Tara Strong

Tara Lyn Strong (née Charendoff; born February 12, 1973) is a Canadian-American actress who has provided voice-over work for animation and video games and has performed in live-action. Her roles include animated series such as Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go!, Rugrats, The Powerpuff Girls, The Fairly OddParents, Xiaolin Showdown, Ben 10, Chowder, Wow Wow Wubbzy!, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Unikitty! and DC Super Hero Girls and video games such as Mortal Kombat X, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Jak and Daxter, Final Fantasy X, X-2, Blue Dragon, and Batman: Arkham.

Early life
Strong was born Tara Lyn Charendoff on February 12, 1973, in Toronto, Ontario, to Syd and Lucy Charendoff. She is Jewish, and has called this "a big part of her identity". Tara and her older sister Marla were raised in Toronto. At age four, she became interested in acting and volunteered to be a soloist at a school production. Strong worked with the Yiddish Theater, but because she did not know the Yiddish language, she memorized her lines phonetically. She also performed with the Toronto Jewish Theater (TJA), where she acted in A Night of Stars and was featured in an audiotape for "Lay Down Your Arms" with the Habonim Youth Choir, where she sang the lyrics in both English and Hebrew.

Filmography
Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1987) as Hello Kitty

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2010) as Twilight Sparkle

The Powerpuff Girls (1998) as Bubbles

Ben 10 (2005) as Ben

Teen Titans (2003) as Raven

Teen Titans Go (2013) as Raven

Little Bear (1995) as Tutu