Ashleigh Adele Ball (born March 31, 1983) is a Canadian voice actress and musician, known for performing with the rock band

Hey Ocean! Hey Ocean! is a Canadian indie alternative rock and synthpop band formed in 2004 in Vancouver. David Beckingham and Ashleigh Ball had been friends since grade 6, joining with David Vertesi in the 2000s to form the band. The band consists of Ashlei ...

, as well as voicing characters in several

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movies and television series, notably the ''Barbie'' film series, ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Littlest Pet Shop'', and '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic''. She is the subject of the documentary '' A Brony Tale'' directed by

Brent Hodge Brent Hodge (born July 9, 1985) is a Canadian-New Zealander documentary filmmaker and entrepreneur. He is best known for his documentaries '' I Am Chris Farley'', ''A Brony Tale'', '' The Pistol Shrimps'', ''Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary'',' ...

, which follows her through her first interactions with the

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community at BronyCon 2012.

Early life

Ball was born in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. ...

, British Columbia on March 31, 1983.References to confirm middle name:
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Career

Ball has found a fan following through her band

and through

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, the adult 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. Ball has been to several My Little Pony fan conventions, including

BronyCon BronyCon was an annual fan convention held on the East Coast of the United States for fans of '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', among them adult and teenage bronies. Eleven events were held, with the final one in August 2019 drawing in ...

and Everfree Northwest 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." On May 2, 2017, she released the music video "Crazy" and on June 2, released her debut solo EP ''Gold in You''.

Discography

Solo albums * ''Gold in You'' (EP) (2017)

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

Video games

Live-action

References

Bibliography *

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ball, Ashleigh 1983 births Living people Actresses from Vancouver Canadian film actresses Canadian video game actresses Canadian voice actresses Musicians from Vancouver Canadian indie pop musicians 21st-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian women singers