Maria Darling

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Maria Darling
Nationality
  • British
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
OccupationActress
Years active1994—present

Maria Darling is a British voice actress who has provided many character voices for children's television programmes in the United Kingdom and the United States. She is known for voicing Dizzy and Roley in the US version of Bob the Builder.

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In 2002, she guest starred in the Bernice Summerfield audio drama The Green-Eyed Monsters .

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References

  1. "Maria Darling (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 22 April 2022.