Ashleigh Ball

This article is about the Canadian musician and voice actress. For the British field hockey player, see Ashleigh Ball (field hockey).
Ashleigh Ball

Ashleigh Ball performing with Hey Ocean!
Born Ashleigh Adele Ball
(1983-03-31) March 31, 1983
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alma mater Canadian College of Performing Arts[1]
Occupation Voice actress, musician
Years active 2002–present
Notable work A Brony Tale as Herself,[1] My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic as Applejack and Rainbow Dash

Musical career

Genres Pop, rock
Instruments Vocals, flute
Years active 2004–present
Labels Nettwerk, Universal Music
Associated acts Hey Ocean!

Ashleigh Adele Ball[2] (born March 31, 1983)[3][4] is a Canadian voice actress and musician, known for singing in the rock band Hey Ocean!, as well as voicing characters in several toyetic movies and television series, notably the Barbie film series, Littlest Pet Shop, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.[5] She is the subject of the documentary A Brony Tale directed by Brent Hodge, which follows her through her first interactions with the Brony community at BronyCon 2012.[6]

Career

She had provided the voice of Feetface from Noggin from April 1, 2002, to April 6, 2003. Ball has found a fan following through her band Hey Ocean! and through bronies, the male fans of the television show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, a show in which she voices and sings as two of the six main characters, Applejack and Rainbow Dash.[7] Ball has been to several brony conventions, including BronyCon and Bay Area Brony Spectacular as a guest of honor. Ball stated in her documentary A Brony Tale, in which she is the main subject, "It's (My Little Pony) a really important part of a lot of these people's lives. So yeah, as long as My Little Ponies exist, there will be bronies."

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
Year Series Role Notes Source
2005 Starship Operators Sanri Wakana   [8]
2006 Shakugan no Shana Yukari Hirai   [8]
2007 Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage Hansel  
2009 Nana Reira Serizawa  

Animation

List of voice performances in animated series
Year Series Role Notes Source
2002–03 Noggin Feetface
2003–present LeapFrog Tad
2005–14 Johnny Test Mary Test, Sissy, others   [8]
2005–06 Mix Master Mary, Buma and others   [8]
2006 Bratz Kirstee [8]
2007 Jibber Jabber Jabber
2007 Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy Morris Moony
2007–08 Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot Oopsy Bear 2 seasons
2007–08 Edgar & Ellen Stephanie, Miles, others   [8][9]
2009 Cosmic Quantum Ray Alison  
2009–11 Dinosaur Train Gilbert Troodon, Lorraine Lambeosaurus, others  
2009 Iron Man: Armored Adventures Black Widow / Natasha Romanoff   [8]
2010–13 Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures Plum Pudding
2010–present My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Applejack, Rainbow Dash, others   [8][10]
2011–12 Voltron Force Allura  
2012 Action Dad Mick Ramsey, others   [8]
2012–16 Littlest Pet Shop Blythe Baxter, Hubble, Baa Baa Lou, others [8]
2013–present Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Pinky, Spheria Suprema, others   [8]
2015 Lego Elves Emily, Aira, Mrs. Jones, Skyra Ep: "Unite the Magic". Also performed song "Elves Lullaby" [11]
2015-present Dinotrux Skya, additional voices
2015–present The Deep Fontaine Nekton
2016 LoliRock Talia, Missy Robins, others   [12]
2016–present Ready Jet Go! Jet Propulsion, Man in the Moon MitM in episode 8a "More Than One Moon" 29 February 2016 [13]
2016–present Beat Bugs Jay

Films

List of voice performances in theatrical, direct-to-video and television films and specials
Year Title Role Notes Source
2005 My Scene Goes Hollywood: The Movie Kenzie  
2005 Action Man: X Missions the Movie Operator Voice   [8]
2006 Barbie Diaries, TheThe Barbie Diaries The DJ   [8]
2006 Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses Hadley, Isla   [8]
2006 A Very Fairy Christmas Jessica Smith, Tim Lewis  
2007 Bratz Fashion Pixiez Sasha   [8]
2007 Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! Oopsy Bear    
2007 Betsy Bubblegum's Journey Through Yummi-Land Cara Caramel   [8]
2008 Bratz Girlz Really Rock Kirstee   [8]
2008 Death Note Shiori Akino Live-action dub. Limited theatrical release in North America. [8]
2008 Edison and Leo Robot Children    
2009 Barbie Presents: Thumbelina Violet   [8]
2009 The Strawberry Shortcake Movie: Sky's the Limit Plum Pudding, Berrykin #2   [8]
2010 Strawberry Shortcake: The Berryfest Princess Movie Plum Pudding, Berrykin #2   [8]
2010 Bratz: Pampered Pets Celia, Little Joanie   [8]
2010 Care Bears: The Giving Festival Oopsy Bear    
2011 Thor: Tales of Asgard Additional Voices   [14]
2012 Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 Kylie Morgan, Reporter   [8]
2012 Barbie: The Princess and the Popstar Popstar Keira   [8]
2013 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Applejack, Rainbow Dash Limited theatrical release [8]
2014 Heavenly Sword Kai Limited theatrical release [8]
2014 Barbie and the Secret Door Nori   [8]
2014 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks Applejack, Rainbow Dash Limited theatrical release [8]
2015 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games Applejack, Rainbow Dash Limited theatrical release in Europe [8]
2016 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legend of Everfree Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Lyra Heartstrings available on Netflix beginning October 1, 2016 [8]
2017 My Little Pony: The Movie Applejack, Rainbow Dash Theatrical release [8]

Video games

List of performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2012 My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Applejack, Rainbow Dash    

Live-action

List of live-action acting performances in television and film
Year Title Role Notes Source
2014 A Brony Tale Herself Documentary [15]

References

  1. 1 2 Mike Devlin. "Morgan Spurlock gives local filmmaker huge boost". Times Colonist. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ References to confirm middle name:
    * Ashleigh Ball. "ashleigh adele ball (@ashperson) • Instagram photos and videos". Instagram. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
    * "Ashleigh Ball on solemnly swearing to vote #InAdvance". Turn Up YVR. October 2, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
    * "Big Blue Wave Lyrics". Lyrics.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ Birthday posts from Hey Ocean:
  4. ↑ Furminger, Sabrina (April 30, 2014). "REEL PEOPLE: The trouble with Bronies". Westender. Vancouver. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Band Profiles: Hey Ocean, The Spades, Said the Whale, Summerlad, Three Days Grace, Corb Lund, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Face to Face, Fratellis". Postmedia News. June 19, 2008. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Brony: The Movie Official Trailer released". Everfree.net. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ Andrea Warner. "COVER/MUSIC: Hey Ocean's Ashleigh Ball 'reins' over My Little Pony". Westender. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 "Behind The Voice Actors - Ashleigh Ball". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved April 10, 2015. Check mark indicates BTVA has verified the role using screen capture of closing credits and other methods.
  9. ↑ Terrace 2008, p. 299
  10. ↑ "Interview with Ashleigh Ball of 'My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic' - EW.com". ew.com. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  11. ↑ Lego (April 7, 2015). LEGO® Elves - New Episode 1 - Unite The Magic. YouTube. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  12. ↑ Team LoliRock (26 November 2015). "LoliRock Season 1 - Full english voice cast". Retrieved 13 June 2016 – via Tumblr.
  13. ↑ "Ready Jet Go! Credits". PBSkids.Org. Starring Jet ASHLEIGH BALL
  14. ↑ "Behind The Voice Actors - Thor: Tales of Asgard". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  15. ↑ "BRONY: The Movie". YouTube. August 4, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2014.

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