My 50 favorite voice actresses
by comic_guy87 | created - 19 Feb 2013 | updated - 20 Feb 2013 | Public1. Tress MacNeille
Actress | The Simpsons
Tress MacNeille is one of the most talented women in the voice-over industry to date. With her versatile talent has done the voices of Dot Warner from Animaniacs, Babs Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures to being a featured singer in the Weird "Al" Yankovic song "Ricky", She has also appeared in a ...
2. Elizabeth Daily
Actress | Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Elizabeth EG Daily is an American actress, singer, and one of the top talents in the world of voiceover. You might know her in the classics as Dottie from "Peewee's Big Adventure" to "Valley Girl," or the classic "Smelly Cat" episode of Friends. Maybe Candy from The Devil's Rejects.
EG is said to be...
3. Tara Strong
Actress | Batman: The Killing Joke
Tara Strong began her acting career at the age of 13 in Toronto, Canada. She landed several TV, film, and musical theater roles as well as her first lead in an animated series as the title role of "Hello Kitty." After a short run at Toronto's Second City theater company, she moved to Los Angeles ...
4. Kath Soucie
Actress | Rugrats
Katherine Elaine Soucie is an American voice actress, born in New York City, New York, USA. One of the most well known voice-over actors working today, Kath Soucie began her career in New York as a theatrical actress. While Kath has been the voice of many campaigns and award-winning commercials, it...
5. Pamela Adlon
Actress | Better Things
Pamela Adlon comes from an acting family and began her career in television in 1983. She has appeared in many popular TV shows, including as a voice actress in a number of animated TV series including, most famously, King of the Hill (1997) for which she won an Emmy for her role as Bobby Hill.
6. Mary Kay Bergman
Actress | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Mary Kay Bergman did not have a face known to many - her voice was recognized more than anything else in the world. Although she was a big voiceover star in the 1990s, her true claim to fame was Trey Parker and Matt Stone's critically acclaimed adult animated television series, South Park (1997), ...
7. Christine Cavanaugh
Actress | Dexter's Laboratory
Christine Cavanaugh (birth name: Christine Josephine Sandberg) was an American actress from Layton, Utah. She emerged as a prolific voice actress in the 1990s, voicing roles in many films and television series. She chose to retire from acting in 2001, at the age of 38. Her most famous voice roles ...
8. Wendee Lee
Actress | Akira
Wendee Lee is an American voice actress, writer and ADR director from Los Angeles, California who voiced in dozens of animated films, animated series and video games including Akira, Robotech, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star, Sailor Moon Crystal, Rurouni Kenshin, Magic Knight Rayearth...
9. Mona Marshall
Actress | Ao no ekusoshisuto
Mona Marshall was born on August 31, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Blue Exorcist (2011), Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion (2015) and .hack//Mutation (2002). She was previously married to Sal Iannotti.
10. April Winchell
Actress | Who Framed Roger Rabbit
April Terri Winchell is a Jewish-American voice actress from New York City. She is the daughter of Paul Winchell. She voiced in many cartoons and video games such as Clarabelle Cow, Wander Over Yonder, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Antz, Lilo & Stitch: The Series and Epic ...
11. Grey Griffin
Actress | Batman: Arkham City
Grey Griffin was born in Fort Ord, California. She is a singer and well-known voice actress. She was raised by her grandmother through her difficult childhood because her mother was a drug addict. Her grandmother was a singer and performed often with Tito Puente. Grey was highly interested in goth ...
12. Jill Talley
Actress | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Chicago-born Jill Talley has played hundreds of characters in both animation and live-action. As one of the main cast members of SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), she has been the voice of Karen (Plankton's sarcastic computer-wife) since the show's very first season. Jill's husband, Tom Kenny, plays ...
13. Laraine Newman
Actress | Coneheads
Laraine Newman is a founding member of The Groundlings. After seeing her in The Groundlings, Lorne Michaels cast her in a Lily Tomlin Special and later as an original cast member of Saturday Night Live (1975). She has worked from directors ranging from Woody Allen to Guillermo del Toro. She has a ...
14. Lauren Tom
Actress | The Joy Luck Club
Lauren Tom is an Obie Award-winning actress, known for her roles as a dutiful daughter in the film The Joy Luck Club, as Ross's girlfriend, Julie, on the classic NBC sitcom Friends, and most recently as Mrs. Tran on Supernatural. Lauren also lent her voice talents on the animated series Futurama as...
15. B.J. Ward
Actress | G.I. Joe
B.J. Ward was born on September 16, 1944 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. She is an actress, known for G.I. Joe (1985), The Pagemaster (1994) and Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001). She was previously married to Gordon Hunt and Donn Trenner.
16. Rachael MacFarlane
Actress | American Dad!
Rachael Ann Laudiero, is an American voice actress and singer. Her voice credits include Hayley Smith on the animated television show American Dad!, Supreme Leader Numbuh 362 in the television series Codename: Kids Next Door and Kate Lockwell in the video game Starcraft II.
In addition to voice ...
17. Jennifer Hale
Actress | Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Jennifer Hale is a Canadian-American voice actress and singer who voiced Commander Shepard from Mass Effect, Samus Aran from Metroid Prime, Killer Frost from Injustice: Gods Among Us, Gladys from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Trinity from The Matrix: Path of Neo, Princess Morbucks, Sedusa ...
18. Hynden Walch
Actress | Adventure Time
Hynden Walch was born on February 1, 1971 in Davenport, Iowa. She is an actress and writer known primarily for her work in Adventure Time, Teen Titans, Groundhog Day, and Batman Assault on Arkham. She started her professional acting career on stage at age 11. At 16 she attended the North Carolina ...
19. June Foray
Actress | Mulan
Legendary voice actress June Foray was born June Lucille Forer on September 18, 1917 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Maurice Forer and Ida Edith Robinson, who wed in Hampden, Massachusetts. Her father, who was Jewish, emigrated from Novgorod, Imperial Russia, while her Massachusetts-born mother ...
20. Bea Benaderet
Actress | Petticoat Junction
Bea Benaderet had a remarkable career in radio and television. In the earlier days of radio, before television, she provided the voice for numerous names of characters on the radio, on shows like "Fibber McGee and Molly," "My Favorite Husband" with Lucille Ball & "The Jack Benny Show. She was born ...
21. Sara Berner
Actress | Rear Window
This accomplished voice actress with an ear for accents, first made her mark on Jack Benny's radio program in the dual role of wisecracking, gum-chewing telephone operator Mabel Flapsaddle and Jack's plumber girlfriend Gladys. Brunette Sara Berner's real name was Lillian Herdan and she was born in ...
22. Nancy Cartwright
Actress | The Simpsons
For over three decades, Nancy Cartwright has given voice to a spikey-headed-10-year-old boy even though she's a grown woman; she's often been arrested for truancy and vandalism, yet she maintains a spotless criminal record; and finally, she's repeated the fourth-grade dozens of times in spite of ...
23. Cree Summer
Actress | Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Cree Summer Francks is a Canadian-American voice actress and singer from Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Canadian actor and singer Don Francks. She is most well-known for voicing Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Tiff Crust and Queen Vexus (when Eartha Kitt is unavailable) from ...
24. Janet Waldo
Actress | The Jetsons
Janet Waldo provided the quintessential voice of the swooning, overly dramatic teenager for numerous generations -- from the 1940s swinging babysitters to the 1960s groovy chick. A bouncy, perennially-youthful brunette, Janet Marie Waldo was born on February 4, 1919, in Grandview, Washington, and ...
25. Laura Bailey
Actress | The Legend of Vox Machina
Laura Bailey is an award-winning Los Angeles-based voice actor known for her roles in animation and video games, as well as the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role.
Critical Role has become one of the most popular storytelling and world building independent media companies in ...
26. Kathleen Barr
Actress | Dragon Tales
Kathleen obtained her bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Victoria, where her roles included Phebe in As You Like It, Rosa in Arabian Nights, Judith Bliss in Hay Fever, Julia in Zastrozzi, Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest, Virginia in The Blues, Viola in Twelfth Night, ...
27. Jodi Benson
Actress | Toy Story 3
Jodi Benson was born on October 10, 1961 in Rockford, Illinois as Jodi Marie Marzorati. She has received worldwide recognition & critical acclaim as the voice of Ariel in The Little Mermaid (1989), Tour Guide Barbie in Toy Story 2 (1999), Weebo in Flubber (1997) as well as Thumbelina in Thumbelina ...
28. Tabitha St. Germain
Actress | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Tabitha St. Germain (also known by the alias of Paulina Gillis) is a Canadian actress. She has made the transition from stage work to voice work, and has since become one of the core voice actresses working in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As Paulina Gillis, she won a Dora Award in 1995 for ...
29. Dana Delany
Actress | China Beach
Dana Welles Delany was born on March 13, 1956, in New York City and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. Dana knew early in life that she wanted to be an actress. Following graduation from Wesleyan University, this tall (5'6") beauty moved to New York and developed her skills working in daytime ...
30. Cathy Weseluck
Actress | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian actress and comedian of Russian descent. She has worked frequently as a voice actress for Ocean Productions, a Canadian media production and voice acting company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Weseluck has provided voice acting for both original animated series ...
31. Debi Derryberry
Actress | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Debi Derryberry, is best known for voicing Jimmy Neutron in the Academy Award-nominated film Jimmy Neutron-Boy Genius. She also stars in Adult Swim's Tigtone as the voice of Helpy. In Netflix's Emmy Nominated F is For Family Debi voices Maureen, Philip, Bridget, Scott, Beatrice the Nurse and Kenny....
32. Susan Eisenberg
Actress | Justice League
Susan Eisenberg is an American voice actress. She voiced the superheroine Wonder Woman in the animated series "Justice League" (2001-2004) and its sequel "Justice League Unlimited" (2004-2006). She has since voiced the character in several animated films and video games. Her other notable voice ...
33. Megan Hollingshead
Actress | Gekijô-ban poketto monsutâ - Myûtsû no gyakushû
Megan Hollingshead was born on September 22, 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Ergo Proxy (2006) and Valkyrie Profile (1999).
34. Michelle Ruff
Actress | Akira
Michelle Ruff is an American voice actress who voiced in dozens of animated series, anime and video games. She voiced in Akira, Haruhi Suzumiya, Street Fighter, Chobits, Lucky Star, Bleach, Resident Evil, Sonic the Hedgehog, Persona, Sword Art Online, Gurren Lagann and Lupin the Third. She is ...
35. Kari Wahlgren
Actress | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
Kari Wahlgren is an American actress from Kansas. She is most well-known for voicing Kitana and Mileena from Mortal Kombat, Starfire from Injustice 2, Velma Green the Spider Queen from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Kagami Hiiragi from Lucky Star, Willow Rosenberg from Buffy the Vampire ...
36. Stephanie Sheh
Actress | Kimi no na wa.
Stephanie Sheh is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer and producer. Born on April 10, 1977 in Kalamazoo, Michigan and raised in California, Sheh first gained interest in voice acting while attending high school, and upon graduating college would land her first major roles as Silky in ...
37. Kate Higgins
Actress | Ralph Breaks the Internet
Catherine Davis Higgins is an American voice actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in English-language versions of anime, most notably as Sakura Haruno in the Naruto franchise, Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury in the Viz dub of Sailor Moon (1992), Saber in the Fate/stay night (2006), and ...
38. Barbara Goodson
Actress | Akira
Barbara Goodson is a "lifer" in show biz. Truly in love with all aspects of this wild & crazy craft. Was aware of her mimicry skills early on in life when she imitated family members & caught on to the positive attention it gave her & the pleasure & camaraderie it gave to others. She delights in ...
39. Pamela Hayden
Actress | The Simpsons Movie
Pamela Hayden born November 28, 1953 is an American actress and voice actress, known for providing various voices for the animated television show The Simpsons (1989) including Bart Simpson's unlucky best friend Milhouse Van Houten, teenage thug Jimbo Jones, Ned Flanders' first-born son Rod, Chief ...
40. Carolyn Lawrence
Actress | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Carolyn Lawrence is an American voice actress who is known for voicing Sandy Cheeks from SpongeBob SquarePants and Cindy Vortex from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, two Nickelodeon franchises. She voiced Sandy and Cindy in video games, shorts, theatrical films and commercials. She still voices Sandy ...
41. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Actress | Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is a voice over actress, writer, singer and director. As an actress, she plays Governor Pryce in Star Wars: Rebels (2014), Dr. Maheswaran in Steven Universe (2013), Valkyrie in Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016), Talis in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010), Johanna in Heroes of...
42. Ming-Na Wen
Actress | Mulan
Ming-Na ("enlightenment") was born on the island of Macau, forty miles from Hong Kong. Her mother, Lin Chan Wen, divorced her father when Ming-Na was only a toddler. She has an older brother named Jonathan. After the divorce, they moved to Hong Kong where her mother became a nurse. There her mother...
43. Stephanie Nadolny
Actress | Dragon Ball Z: Moetsukiro!! Nessen Ressen Chô-Gekisen
Stephanie Nadolny was born on May 19, 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She is an actress, known for Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993), Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990) and Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993).
44. Tara Platt
Actress | Spider-Man
Born in Fairfax, Virginia, Tara grew up all over the country, from Arizona to Oklahoma to Michigan to New York City, finally ending up in LA. Following high school, she studied at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
While studying in London at the London Academy of Theatre, she ...
45. Nicole Sullivan
Actress | Black-ish
-Grew up doing theater in NYC -Studied at Northwestern University. -Her career started in 1995, when she was cast on Mad TV (1995) for 6 seasons. -Cast member of The King of Queens (1998) for 5 seasons, playing opposite Jerry Stiller.
- Enjoys working in TV.
46. Veronica Taylor
Actress | Gekijô-ban poketto monsutâ - Myûtsû no gyakushû
Veronica Taylor (born Kathleen Charlotte McInerney) is an American voice actress. She is best known for her role as Ash Ketchum in the English dub of Pokémon (1997) from 1998 to 2006, having voiced the character (along with Delia Ketchum, May, and various other characters) in the main series...
47. Dana Hill
Actress | National Lampoon's European Vacation
Dana Hill was born Dana Lynne Goetz on May 6, 1964, in a suburb of Los Angeles, to parents Sandy Hill and Ted Goetz, a commercial director. Despite diabetes ending a promising future in athletics when she was just ten years old, Dana gamely threw herself into acting when still in her early teen ...
48. Pat Musick
Actress | An American Tail
Pat Musick was born on January 26, 1956 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She is an actress, known for An American Tail (1986), Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) and Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994). She has been married to Jeffrey Whitman since February 14, 1987. They have one child. She was ...
49. Susan Blu
Actress | The Transformers: The Movie
Susan Blu was born on July 12, 1948 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress and casting director, known for The Transformers: The Movie (1986), Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988) and The Tick (1994). She has been married to Tania Themmen since August 2013. She was previously married to ...
50. Susan Roman
Actress | Heavy Metal
For Susan Roman, being part of the wacky, wonderful world of animation for most of her adult life has been a dream come true. Let's be frank: some of her earlier efforts didn't exactly light up the galaxy. (We're looking at you, Piggsburg Pigs...) But along the way, she worked on projects that have...
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