Lara Jill Miller | |
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Born | [1] Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. [2] | April 20, 1967
Other names | Lara Miller |
Education | New York University (BA) Fordham University School of Law (JD) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1978–present |
Lara Jill Miller (born April 20, 1967) [1] is an American actress. She played Samantha "Sam" Kanisky on the 1980s sitcom Gimme a Break! and Kathy on The Amanda Show .
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 .
Miller was born April 20, 1967, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Lois (née Noll; 1937-2014) and Stanley Miller. She is Jewish. [3] [4] [2] She first started acting in a dinner theater she found in a newspaper ad, and she did not know what the word audition meant. She asked her Dad what that meant and he told her. [2] She graduated from Allentown's William Allen High School. [5] Her father was a pajama factory owner and her mother founded the talent agency Star Talent Management.
Miller's professional acting career began on Broadway, where she appeared as Amaryllis in a revival of The Music Man with Dick Van Dyke. [6] [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. [7]
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 ). [8]
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, [6] [8] 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. [8]
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 . [9] [10] [11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [12] |
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1981–1987 | Gimme a Break! | Samantha "Sam" Kanisky | Main role | [13] |
1986 | Touch and Go | Courtney | ||
1999–2002 | The Amanda Show | Kathy | ||
2000 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | The Teacher | TV series | |
2002 | General Hospital | Kate Whittaker | Episode #1.9927 | |
2005 | Shushybye | Snoozles, Dozie, and Zeez | ||
2009 | iCarly | Mrs. Kravitz | Episode: "IFind Lewberts Lost Love" | [14] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [12] |
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1999 | Digimon Adventure | Kari Kamiya | ||
2000 | Digimon Adventure 02 | Kari Kamiya | ||
2001 | Digimon Tamers | Nami Asaji | ||
2002 | Daigunder | Haruka | ||
2002 | Argento Soma | Second Lt. Sue Harris | ||
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | Tachikoma | also in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (series 2) | ||
Great Teacher Onizuka | Anko's friend | |||
2003 | .hack//Legend of the Twilight | Random Girl | ||
Planetes | Nono | |||
S-CRY-ed | Scheris Adjani | |||
2004 | Astro Boy | Alejo, Vivienne, C.J., Mimi, Nina | Sony Pictures / Kids' WB!/ Cartoon Network/Toonami | |
2005 | Rave Master | Haul | ||
2005–2007 | Zatch Bell! | Koko | ||
2005 | Naruto | Matsuri | ||
2007 | Blood+ | Min, Lulu, Javier | ||
Please Twins | Karen Onodera | |||
2005 | Rave Master | Hole | ||
2008 | Lucky ☆ Star | Misao Kusakabe | ||
Strait Jacket | Kapelteta Fernandez | [15] | ||
2010 | Nodame Cantabile | Yuiko Miyoshi | ||
2020–present | Beastars | Haru | [10] | |
Year | Title | Role | Note's | Notes | Source [12] |
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2001-2013 | Totally Spies! | Ariel | Episode: W.O.W. | ||
2002 | Static Shock | Teen Girl #2 | Episode: "Power Play" | [16] | |
2002 | Rocket Power | Girl #1, Kid #1 | Episode: "Beach Boyz and a Girl/X-treme Ideas" | ||
2003–2006 | Clifford's Puppy Days | Clifford | |||
2004 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Girl/Kid C | Episode: "Which Came First?/Substitute Teacher" | ||
2004 | Megas XLR | Little Girl, Kelly | [16] | ||
2004 | All Grown Up! | Olivia | |||
2004–2008 | Higglytown Heroes | Pookie, Wiki, Tini | |||
2005–2007 | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Juniper Lee | |||
2006 | Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi | Julie Hinikawa | Episode: "Manga Madness, Part II/Julie AmiYumi/It's Alive!" | ||
2006–2007 | Shorty McShorts' Shorts | April | In the episode My Mom Married A Yeti | ||
2006–2010 | Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! | Widget, Huggy, Old Lady Zamboni | |||
2009–2022 | Curious George | Allie | |||
2010–2023 | SciGirls | Izzie | |||
2011–2012 | Winx Club | Chatta, Tune, Livy | Special 4, season 3–4 Atlas Oceanic version | ||
2011–2016 | Poppy Cat | Mother Bumblebird | |||
2012–2020 | Doc McStuffins | Lambie | [13] | ||
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 | |||
2017–present | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | Cat | |||
2017–2019 | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Fink | |||
2018 | Bunnicula | Lil Capone | In the episode Haunted Dog House | ||
2020 | DC Super Hero Girls | Casey Krinsky | In the episode All About Zee | ||
2020-2022 | The Casagrandes | Lisa Loud, Female Voice | In the episode Cursed! and Kick Some Bot | ||
2021–2023 | Looney Tunes Cartoons | Petunia Pig | |||
2021–2024 | The Ghost and Molly McGee | Libby Stein-Torres | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [12] |
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2005 | Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon | Kari Kamiya | [16] | |
2008 | Wubbzy's Big Movie! | Widget, Huggy, Old Lady Zamboni | [16] | |
2013 | Curious George Swings Into Spring | Allie, Balloonist | [16] | |
2013 | Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest | Allie | [16] | |
2021 | The Loud House Movie | Lisa Loud, 1600's Lisa | [ citation needed ] | |
2022 | Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! | Prisoner Costume Teen, Superhero Boy, Musketeer 3 | [16] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [12] |
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2000 | Digimon: The Movie | Kari, Young Kari | [16] | |
2011 | Puss in Boots | Additional Voices | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [12] |
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1998 | Baldur's Gate | Girl | ||
1999 | EverQuest | Various characters | ||
2000 | Adiboo: Discover series | Adiboo | ||
2001 | Diablo II: Lord of Destruction | Assassin | [16] | |
2002 | Digimon Rumble Arena | Kari | [16] | |
2002 | Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos | Jaina Proudmoore | ||
2002 | Nickelodeon Party Blast | Jimmy Neutron | ||
2003 | Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne | Jaina Proudmoore | [16] | |
2003 | Tak and the Power of Juju | Dinky Juju | [16] | |
2004 | Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams | Dinky Juju | [16] | |
2004 | EverQuest II | Various characters | ||
2005 | Tak: The Great Juju Challenge | Dinky Juju | ||
2005 | Psychonauts | Milka Phage | [16] | |
2006 | Barnyard | Zak Boy, various | ||
2007 | Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots | Bustup Ballerina, Mr. Huggles, Springy Rabbit | [16] | |
2008 | de Blob | Comrade Black, Zip, Graydians | [16] | |
2009 | FusionFall | Juniper Lee | ||
2010 | White Knight Chronicles | Various | [17] | |
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 | [18] | |
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 Music | Leo the Lion (singer) | |||
Hooked on Phonics | Pig Wig | |||
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. [19]
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