Tajja Isen

Tajja Isen is a Canadian writer, editor, and voice actress. Her first book, the essay collection Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service, was published in April 2022.^[1] As an actress, she is best known for voicing the title character Atomic Betty. She has several other voice credits, including Samantha in Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure, Sister Bear in The Berenstain Bears, Pipsqueak in The ZhuZhus, Princess Pea/Presto in the PBS Kids show Super Why!, Jane in Jane and the Dragon, Jodie in Time Warp Trio, Franny's singing voice in Franny's Feet and Jazzi in The Save-Ums!

Tajja Isen
Isen at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.
Born	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupations	Writer editor voice actress
Years active	1997–present
Relatives	Nissae Isen (sister)

Biography

Isen was born in Toronto, Ontario. At 10 years old, she began her voice acting career with The Berenstain Bears, where she voiced Sister Bear.^[2] In 2004, she portrayed Young Nala in a Toronto stage production of Disney's The Lion King^[2] and was nominated for an Equity Emerging Artist Award for that role.^[3]

Her first book, Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service, was published in 2022 by Atria/One Signal and Doubleday Canada.^[4] She was the editor-in-chief of Catapult magazine.^[5]

Personal life and family

Isen is of mixed Trinidadian descent. Her younger sister Nissae Isen is also a voice actress.^[6]

Discography

• Atomic Betty (2005)^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–03	The Berenstain Bears	Sister Bear
2003–06	The Save-Ums!	Jazzi
2003–07	JoJo's Circus	Trina Tightrope/Princess Josephina	Main role (Trina)
2005–08	Franny's Feet	Lacey/Princess Tia/Franny (singing voice)	2 episodes/singing voice in the theme song
2004–08	Atomic Betty	Betty Barrett/Atomic Betty (title role)	78 episodes
2005–06	Time Warp Trio	Jodie	episodes 20–26, voiced by Sarah Gadon from 1–14 (earlier)
2005–06	Jane and the Dragon	Jane (title role)	26 episodes
2005–07	Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends	Lil Sis	4 episodes
2005–08	Miss BG	BG (singing voice)	Opening and closing songs
2006	Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks	Pony	52 episodes
2007–16	Super Why!	Princess Pea/Presto
2010–2011	Pirates: Adventures in Art	Princess Cleo	Main role
2011–2023	Mia and Me	Yuko	26 episodes
2011–12	My Big Big Friend	Nessa	Recurring
2016–17	The ZhuZhus	Pipsqueak	26 episodes
2017–20	Top Wing	Betty McBat	Additional voices
2019–21	Norman Picklestripes	Juniper	Main voice role
2021–present	Go, Dog. Go!	Cheddar Biscuit	Voice role

Live-action roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Doc	Mindy	Episode: "Complicated"
2009–2010	The Latest Buzz	Zuzu Moon	3 episodes

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure	Samantha	Voice

Awards

• 2004 – Young Artist Awards- Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Nominated (Berenstain Bears)^[7]
• 2007 – Young Artist Awards- Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Won (Jane and the Dragon)^[8]
• 2009 – Gemini Awards- Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Television Show or Series – Won (Atomic Betty)^[9]

References

1. Isen, Tajja (April 19, 2022). Some of My Best Friends. ISBN 9781982178420.
2. . toonarific.com. December 11, 2005. Archived from the original on May 8, 2006. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
3. Fanfair, Ron (October 29, 2009). "Gemini Award for first-time nominee". sharenews.com. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
4. "About".
5. "Catapult | Catapult Magazine". Catapult. February 8, 2022.
6. Fanfair, Ron. "Isen comfortable being cast in male voice-over roles" July 27, 2017. Retrieved on March 23, 2018.
7. "25th Annual Young Artist Awards – Winners and Nominations". youngartistawards.com. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
8. "28th Annual Young Artist Awards – Nominations / Special Awards". youngartistawards.org. March 10, 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
9. "Gemini Awards Celebrate Comedy, Drama and Variety". broadcastermagazine.com. October 21, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2012.

External links

• Tajja Isen at IMDb