Kelly Sheridan is a Canadian voice actress best known for being the voice for

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in the ''Barbie'' film series from 2001 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2015. She had also voiced in numerous animations and English-language dubs of Japanese animations, including as Sango in the English dub of the ''

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'', Diana Lombard in ''

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'', Theresa in ''

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'' and Starlight Glimmer in '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''. She has been a member of Genus Theatre Company since August 2005.

Biography

Sheridan grew up in

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and studied at the Vancouver Youth Theatre. She attended

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and graduated with a BFA degree in

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in 2001. Before ''

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'' came out in English, on many of the anime websites, Sheridan had mistakenly received credit for Stella Loussier's English voice. She was initially succeeded as the voice of Barbie by

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in 2010, beginning with '' Barbie: A Fashion Fairy Tale'', but later returned to the role in 2012 in ''

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''. She continued to voice Barbie through 2015, when it was announced that

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would be taking over in 2016. Sheridan is married.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Feature films

Direct-to-video and television films

Video games

References

Book sources

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheridan, Kelly Living people Actresses from Ottawa Actresses from Vancouver Canadian people of Irish descent Canadian video game actresses Canadian voice actresses Mattel people Simon Fraser University alumni 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Year of birth missing (living people)