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Ashleigh Ball

Ashleigh Ball

Canadian voice actress

For the field hockey player, see Ashleigh Ball (field hockey).

Ashleigh Adele Ball (born March 31, 1983) is a Canadian voice actress and musician known for voicing characters in several toyetic movies and television series, notably the Barbie film series, Bratz, Johnny Test, Littlest Pet Shop, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and The Deep.[3] She is the subject of the documentary A Brony Tale directed by Brent Hodge, which follows her through her first interactions with the brony community at BronyCon 2012.[4] She is also a singer and performs with the pop rock band Hey Ocean!

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Early life

Ball was born in Vancouver on March 31, 1983.[5][6][7]

Career

Ball has found a fan following through her band Hey Ocean! and through bronies, the adult fans of the television show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, a show in which she voices and sings as two of the six main characters, Applejack and Rainbow Dash.[8] Ball has been to several My Little Pony fan conventions, including BronyCon and Everfree Northwest as a guest of honor. Ball stated in her documentary A Brony Tale, in which she is the main subject, "It's (My Little Pony) a really important part of a lot of these people's lives. So yeah, as long as My Little Ponies exist, there will be bronies."

On May 2, 2017, she released the music video "Crazy" and on June 2, released her debut solo EP Gold in You.[9][10]

Filmography

Anime

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Discography

Main article: Hey Ocean! § Discography
Ball in concert with Hey Ocean!, 2010

Solo albums

  • Gold in You (EP) (2017)[21]
  • Before All the Magic's Gone (2021)

References

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    Mike Devlin (April 23, 2014). "Morgan Spurlock gives local filmmaker huge boost". Times Colonist. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
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    "Said The Whale and Hey Ocean! at The Cambrian Hall". ronatron.net. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
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    "Band Profiles: Hey Ocean, The Spades, Said the Whale, Summerlad, Three Days Grace, Corb Lund, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Face to Face, Fratellis". November 10, 2012. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Brony: The Movie Official Trailer released". Everfree.net. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  5. [5]
    References to confirm middle name:
    * Ashleigh Ball. "ashleigh adele ball (@ashperson) • Instagram photos and videos". Instagram. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
    * "Ashleigh Ball on solemnly swearing to vote #InAdvance". Turn Up YVR. October 2, 2015. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
    * "Big Blue Wave Lyrics". Lyrics.net. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
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    Birthday posts from Hey Ocean:
  7. [7]
    Furminger, Sabrina (April 30, 2014). "REEL PEOPLE: The trouble with Bronies". Westender. Vancouver. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  8. [8]
    Andrea Warner. "COVER/MUSIC: Hey Ocean's Ashleigh Ball 'reins' over My Little Pony". Westender. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Hey Ocean!'s Ashleigh Ball Goes Solo for 'Gold in You' EP, Premieres "Crazy" Video". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Ashleigh Ball Finding the Gold in Everyone". beatroute.ca. July 3, 2017. Archived from the original on July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
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    "Behind The Voice Actors – Ashleigh Ball". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 16, 2017. Check mark indicates BTVA has verified the role using screen capture of closing credits and other methods.
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    Terrace 2008, p. 299
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    "Interview with Ashleigh Ball of 'My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
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    "Voltron Force Voice Cast Revealed". voltron.com. March 12, 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
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    Team LoliRock (November 26, 2015). "LoliRock Season 1 – Full english voice cast". Retrieved June 13, 2016 – via Tumblr.
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    "Ready Jet Go! Credits". PBSkids.Org. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2017. Starring Jet Ashleigh Ball
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    Beat Bugs (October 3, 2016). "Beat Bugs – Giving Voice to the Characters". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2017 – via YouTube.
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    Aquilina, Tyler (November 13, 2019). "'My Little Pony' to launch new animated series and toy line – see exclusive first look". Entertainment Weekly.
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    "Behind the Voice Actors – Thor: Tales of Asgard". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  20. [20]
    "BRONY: The Movie". August 4, 2013. Retrieved February 24, 2014 – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
  21. [21]
    "Hey Ocean!'s Ashleigh Ball Goes Solo for 'Gold in You' EP, Premieres "Crazy" Video | Exclaim!".

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