Ashleigh Ball

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

Ashleigh Ball performing with Hey Ocean!
Born March 31[1][2]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation Singer, musician, voice actress

Musical career

Instruments Vocals, flute
Associated acts Hey Ocean!

Ashleigh Ball (born March 31)[1][2][3] is a Canadian musician and voice actress, known for singing in a rock band called 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.[4] 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.[5]

Career

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.[6] 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

Animated series

List of voice performances in animated series
Year Series Role Notes Source
Unknown Bratz Kirstee Later seasons [7]
Unknown Mix Master: King of Cards Mary, Buma, others English version [7]
2005–present Johnny Test Mary Test, Sissy, others   [7]
2005 Starship Operators Sanri Wakana English version [7]
2006 Shakugan no Shana Yukari Hirai English version [7]
2007 Jibber Jabber Jabber
2007 Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy Morris Moony
2007 Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot Oopsy Bear  
2007–08 Edgar & Ellen Stephanie, Miles, others   [7]
2007 Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage Hansel English version
2009 Cosmic Quantum Ray Alison English version
2009–11 Dinosaur Train Gilbert Troodon, Lorraine Lambeosaurus
2009 Iron Man: Armored Adventures Black Widow / Natasha Romanoff   [7]
2009 Nana Reira Serizawa English version
2010–13 Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures Plum Pudding
2010–present My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Applejack, Rainbow Dash, others   [8] [7]
2011–12 Voltron Force Allura
2012 Action Dad Mick Ramsey, others   [7]
2012–present Littlest Pet Shop Blythe Baxter, Hubble, Baa Baa Lou, others   [7]
2013 Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Pinky, others   [7]
2015 Lego Elves Emily, Aira, Skyra

Films

List of voice performances in films
Year Title Role Notes Source
2005 Action Man: X Missions the Movie Operator Voice   [7]
2006 Barbie Diaries, TheThe Barbie Diaries The DJ   [7]
2006 Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses Hadley, Ilsa   [7]
2007 Bratz Fashion Pixiez Sasha   [7]
2007 Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! Oopsy Bear    
2007 Betsy Bubblegum's Journey Through Yummi-Land Cara Caramel   [7]
2008 Bratz Girlz Really Rock Kirstee   [7]
2008 Death Note Shiori Akino Theatrical film; live action dub [7]
2008 Edison and Leo Robot Children    
2009 Barbie Presents: Thumbelina Violet   [7]
2009 The Strawberry Shortcake Movie: Sky's the Limit Plum Pudding, Berrykin #2   [7]
2010 Strawberry Shortcake: The Berryfest Princess Movie Plum Pudding, Berrykin #2   [7]
2010 Bratz: Pampered Pets Celia, Little Joanie   [7]
2010 Care Bears: The Giving Festival Oopsy Bear    
2011 Thor: Tales of Asgard Additional Voices   [9]
2012 Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2 Kylie, Reporter   [7]
2012 Barbie: The Princess and the Popstar Popstar Keira   [7]
2013 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Applejack, Rainbow Dash   [7]
2014 Heavenly Sword Kai   [7]
2014 Barbie and the Secret Door Nori   [7]
2014 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks Applejack, Rainbow Dash   [7]

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 [10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Happy Birthday Ashleigh Ball!". Love Hey Ocean!. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hey Ocean! on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ashleigh Ball - Turn Up The Stars". YouTube. December 10, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Brony: The Movie Official Trailer released". Everfree.net. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ Andrea Warner. "COVER/MUSIC: Hey Ocean’s Ashleigh Ball ‘reins’ over My Little Pony". Westender. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 "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.
  8. ↑ "Interview with Ashleigh Ball of 'My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic' - EW.com". ew.com. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Behind The Voice Actors - Thor: Tales of Asgard". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ "BRONY: The Movie". YouTube. August 4, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2014.

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