# Tara Strong
**Tara Strong** (full name Tara Lyn Charendoff Strong) is a Canadian-American voice actress known for one of the most extensive resumes in animation, with more than 600 screen and voice credits and signature roles including Bubbles in *The Powerpuff Girls*, Timmy Turner in *The Fairly OddParents*, Dil Pickles in *Rugrats*, [Raven](https://www.edgepedia.org/raven-dc-comics) in *Teen Titans*, Twilight Sparkle in *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic*, and Miss Minutes in [Marvel Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/marvel-studios)' *Loki*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/) • [2](https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Tara_Strong)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; birth name Tara Lyn Charendoff[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/bio/?mode=desktop) |
| First lead | Title role of Hello Kitty in *Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater*, voiced at age 13 in 1987[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/) • [4](https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/06/25/canadian-voiceover-star-tara-strong-on-her-enigmatic-loki-character-miss-minutes/) |
| Signature roles | Bubbles (*The Powerpuff Girls*), Timmy Turner (*The Fairly OddParents*), Dil Pickles (*Rugrats*), Raven (*Teen Titans*), Twilight Sparkle (*My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic*), Ben Tennyson (*Ben 10*)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/) |
| Harley Quinn | Succeeded Arleen Sorkin as the voice of Harley Quinn beginning with the video game *Batman: Arkham City* (2011)[5](https://www.aaespeakers.com/keynote-speakers/tara-strong) |
| Miss Minutes | Voices the Time Variance Authority mascot in *Loki*; the character was created for the series and is not rooted in the comics[4](https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/06/25/canadian-voiceover-star-tara-strong-on-her-enigmatic-loki-character-miss-minutes/) |
| Major award | Interactive Achievement Award, Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Female, for *Final Fantasy X-2* (2004)[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/awards/) |
| Career volume | More than 600 credits; IMDb lists 668 acting credits alongside music, producing, and soundtrack work[2](https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Tara_Strong) • [7](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/?showAllCredits=true) |
## Early life and start in Toronto
Strong was born in Toronto in 1973 to Jewish-Canadian parents who ran a convenience, toy, and candy store called [The Wiz](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-wiz), which she describes as a pioneer in selling [Hello Kitty](https://www.edgepedia.org/hello-kitty) merchandise in Canada.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/bio/?mode=desktop) • [8](https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Tara_Strong) • [4](https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/06/25/canadian-voiceover-star-tara-strong-on-her-enigmatic-loki-character-miss-minutes/) She began performing at age four, singing a solo in a school production, and performed with Toronto's Yiddish Theater, learning the songs phonetically because she was not fluent in the language.[8](https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Tara_Strong) • [9](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/tara-strong/8711/)
Her first animation role came through a family connection to the character's merchandise. At age 13, in 1987, she was cast as the title voice of Hello Kitty in *Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater*, a role she calls almost destined given that her father had worn the Hello Kitty costume at his store when she was about five.[4](https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/06/25/canadian-voiceover-star-tara-strong-on-her-enigmatic-loki-character-miss-minutes/) • [9](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/tara-strong/8711/) She took improvisation classes at [The Second City](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-second-city)'s Toronto branch, accumulated more than 20 animated series credits and her own sitcom, and then moved to Los Angeles.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/) • [10](https://koeitecmo.wiki/wiki/Tara_Strong)
## Major roles
Once in Hollywood, Strong built a career across children's animation, adult animation, and video games. Her television roles include Bubbles in *The Powerpuff Girls*, Timmy Turner in *The Fairly OddParents*, baby Dil Pickles in *Rugrats*, Raven in *Teen Titans* and *Teen Titans Go!*, Batgirl in DC animated projects, Ben Tennyson in *Ben 10*, and Twilight Sparkle in *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/) She also voiced Melody in *The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea*, a role she names as a favorite because she loved the original film as a child, and the giant baby Boh in the English dub of *Spirited Away*.[11](https://innotechtoday.com/tara-strong/) • [12](https://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/sen/ProductionNotes.pdf)
**Harley Quinn.** Strong succeeded [Arleen Sorkin](https://www.edgepedia.org/arleen-sorkin) as the voice of [Harley Quinn](https://www.edgepedia.org/harley-quinn), starting with the video game *Batman: Arkham City* in 2011, and has since reprised the role across games, animated series, and films.[5](https://www.aaespeakers.com/keynote-speakers/tara-strong) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/)
**Miss Minutes.** In *[Loki](https://www.edgepedia.org/loki-tv-series)* on Disney+, Strong voices Miss Minutes, the cheerful orange anthropomorphic clock who guides [Tom Hiddleston](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-hiddleston)'s Loki through realities and timelines after the events of *Avengers: Endgame*. Unlike her usual auditions, the character notes were vague, and the role was created specifically for the series rather than adapted from the comics; she recorded three different voice choices for the audition.[4](https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/06/25/canadian-voiceover-star-tara-strong-on-her-enigmatic-loki-character-miss-minutes/) • [13](https://www.avclub.com/VOICE-ACTING-LEGEND-TARA-STRONG-ON-LOKI-S-MISS-MINUTES-1847866329)
## Creating Raven's voice
Strong's most-cited example of audition craft is Raven on *Teen Titans*. She had already been playing several dark, tragic teenage characters, including Batgirl and Shareena Wickett on *Detention*, and worried she could not make Raven distinct. After completing her audition as written, she asked casting and voice director Andrea Romano for one more try and added a low, guttural roll to the voice, on the reasoning that Raven was half demon; the production team accepted it on the spot.[14](https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tara-strong-talks-21-years-teen-titans-and-400th-episode-stop-motion-special) • [11](https://innotechtoday.com/tara-strong/)
She has voiced Raven for more than two decades across the original series and *Teen Titans Go!*, and says the low register is much closer to her natural voice than her better-known high-pitched characters.[14](https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tara-strong-talks-21-years-teen-titans-and-400th-episode-stop-motion-special) She describes her method as deliberately avoiding letting one character live in multiple universes, and as a habit of recording the requested read plus two completely different alternatives.[13](https://www.avclub.com/VOICE-ACTING-LEGEND-TARA-STRONG-ON-LOKI-S-MISS-MINUTES-1847866329) • [14](https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tara-strong-talks-21-years-teen-titans-and-400th-episode-stop-motion-special)
## Working conditions in voice acting
Strong draws a practical distinction between television and game work. An animated series episode may involve 10 to 20 lines, recorded in a group session with the cast over about four hours; a video game can involve around 8,000 lines recorded alone, including death noises and screaming, which she describes as more vocally taxing.[15](https://geekdad.com/2013/04/tara-strong/) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/bio/?mode=desktop) She also emphasizes that voice acting is acting rather than reading, requiring acting beats, scene study, and improvisation skills.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/bio/?mode=desktop)
She has passed this on commercially. With her then-husband she founded VoiceStarz, an internet-based company teaching people how to enter the voice-over business, and she later launched Voicelings, a voice acting course and community.[8](https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Tara_Strong) • [16](https://www.voicelings.com/?via=chaos)
## Awards and recognition
Strong's awards include the 2004 Interactive Achievement Award for her performance as Rikku in *Final Fantasy X-2*, a 2019 NAVGTR Award for Performance in a Comedy, Supporting, for *[Lego DC Super-Villains](https://www.edgepedia.org/lego-dc-super-villains)*, and multiple Annie Award and Daytime Emmy nominations, including a 2006 Daytime Emmy nomination for outstanding performer in an animated program.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/awards/) • [17](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/strong-tara-1973) She has also won several Behind the Voice Actors People's Choice Voice Acting Awards.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/awards/)
## Personal life
Strong met former actor and real estate agent Craig Strong in 1999 and married him on May 14, 2000; they had two sons, Sammy (born 2002) and Aden (born 2004). She filed for divorce in July 2019, and it was finalized in January 2022.[18](https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/Tara_Strong) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/) She lives in Los Angeles and has used her social media following to raise several hundred thousand dollars for children with cancer and animal rescue groups.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/)
## References
1. [Tara Strong, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/)
2. [Tara Strong, White Wolf Wiki](https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Tara_Strong)
3. [Tara Strong, Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/bio/?mode=desktop)
4. [Canadian voiceover star Tara Strong on her enigmatic 'Loki' character, Miss Minutes, CityNews Toronto](https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/06/25/canadian-voiceover-star-tara-strong-on-her-enigmatic-loki-character-miss-minutes/)
5. [Tara Strong Biography, AAE Speakers Bureau](https://www.aaespeakers.com/keynote-speakers/tara-strong)
6. [Tara Strong, Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/awards/)
7. [Tara Strong - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152839/?showAllCredits=true)
8. [Tara Strong, Avatar Wiki](https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Tara_Strong)
9. [Tara Strong Biography, Tribute.ca](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/tara-strong/8711/)
10. [Tara Strong, Koei Tecmo Wiki](https://koeitecmo.wiki/wiki/Tara_Strong)
11. [Teen Titans' Tara Strong On Developing The Voice Of Raven, Innovation & Tech Today](https://innotechtoday.com/tara-strong/)
12. [Spirited Away production notes, Nausicaa.net](https://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/sen/ProductionNotes.pdf)
13. [Voice acting legend Tara Strong on Loki's Miss Minutes, My Little Pony, and Rugrats, The A.V. Club](https://www.avclub.com/VOICE-ACTING-LEGEND-TARA-STRONG-ON-LOKI-S-MISS-MINUTES-1847866329)
14. [Tara Strong Talks 21 Years of 'Teen Titans' and the 400th Episode Stop-motion Special, Animation World Network](https://www.awn.com/animationworld/tara-strong-talks-21-years-teen-titans-and-400th-episode-stop-motion-special)
15. [Interview With Voice Actress Tara Strong of Teen Titans Go!, GeekDad](https://geekdad.com/2013/04/tara-strong/)
16. [Voicelings, Voice Acting Course & Community by Tara Strong](https://www.voicelings.com/?via=chaos)
17. [Strong, Tara 1973-, Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/strong-tara-1973)
18. [Tara Strong, The Loud House Encyclopedia](https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/Tara_Strong)
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