Linda Ballantyne

Linda Ballantyne
Ballantyne in 2015
Born	Linda Anne Hodgins Canada
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	1999–present
Agent	AMI - Artist Management Inc. [1]
Spouse	Fred Ballanytne

Linda Anne Hodgins ^[2] is a Canadian voice actress, who is best known for voicing the title role of Serena Tsukino/Sailor Moon in the second half of the original English version of Sailor Moon . ^{[3] [4]}

Early life

Ballantyne was born to Gloria (née Sawyer) and Kitchener Hodgins. ^[5]

Career

Ballantyne began her voice acting career in 1999 for the animated series, The Avengers: United They Stand as the voice of Wasp/Janet Van Dyne.

In 2000, she voiced Percy in the 2000 fantasy film, Thomas and the Magic Railroad , replacing Michael Angelis in the final cut. ^{[6] [1]}

Ballantyne would later provide the voice of Champ Bear in the Care Bears films, Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot and The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie , ^[1] as well as the voice of Wicked in the PBS Kids long running children's television series, Cyberchase . ^[1]

She also had recurring voice roles in Yin Yang Yo! and briefly voiced Violet Vanderfleet in the animated series, Totally Spies! . Since 2021, she currently voices Lady Lydia and Officer Pooch in Go, Dog. Go!

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Percy the Small Engine [7]	Voice
2004	Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot	Champ Bear [7]	Direct-to-video
2005	Care Bears: Big Wish Movie	Champ Bear [7]	Direct-to-video

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Sailor Moon	Sailor Moon (Serena Tsukino)/Princess Serenity	main role; 77 episodes

Animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999–2000	The Avengers: United They Stand	Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)	main role; 13 episodes
2002–09; 2013; 2018	Cyberchase	Wicked [7]	recurring role; 21 episodes
2002	Moville Mysteries	Veronica's mother	Episode: "Curse of the Mommies"
2003	Air Master	Kaori Sakiyama	main role; 22 episodes
2003; 2015	Totally Spies!	Violet Vanderfleet	Episodes: "Bouquets are So Passe", "Baddies on a Blimp"
2005	Mischief City	Mrs. Dawn Adams
	Gerald McBoing Boing	Gerald's mother [7]	Episode: "Pilot"
2006	Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks	Sinker, Hook's Mom [7]	Episode: "Race Relations"
2006–08	Yin Yang Yo!	Floating Head Spirit #3/Mrs. Roger/Tillman/Saranoia/Miss Melly Millipede/Female Monster/Girl Lobster in Audience/Smoke/Ella Mental	7 episodes
2007–08	Will & Dewitt	Shelley	recurring role; 12 episodes
2008	Teddy Bear	Newscaster	TV movie
	Super Why!		Episode: "The Foolish Wishes"
	Toot & Puddle	Tulip	main role; 13 episodes
2010	The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog	Mrs. Payne
	Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian Invaders	Child 1/Girl A/Hypno-Girl D/Hypno-Girl E/Kazarina/Ventus Girl #2/Zombie Girl #1/Zombie Girl #2	Episode: "Forgiveness"
	Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show	Super Fly/Woman/Cat #1	Episodes: "Super Doodles/One Up", "Harris Gets Embarrassed/Memory Lane"
2011	The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!	Polly/Mort/Katie/Llama	3 episodes
2011–12	Mia and Me	Queen Mayla	main role; 33 episodes
2012	BeyWheelz	Lucy/Leader B	Episode: "Race: The BeyWheelz Grand Prix"
2014	Lucky Duck	Reporter [7]	TV short
2015	George of the Jungle	Magnolia	52 episodes
	Arthur	Rattles' mom	Episode: "Whip. Mix. Blend/Staycation"
2016	Fangbone!	Wargrunt [7]	26 episodes
2018	Inspector Gadget	Ms. Harriet Bouffantington [7]	Episode: "The Heir Affhair/Parched Nemesis"
2019	Let's Go Luna!	Pippa Chockers	Episode: "Didgeridoo and Carmen Too/Not Home on the Range"
	Max & Ruby	Candi	Episode: "One of a Kind Ruby/Ruby's To Do List"
2021–2023	Go, Dog. Go!	Lady Lydia/Officer Pooch	recurring role; 9 episodes

References

1. "Linda Ballantyne". Voice Chasers. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
2. "Maragret Strong Obituary". Toronto Star . Smith's Funeral Homes. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
3. "Linda Ballantyne - Baltimore Magazine".
4. "INTERVIEW: Linda Ballantyne on an Awkward Tom Holland Encounter, Sailor Moon's Legacy & More". 21 October 2019.
5. "Obituary for Gloria Isabell Hodgins". Smith's Funeral Homes. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
6. Wills, John (2001). Screen World 2001. Monush. ISBN   9780786486946.
7. "Linda Ballantyne (visual voices guide) - Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information).

External links

• Linda Ballantyne at IMDb
• Linda Ballantyne at Anime News Network 's encyclopedia
• Linda Ballantyne on Twitter

Preceded by Terri Hawkes	Voice of Sailor Moon Eps. 83 - 159	Succeeded by Stephanie Sheh