Lara Jill Miller

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Lara Jill Miller
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Miller in April 2021
Born (1967-04-20) April 20, 1967 (age 57) [1]
Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. [2]
Other namesLara Miller
Education New York University (BA)
Fordham University School of Law (JD)
OccupationActress
Years active1978–present

Lara Jill Miller (born April 20, 1967) [1] is an American actress. She rose to prominence when she played in roles like Samantha "Sam" Kanisky on the 1980s sitcom Gimme a Break! and Kathy on The Amanda Show .

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She voices the title characters in Clifford's Puppy Days , The Life and Times of Juniper Lee and Henry Hugglemonster . She also voices Widget in Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! , Lambie in Doc McStuffins , Fink in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes , Lisa Loud in The Loud House , Libby Stein-Torres in The Ghost and Molly McGee , Izzie in SciGirls , Allie in Curious George , and Cat in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie .

Early life and education

Miller was born April 20, 1967, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Lois (née Noll) and Stanley Miller. Her parents were both Jewish. [3] [4] Her mother, Lois Miller, founded the talent agency Star Talent Management. [4] Her father, Stanley Miller, owned and operated a pajama factory. [5] He was also well known for his participation in community theater, and he worked as an extra in the movie Hairspray. [3] [5]

Miller first started acting at a local dinner theater, which she tried out for after seeing its auditions advertised in a local newspaper and asking her father what the word "audition" meant. [2] She graduated from Allentown's William Allen High School. [6]

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. [7] [2]

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 to New York University, where she played on the university's women's varsity tennis team and continued performing on stage nationally. 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. [8]

In 1999, Miller resumed her on-camera acting career with recurring roles on the Nickelodeon series The Amanda Show and All That and on General Hospital. She also began working in animated series, lending her voice to various characters, including Kari in Digimon (both the series and the feature film), Koko in Zatch Bell! , Alejo in Astro Boy , 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 Clifford's Puppy Days (prequel to Clifford the Big Red Dog ). [9]

Miller appears in 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, [7] [9] and regular guest-starring roles on several other animated series.[ citation needed ]

For six seasons, she performed voice work on the Disney Channel/Disney Junior television series Doc McStuffins as the voice of Lambie and on the Nickelodeon television series The Loud House in which she voices Lisa Loud, Liam Hunnicutt, Becky, Persephone, and Nurse Patti. [9]

In 2020, she voice acted for two cartoons, the episode "All About Zee" in DC Super Hero Girls and the English dub for Beastars as Haru. She continues to perform the role of Libby in the Disney production, The Ghost and Molly McGee . [10] [11] [12]

Filmography

Live-action

List of acting performances in live-action television and film
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [13]
1981–1987 Gimme a Break! Samantha "Sam" KaniskyMain role [14]
1986 Touch and Go Courtney
1999–2002 The Amanda Show Kathy
2000 Chicken Soup for the Soul The TeacherTV series
2002 General Hospital Kate WhittakerEpisode #1.9927
2005 Shushybye Snoozles, Dozie, and Zeez
2009 iCarly Mrs. KravitzEpisode: "IFind Lewberts Lost Love" [15]

Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [13]
1999 Digimon Adventure Kari Kamiya
2000 Digimon Adventure 02
2001 Digimon Tamers Nami Asaji
2002 Daigunder Haruka
Argento Soma Second Lt. Sue Harris
2002-03 Great Teacher Onizuka Anko's friend
2003 .hack//Legend of the Twilight Random Girl
2003 S-CRY-ed Scheris Adjani
2004 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Tachikoma also in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (series 2)
Astro Boy Alejo, Vivienne, C.J., Mimi, Nina Sony Pictures / Kids' WB!/ Cartoon Network/Toonami
Please Twins Karen Onodera
2005 Planetes Nono
Rave Master HaulEpisode 2
2005–2007 Zatch Bell! Koko
2005 Naruto Matsuri
2007 Blood+ Min, Lulu, Javier
2008 Lucky ☆ Star Misao Kusakabe
2008 Strait Jacket Kapelteta Fernandez [16]
2010 Nodame Cantabile Yuiko Miyoshi
2020–present Beastars Haru [11]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
YearTitleRoleNote'sNotesSource [13]
2001-2013 Totally Spies! ArielEpisode: W.O.W.
2002 Static Shock Teen Girl #2Episode: "Power Play" [17]
2002 Rocket Power Girl #1, Kid #1Episode: "Beach Boyz and a Girl/X-treme Ideas"
2003–2006 Clifford's Puppy Days Clifford [17]
2004 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Girl/Kid CEpisode: "Which Came First?/Substitute Teacher"
2004 Megas XLR Little Girl, Kelly [17]
2004 All Grown Up! Olivia
2004–2008 Higglytown Heroes Pookie, Wiki, Tini
2005–2007 The Life and Times of Juniper Lee Juniper Lee [17]
2006 Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Julie HinikawaEpisode: "Julie AmiYumi" [17]
2006 Shorty McShorts' Shorts AprilEpisode: "My Mom Married A Yeti"
2006–2010 Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! WidgetMain role [17]
2009–2022 Curious George Allie
2010–2023 SciGirls Izzie [17]
2011–2012 Winx Club Chatta, Tune, LivySpecial 4, season 3–4 Atlas Oceanic version
2011–2016 Poppy Cat Mother Bumblebird
2012–2020 Doc McStuffins Lambie, additional voices [14] [17]
2013–2015 Henry Hugglemonster Henry Hugglemonster
2016–present The Loud House Lisa Loud, Liam Hunnicutt, Becky, Margo Roberts (2016-2018), Nurse Patti, Levi Loud, Persephone, Additional Voices [17]
2017 Vampirina MatildaEpisode: "The Monster Snore" [17]
2017–present If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Cat
2017–2019 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Fink, Cantalop, Truffle, Koala Princess [17]
2018 Bunnicula Lil CaponeEpisode: "Haunted Dog House"
2020 DC Super Hero Girls Casey KrinskyEpisode: "#AllAboutZee"
2020-2022 The Casagrandes Lisa Loud2 episodes [17]
2021–2023 Looney Tunes Cartoons Petunia Pig
2021–2024 The Ghost and Molly McGee Libby Stein-Torres [17]

Film

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [13]
2005 Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon Kari Kamiya [17]
2008 Wubbzy's Big Movie! Widget, Huggy, Old Lady Zamboni [17]
2013Curious George Swings Into SpringAllie, Balloonist [17]
2013Curious George: A Halloween Boo FestAllie [17]
2021 The Loud House Movie Lisa Loud, 1600's Lisa [18] [17]
2022 Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! Prisoner Costume Teen, Superhero Boy, Musketeer 3 [17]
2024 No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie Lisa Loud [19]
List of voice performances in feature films
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [13]
2000 Digimon: The Movie Kari, Young Kari [17]
2011 Puss in Boots Additional Voices

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [13]
1998 Baldur's Gate Girl
1999 EverQuest Various characters
2000Adiboo: Discover seriesAdiboo
2001 Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Assassin [17]
2002 Digimon Rumble Arena Kari [17]
2002 Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Jaina Proudmoore
2002 Nickelodeon Party Blast Jimmy Neutron
2003 Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Jaina Proudmoore [17]
2003 Tak and the Power of Juju Dinky Juju [17]
2004 Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams Dinky Juju [17]
2004 EverQuest II Various characters
2005 Tak: The Great Juju Challenge Dinky Juju [17]
2005 Psychonauts Milka Phage [17]
2006 Barnyard Zak Boy, various
2007 Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots Bustup Ballerina, Mr. Huggles, Springy Rabbit [17]
2008 de Blob Comrade Black, Zip, Graydians [17]
2009 FusionFall Juniper Lee
2010 White Knight Chronicles Various [20]
2011 de Blob 2 Comrade Black, Papa Blanc, Inkies
2011 Once Upon a Monster Shelby
2016 World of Warcraft: Legion Korine
2017 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue Chirithy [21]
2019 Kingdom Hearts III Chirithy
2020 Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind Chirithy
2020 Legends of Runeterra Crackshot Corsair, Ava Achiever
2020 Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory Chirithy
Learn Through MusicLeo the Lion (singer)
Hooked on PhonicsPig Wig

Personal life

In 2006, Miller's mother was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a progressive brain disease, which forced her to close her talent agency; Miller has since helped spread awareness of the disease. [22]

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