Lara Jill Miller

Lara Jill Miller (born April 20, 1967)[2][3] is an American voice, film and television actress. She is known for her role as Samantha "Sam" Kanisky on the 1980s sitcom Gimme a Break! and as Kathy on The Amanda Show.

Lara Jill Miller
Born (1967-04-20) April 20, 1967
Education
OccupationActress
Years active1978–present

As a voice actress, she had roles in English dubs of Japanese anime such as Kari Kamiya in Digimon Adventure, Koko in Zatch Bell!, Misao in Lucky Star, and Haru in BEASTARS. In cartoons, she voices the title characters in Clifford's Puppy Days, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee and Henry Hugglemonster and also voices Izzie in SciGirls, Widget in Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Allie in Curious George, Lambie in Doc McStuffins, Cat in " If You Give A Mouse A Cookie", Fink in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, and Lisa Loud in The Loud House.

Early life

Miller was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She first started acting in a dinner theater she found in a newspaper ad, and she didn't know what the word audition meant. She asked her Dad what that meant and he told her.[1] She graduated from Allentown's William Allen High School.[4] Her mother was a homemaker and her father a pajama factory owner.[5]

Career

Miller's professional acting career began on Broadway, where she appeared as Amaryllis in a revival of The Music Man with Dick Van Dyke.[6][1]

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 received her J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law, leaving graduation early to portray Peter Pan in a production at the Pennsylvania Youth Theater. She subsequently was admitted to practice law in New Jersey, New York, and her native Pennsylvania.[7]

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, Disney Junior's Henry Hugglemonster, and the PBS Kids prequel to Clifford the Big Red Dog, Clifford's Puppy Days.[8]

Miller's roles include the recurring roles of Pookie, Wiki, and Tini on Disney Channel's Higglytown Heroes, Haruka 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,[6][8] and regular guest-starring roles on several other animated series.

As of 2017, she is doing voice work on the Disney Channel/Disney Junior television series Doc McStuffins as the voice of Lambie, as well as the Nickelodeon television series The Loud House in which she voices Lisa Loud, Liam, Becky, Margo Roberts (until "Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow" where the role was recast to Brec Bassinger), and Nurse Patti.[8]

In 2020, she voice acted for two cartoons, the episode "Tween Titans" in DC Super Hero Girls and the English dub for Beastars as Haru.[9][10]

Radio and podcast appearances

Miller appeared on Talkin Toons with Rob Paulsen in 2013, Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on March 4, 2016 and Nickelodeon Animation Podcast on September 22, 2016.

Filmography

Live-action

List of acting performances in live-action television and film
Year Title Role Notes Source[11]
1981–1987Gimme a Break!Samantha "Sam" KaniskyMain role[12]
1986Touch and GoCourtney
1999–2002The Amanda ShowKathy
2000Chicken Soup for the SoulThe TeacherTV series
2002General HospitalKate WhittakerEpisode #1.9927
2005ShushybyeSnoozles, Dozie, and Zeez
2009iCarlyMrs. KravitzEpisode: "Find Lewberts Lost Love"

Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source[11]
1999Digimon AdventureKari Kamiya
2000Digimon Adventure 02Kari Kamiya
2004DaigunderHaruka
2001Digimon TamersNami Asaji
 Figure 17Hikaru Shiinaas Willow Armstrong
 Mahoromatic: Something More BeautifulMinawa Andouas Willow Armstrong
2002Argento SomaSecond Lt. Sue Harris
 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexTachikomaalso in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (series 2)
 Great Teacher OnizukaAnko's friend
2003.hack//Legend of the TwilightRandom Girl
 PlanetesNobo
 S-CRY-edScheris Adjani
2004Astro BoyAlejo, Vivienne, C.J., Mimi, NinaSony Pictures / Kids WB
 Rave MasterHaul
2005Zatch Bell!Koko
 NarutoMatsuri
2007Blood+Min, Lulu, Javier
 The Wicked and the Damned: A Hundred Tales of KarmaOsan (ep. 5), Tei (ep. 6)
 Please TwinsKaren Onodera
 Rave MasterHole
2008Lucky ☆ StarMisao Kusakabe
 Strait JacketKapelteta Fernandez[13]
2010Nodame CantabileYuiko Miyoshi
2020BeastarsHaru[10]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Note's Notes Source[11]
2020The CasagrandesLisa Loud, Female VoiceIn the episode Cursed!
2020DC Super Hero GirlsCasey KrinskyIn the episode All About Zee
2017–2019OK K.O.! Let's Be HeroesFink
2017–presentIf You Give a Mouse a CookieCat
2016–presentThe Loud HouseLisa Loud, Liam, Becky, Margo Roberts (2016-2018), Nurse Patti, Levi Loud, Persephone, Additional Voices
2016–2020The Powerpuff Girls (2016)Burrito #1, Jamie, Teri, Rachel, Rainbow Raspberry, Additional Voices[2]
2012–2020Doc McStuffinsLambie[12]
2013–2015Henry HugglemonsterHenry Hugglemonster
2011–2016Poppy CatMother Bumblebird
2006–2010Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!Widget
2002The Powerpuff Girls MovieJamie, Rachel[2]
2003–2006Clifford's Puppy DaysClifford
2001–2004The Powerpuff GirlsTomboy #1, Tomboy #2, Internet, Timmy, Paper Woman, Jamie[2]
2005–2007The Life and Times of Juniper LeeJuniper Lee
2009–presentCurious GeorgeAllie
2010–2015SciGirlsIzzie
2011–2015Winx ClubChatta, Tune, LivySpecial 4, season 3–4 Nickelodeon version
2010 (season 1) and 2010–2011 (season 2)Adventure Time and Regular ShowAdditional voices
2004–2008Higglytown HeroesPookie, Wiki, Tini
2006Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumiJulie
2004All Grown Up!Olivia
2006–2007My Mom Married a YetiApril
2004Megas XLRLittle Girl, Kelly[2]
2004The Grim Adventures of Billy & MandyGirl/Kid CEpisode: "Which Came First?/Substitute Teacher"
2002Rocket PowerGirl #1, Kid #1Episode: "Beach Boyz and a Girl/X-treme Ideas"
2002Static ShockTeen Girl #2Episode: "Power Play"[2]

Film

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source[11]
2005Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of DiaboromonKari Kamiya[2]
2008Wubbzy's Big Movie!Widget, Huggy, Old Lady Zamboni[2]
2013Curious George Swings Into SpringAllie, Balloonist[2]
2013Curious George: A Halloween Boo FestAllie[2]
2021The Loud House MovieLisa LoudIn production[14]
List of voice performances in feature films
Year Title Role Notes Source[11]
2000Digimon: The MovieKari, Young Kari[2]
2011Puss in BootsAdditional Voices

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source[11]
2020Kingdom Hearts: Melody of MemoryChirithy
2020Legends of RuneterraCrackshot Corsair
2020Kingdom Hearts III Re:MindChirithy
2019Kingdom Hearts IIIChirithy
2017Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter PrologueChirithy[15]
2016World of Warcraft: LegionKorine
2011Once Upon a MonsterShelby
2003Tak and the Power of JujuDinky Juju[2]
2004Tak 2: The Staff of DreamsDinky Juju[2]
2005Tak: The Great Juju ChallengeDinky Juju
2008de BlobComrade Black, Zip, Graydians[2]
2011de Blob 2Comrade Black, Papa Blanc, Inkies
2009FusionFallJuniper Lee
Learn Through MusicLeo the Lion (singer)
2013Tomodachi LifeSiobhán
2000Adiboo: Discover seriesAdiboo
1998Baldur's GateGirl
1999EverQuestVarious characters
2004EverQuest IIVarious characters
2005PsychonautsMilka Phage[2]
Hooked on PhonicsPig Wig
2006BarnyardZak Boy, various
2010White Knight ChroniclesVarious
2007Nicktoons: Attack of the ToybotsBustup Ballerina, Mr. Huggles, Springy Rabbit[2]
2003Warcraft III: The Frozen ThroneJaina Proudmoore[2]
2002Warcraft III: Reign of ChaosJaina Proudmoore
2002Digimon Rumble ArenaKari[2]
2001Diablo II: Lord of DestructionAssassin[2]

Video game roles

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source[11]
2020Kingdom Hearts: Melody of MemoryChirithy
2020Kingdom Hearts III Re:MindChirithy
2019Kingdom Hearts IIIChirithy
2008Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2AliaReused audio, uncredited
2005Hot Shots Golf: Open TeeAlia, Debby
2002SkyGunnerFemme

References

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  4. "City Profile: Allentown - Morning Call". Articles.mcall.com. August 5, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2012.
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  9. Dar, Taimur (March 27, 2020). "Tween Titans & more debut in DC SUPER HERO GIRLS". The Beat. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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