Lara Jill Miller
Lara Jill Miller | |
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Born |
Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 20, 1967
Other names | Lara Miller |
Occupation | Actress, voice actress |
Years active | 1980–present |
Lara Jill Miller (born April 20, 1967) is an American actress and voice actress. She had a starring role as Samantha "Sam" Kanisky on the 1980s sitcom Gimme a Break! and as Kathy on The Amanda Show. As a voice actress, she had roles in English dubs of Japanese anime such as Kari in Digimon Adventure and Koko in Zatch Bell!. In cartoons, she voices the title characters in Clifford's Puppy Days, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee and Henry Hugglemonster. She also voices Izzy in SciGirls, Widget in Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! and Allie in Curious George.
Biography
Miller was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Allentown's William Allen High School.[1] Her mother was a homemaker and her father a pajama factory owner.[2] Miller's professional acting career began on Broadway, where she appeared as Amaryllis in a revival of The Music Man with Dick Van Dyke.[3]
In 1981, after her appearance on Broadway, she joined the cast of Gimme a Break!, playing the role of the tomboyish Samantha "Sam" Kanisky, opposite Nell Carter. When the series ended its six-year run on NBC in 1987, Miller returned east, to New York University, where she also played on the university's women's varsity tennis team and continued to perform on stages around the country. Four years later, she graduated from Fordham University School of Law, leaving graduation early to portray Peter Pan in a production at the Pennsylvania Youth Theater in Pennsylvania. She subsequently obtained her Bar association license to practice law in New Jersey, New York and her native Pennsylvania.[4]
In 1999, Miller returned to Hollywood, California and resumed her on-camera acting career with recurring roles on the Nickelodeon series The Amanda Show and All That, as well as General Hospital. She also began working in animated series, lending her voice to characters such as Kari in Digimon (both the series and the feature film), Koko in Zatch Bell!, Alejo in Astro Boy, one of the Tachikoma mini-tanks in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and Scheris Adjani in s-CRY-ed. Miller also provided the singing voice of Dorothy Gale in the National Public Radio adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and the voices of the title characters on Cartoon Network's The Life and Times of Juniper Lee and the PBS Kids "prequel" to Clifford the Big Red Dog, Clifford's Puppy Days.
Miller's roles include the recurring roles of Pookie, Wiki, and Tini on Disney Channel's Higglytown Heroes, Heruka of Daigunder, and the Nick Jr series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! as Widget, the show's problem-solving pink creature resembling a rabbit, both PBS series Curious George as Allie and SciGirls as Izzie,[3] and regular guest-starring roles on several other animated series.
As of January 2015, she is doing voice work on two Disney Channel/Disney Junior television series, as the voice of Lambie in Doc McStuffins and the voice of the title character in Henry Hugglemonster.
Radio and podcast appearances
Miller appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on March 4, 2016.
Filmography
Live action
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[5] |
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1981–1987 | Gimme a Break! | Samantha "Sam" Kanisky | [6] | |
1986 | Touch and Go (1986 film) | Courtney | ||
1999–2002 | The Amanda Show | Kathy | ||
2009 | iCarly | Mrs. Kravitz | I Find Lewberts Lost Love | |
2000 | Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV series) | The Teacher | TV series | |
2002 | General Hospital (TV series) | Kate Whittaker | Episode #1.9927 |
Anime
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[5] |
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2008 | Strait Jacket | Kapelteta Fernandez | [7] | |
Digimon Adventure series | Kari Kamiya | |||
Daigunder | Haruka | |||
Naruto | Matsuri | |||
Zatch Bell! | Koko | |||
2004 | Astro Boy | Alejo, Vivienne, C.J., Mimi, Nina | Sony Pictures / Kids WB | |
Blood+ | Min, Lulu, Javier | |||
S-CRY-ed | Scheris Adjani | |||
Please Twins | Karen Onodera | |||
Rave Master | Hole | |||
2000 | Digimon: The Movie | Kari |
Animation
Year | Title | Role | Note's | Notes | Source[5] |
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2016–present | The Loud House | Lisa Loud | |||
2012–present | Doc McStuffins | Lambie | [6] | ||
2013–2015 | Henry Hugglemonster | Henry Hugglemonster | |||
2006–2010 | Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! | Widget | |||
2003–2004 | Clifford's Puppy Days | Clifford | |||
2005–2007 | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Juniper Lee | |||
2009–2015 | Curious George | Allie | |||
2010 | SciGirls | Izzie | |||
2011–2015 | Winx Club | Chatta, Tune, Livy | Special 4, season 3-4 Nickelodeon version | ||
2004–2008 | Higglytown Heroes | Pookie, Wiki, Tini | |||
2006 | Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi | Julie | |||
2004 | All Grown Up | Olivia | |||
2006–2007 | My Mom Married a Yeti | April | |||
2004 | Megas XLR | Little Girl, Kelly | [8] | ||
2000 | Static Shock | Teen Girl #2 | [8] |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[5] |
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2005 | Diaboromon Strikes Back | Kari Kamiya | [8] | |
2008 | Wubbzy's Big Movie! | Widget, Huggy, Old Lady Zamboni | [8] | |
2013 | Curious George Swings Into Spring | Allie, Balloonist | [8] | |
2013 | Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest | Allie | [8] | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[5] |
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2000 | Digimon: The Movie | Kari, Young Kari | [8] | |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[5] |
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2016 | World of Warcraft: Legion | Korine | ||
2011 | Once Upon a Monster | Shelby | ||
2003 | Tak and the Power of Juju | Dinky Juju | [8] | |
2004 | Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams | Dinky Juju | [8] | |
2005 | Tak: The Great Juju Challenge | Dinky Juju | ||
2008 | de Blob | Comrade Black, Zip, Graydians | [8] | |
2011 | de Blob 2 | Comrade Black, Papa Blanc, Inkies | ||
2009 | Fusion Fall | Juniper Lee | ||
Learn Through Music | Leo the Lion (singer) | |||
Adiboo: Discover series | Adiboo | |||
1998 | Baldur's Gate | Girl | ||
1999 | EverQuest | Various characters | ||
2004 | EverQuest II | Various characters | ||
2005 | Psychonauts | Milka Phange | [8] | |
Hooked on Phonics | Pig Wig | |||
2006 | Barnyard | Zak Boy, various | ||
2004 | Ribbit King | Scooter, various | ||
2010 | White Knight Chronicles | Various | ||
2007 | Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots | Bustup Ballerina, Mr. Huggles, Springy Rabbit | [8] | |
2002 | Digimon Rumble Arena | Kari | [8] |
References
- ↑ August 05, 2011 (August 5, 2011). "City Profile: Allentown - Morning Call". Articles.mcall.com. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- ↑ Miller, Samantha (January 1, 2000). "Brief Episode". People.com. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- 1 2 Lara Jill Miller - Disney Channel Medianet
- ↑ Lawler, Sylvia (January 15, 1995). "With Law Degree In Hand, Lara Jill Miller Returns To Acting - Morning Call". The Morning Call. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lara Jill Miller". Lara Jill Miller. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Exclusive: Actress Lara Jill Miller Talks Gimme a Break and Her Current Hot Career as a Voice-over Actress". Snakkle. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ↑ Strait Jacket (DVD). Manga Video. October 7, 2008. OCLC 244206876.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Behind The Voice Actors - Lara Jill Miller". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Lara Jill Miller at the Internet Movie Database
- Lara Jill Miller at the Internet Broadway Database
- Lara Jill Miller at Anime News Network's encyclopedia