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Trivia

  • Her family's favourite roles Tara has ever played are TRUFFLES on Chowder.
  • Her favourite role is Melody in The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea
  • Tara is a natural brunette. She dyed her hair blonde.
  • Tara Strong appeared on TLC's Take Home Chef as one of the beleagured housewives for which Chef Curtis prepares dinner.
  • Apparently Tara Strong is interested in Kabbalah, as she was spotted wearing a symbol of it.
  • Besides doing voiceovers in many cartoons, Tara has done voiceovers in movies as well.
  • Took over the voice of Timmy Turner on The Fairly Oddparents after the original voice actress died.
  • She is married to Craig Strong
  • Apparently her mom cried when she heard the song "A Black Chicks Tongue" Tara and Cree Summer did for the animated show Drawn Together. She thought it was "Beautiful."
  • Tara Strong and voice acting buddy, Cree Summer have been friends since they were 13-15 years old.
  • This is the second time Tara has taken on a 10 year-old character. The first was Timmy Turner, from Fairly Odd-Parents, the second is Ben Tennyson from Ben 10.
  • Took the role of Batgirl from Mary Kay Bergman after she died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
  • Started acting in 1987
  • She sung lay down your arms in march of the living dinner
  • Tara is not the singing voice of Ember on Danny Phantom.
  • Tara has one sister, Marla Charendoff.
  • Tara stands at 5' 2½".
  • She provides the voice of Hazel in the disney movie Tarzan and Jane.
  • She provides the voice of Lena DuPrais in the animated movie Scooby Doo On Zombie Island.
  • She provides the voice of Mar in the videogame Orphen: Scion of Sorcery.
  • She provided the voice of Lucy in the video game Whacked.
  • She was the voice of Nibbles in the movie Tom & Jerry: The Magic Ring.
  • She reprises her role as Batgirl in the movie, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker.
  • She provided the voice of Barbara Gordon once again in Batman: Mystery of Batwoman.
  • She was the voice of Batgirl in the video game Batman: Vengeance.
  • She was the voice of Melody in the disney movie, The Little Mermaid 2.
  • She reprised her role as Bubbles in the Power Puff Girls movie.
  • She was the voice of Sakura Mizrahi in the video game Xenosaga II.
  • She was the voice of Kaede Smith in the video game Killer7.
  • Was the voice of Blink in the hit video game X-Men Legends 2.
  • She was the voice of Vicky Vale in The Batman vs. Dracula movie.
  • She was the voice of Seem The Monk in the video game Jak 3.
  • Tara Strong has taken Tom Kenny's place as the person to voice the most cartoons.
  • Tara Charendoff, is her maiden name.
  • Tara Strong voiced Batgirl in the web cartoon: Gotham Girls.
  • She sang the song "Remember" for Danny Phantom in the episode, Fanning the Flames.
  • Tara Strong voiced Rachael from the game Ninja Gaiden.
  • Tara Strong voiced Batgirl/Barbara Gordon in Batman: Gotham Knights, the sequel to Batman: The Animated Series.
  • Tara Strong voiced the characters of Presea and Corrine in the Nintendo GameCube game, Tales of Symphonia.
  • She sang as Meg in the Family Guy episode Don't Make Me Over.
  • Tara has two children, Sammy James Strong and
    Aden Joshua Strong
  • Tara's birthday is on February 12.
  • Shes a three time Annie award nomminee.
  • She did the voice of Timmy Turner and Bubbles on the TRL animation special.
  • She voiced Presea Combatir in the RPG, Tales of Symphonia made by Namco on the Nintendo Gamecube.

    I believe she also voiced Kilia too.

Quotes

  • Tara Strong: My son is old enough to respond to my work. To me, that's what it is all about.
  • Tara Strong: Many people think voice over artists just read, there's much more to it. Without acting beats, scene study and improving skills, you won't make it.
  • Tara Strong: I love the craziness. Scheduling time can be challenging. Craig who also acts as my manager is a wonderful help ... some more sleep would be nice!
  • Tara Strong: I love playing Kluke; She's cute and strong and different.
  • Tara Strong: Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
  • Tara Strong: We really have a lot of fun at these sessions, we all get along and kid around with each other throughout the job.
  • Tara Strong: We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
  • Tara Strong: There's a lot more to see when you're playing and because of the advances in technology it makes room for all kinds of new characters.
  • Tara Strong: Start as early as you can. Make tapes of your characters.
  • Tara Strong: Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
  • Tara Strong: Some shows, like PPG, tape in a group session, which is always more fun because you can play off each other.
  • Tara Strong: More often then not, we do not get the scripts in advance for the Powerpuff Girls.
  • Tara Strong: It is a skill you attain when doing voice over animation for thirteen some odd years.
  • Tara Strong: In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
  • Tara Strong: If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.
  • Tara Strong: I'm not sure specifically but there's definitely parts of me in Rikku.
  • Tara Strong: I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time.
  • Tara Strong: I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
  • Tara Strong: I think it's definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them and it affects the characters in a way that people can feel like they're part of the game and that they know these characters.
  • Tara Strong: I think clearly with the success of videogames, entertainment people know that it's definitely a lucrative and popular field and certainly with all the fan-based websites and the fans writing in, I think it's taken very seriously.
  • Tara Strong: I love all the episodes.
  • Tara Strong: I had to make squirrel noises as Bubbles and without realizing it, I was making the face and putting my fingers up to my face to look like a squirrel and everyone made fun of me for the rest of the day.
  • Tara Strong: I do try to give reality to the younger children voices and I'm constantly observing and listening to small children, particularly for Baby Dil.
  • Tara Strong: Tara StrongI do a lot of videogame voice-overs and I don't have any particulars in mind, but I do them all the time.
  • Tara Strong: I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
  • Tara Strong: Don't be afraid to look silly.

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