Rebecca Soler

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Rebecca Soler
NationalityAmerican
Other namesJessica Paquet
Alma mater Carnegie-Mellon University [1]
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2003–present
SpouseChristopher L. Graves [2] [3]
Website RebeccaSoler.com

Rebecca Soler (credited as Jessica Paquet) is an American voice actress based in the New York City area. She has voiced on several audiobooks; her most notable voice work has been the narrator for The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer. [4] In anime, she voiced title character Miu Nomura in Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart , Reanne in Ojamajo Doremi and Battia in Outlanders . In animation, she voiced in Huntik , Viva Piñata , and Winx Club . She has worked with 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, Media Blasters, Central Park Media and DuArt Film & Video. On stage, she has participated in various theater projects, including a play called Becoming Cuba. She is also a producer of a web series called With Friends Like These.

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Biography

Soler grew up in Boston, and moved to Sugar Land, Texas while in high school. [5] She attended Carnegie-Mellon University where she graduated with a Bachelor's in theater. [1]

She got involved in voice-over for anime and animation works that were being dubbed in the New York area. She voiced lead characters in Huntik , Viva Piñata , Winx Club , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Pokémon and Chaotic . [6] [7] Soler began her voice acting as Joi Reynard from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . She voiced Miu Nomura, the title character in Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart which was produced by NYAV Post and Right Stuf. [8] [9] She was selected in a fan casting contest poll held by Central Park Media to voice Battia in their dub of the 1986 anime Outlanders . [10] [11] [12] Soler joined the Winx Club 4Kids dub cast, replacing Dani Schaffel in voicing the character Tecna for season 3. [13]

She began working on audio books after her voice-over agent recommended her for a few projects. [14] She voiced in books by Judy Blume, James Patterson, and Sarah Dessen, and received an AudioFile Earphones Award in 2009 for her narration of Amy Efaw's novel After. [15] Her narration of the Sarah Dessen's Lock and Key was listed among 2009 YALSA Fabulous Films & Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults. [16] In January 2011, her narration of Marissa Meyer's book Cinder was released by MacMillan Audio. [17]

Soler continues to be active on-screen and in the theater. In 2014, she was involved in a live-action play called Becoming Cuba by the Huntington Theatre Company where she played Martina. [1] [18] She is executive producer of a web series called With Friends Like These which is written by and stars her husband. [14] In 2020, her daughter was born.

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Joi Reynard [19]
2006–07 Viva Piñata Ella Elephanilla, Simone Cinnamonkey  [19]
2006–07, 2016, 2019 Winx Club Tecna (Season 3), Stella (Seasons 7-8) 4Kids English dub; Season 3

DuArt Film and Video English dub; Season 7

3Beep Inc. English dub; Season 8

 [13] [20] < [19]
2006–10 Chaotic Sarah   [19]
2009-2012 Huntik Sophie Casterwill  [21] [19]
2009 Turtles Forever 1987 April O'Neil  [22]
2013-14 The Crumpets Triceps, Blister, Ohoh, Aunt HarriedDistribimage version [23]
2016-17 WorldofWinx Stella
2018 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Mayor Martinez2018-22 [24]
2018 Nella the Princess Knight Queen Mom, others [25]

Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2005 Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart Miu Nomura  [11] [26]
2005 Magical DoReMi Reanne Griffith  [11] [19]
2005-2020 Pokémon Rhoda, Rhonda, Mamie, Linda, Nanette, Professor Carolina, Alexa, Celosia, Mallow
2006 Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew Kidd SummersCredited under Featuring [27] [19]
2006 Outlanders Battia Central Park Media version [10] [11]
2007 Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny Shimei Ryoumou, Koumei Shokatsuryou, others  [22]
2007 Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy Kodama Ep. "Ah! The Love of a Goddess Saves the Ninja!" [28]
2011-2015 Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL Kari Tsukumo, Hart Tenjo, Summer [29]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
YearTitleVoice roleSource
2010 Red Dead Redemption Miranda Fortuna [22]
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Additional voices [30]

Live acting

Crew and production roles

Discography

Audio books

The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros [34]

Once Upon a Broken Heart series by Stephanie Garber [37]

The Caraval series by Stephanie Garber [41]

The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer [4]

Renegades series by Marissa Meyer

Other books

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