in Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!
- Timmy Turner and Poof in The Fairly OddParents
- Dil Pickles in Rugrats and All Grown Up!
- Bubbles in The Powerpuff Girls
- Ben Tennyson in Ben 10
- Twilight Sparkle in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- The princess in Unikitty!
She has also voiced characters in English versions of Japanese anime, like Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. Her voice is also in many video games, including:
- Elisa and Ursula in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
- Paz Ortega Andrade in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
- Rikku in Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2
- Juliet Starling in Lollipop Chainsaw
- Harley Quinn starting with the game Batman: Arkham City
Tara also had a small voice role for the teddy bear Ted in the movie Ted.
Live-Action Appearances
Besides voice acting, Tara Strong has appeared in live-action movies and TV shows. Some of these include National Lampoon's Senior Trip, Sabrina Goes to Rome, and Sabrina Down Under. She also made guest appearances on shows like Party of Five and The Drew Carey Show. From 2010 to 2013, she played Miss Collins in the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush. More recently, she starred as Tiggy Sullivan in the Canadian series Pretty Hard Cases. She also voices Miss Minutes in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe series Loki.
Awards and Recognition
In 2004, Tara Strong won an Interactive Achievement Award for her role as Rikku in Final Fantasy X-2. She has been nominated for Annie Awards five times. In 2013, she won a Shorty Award for "Best Actress" because of how well she used social media. The Behind the Voice Actors website also named her Voice Actress of the Year for 2013.
Recent News
In 2023, Tara Strong was removed from the cast of an upcoming animated series called Boxtown. The studio, Bandit Mill Animation, stated this decision was due to some of her online posts about the ongoing situation in the Middle East. Tara Strong later said she felt she was "fired for being Jewish." However, a co-writer for Boxtown, Spencer Rothbell, clarified that many cast and crew members, including himself, are Jewish.
Personal Life
Tara Strong is a vegan, which means she doesn't eat animal products. In 2012, she met with fans from the military at an event called BronyCon. In 2013, she helped a charity group called Bronies for Good raise money for a family whose daughter had a brain tumor. In July 2019, she took part in a protest in Los Angeles called Lights for Liberty, which was against certain immigration policies.
Family Life
In 1999, Tara Strong met Craig Strong, who was a real estate agent and former actor. They got married on May 14, 2000. They have two sons named Sammy, born in February 2002, and Aden, born in August 2004. They used to own a company called VoiceStarz, which taught people about voice acting. Tara and Craig divorced on January 5, 2022. Later that same year, Tara started dating Willie Morris, who runs Happy Goat Farm near Yosemite.
See also
In Spanish: Tara Strong para niños
