Tajja Isen (born June 29, 1991) 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. As an actor, she is best known for voicing the title character in the television series ''

Atomic Betty ''Atomic Betty'' (retitled ''Atomic Betty: Mission Earth'' for its third and final season) is a Canadian-French Flash animated television series produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Entertainment and Tele Images Kids, along with the Mar ...

.'' She has several other voice credits, including the voice of Samantha in ''

Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure ''Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure'' (''Franklin et le trésor du lac'' in France and ''Benjamin et le Trésor du lac'' in Canadian French) is a children's animated adventure drama film released on September 6, 2006, based on the TV series '' ...

'', Jane in '' Jane and the Dragon,'' Jodie in ''

Time Warp Trio ''Time Warp Trio'' is an animated television series based on the children's book series of the same name. Created by Jon Scieszka, the series was produced by WGBH Boston in association with Soup2Nuts. The series aired from July 9, 2005 to Jul ...

'', Sister Bear in '' The Berenstain Bears'', Franny's singing voice in '' Franny's Feet'', Jazzi in ''

The Save-Ums! ''The Save-Ums!'' is a Canadian CGI animated children's television series produced by Decode Entertainment. The series premiered on Discovery Kids as part of the Ready Set Learn programming block on February 24, 2003, and ended on July 11, 2006 ...

'', and Princess Pea/Presto in the PBS Kids show '' Super Why!''.

Biography

Isen was born in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

, Ontario. At 10 years old, she began her voice acting career with '' The Berenstain Bears'', where she voiced Sister Bear.' In 2004, she portrayed Young Nala in a Toronto production of Disney's ''

The Lion King ''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance ...

'' and was nominated for an Equity Emerging Artist Award for that role. Her first book, Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service, was released in 2022 from Atria/One Signal Publishers in the US, and from Doubleday Canada north of the border. She is the editor-in-chief of Catapult magazine. Her younger sister

Nissae Isen Nissae Isen (born March 3, 1997) is a Canadian voice actress who has voiced prominent young male characters in several television series, including BG's younger brother George in '' Miss BG'' from 2005 to 2008, Yuri from ''My Big Big Friend'' fr ...

is also a voice actress.

Discography

* ''

'' (2005)

Selected filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Live-action roles

Movies

Awards

*2004 –

Young Artist Awards The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young ...

- ''Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role'' – ''Nominated'' (Berenstain Bears) *2007 –

- ''Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role'' – ''Won'' (Jane and the Dragon) *2009 – Gemini Awards- ''Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Television Show or Series'' – ''Won'' (Atomic Betty)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Isen, Tajja 1991 births Living people Actresses from Toronto Canadian child actresses Canadian musical theatre actresses Canadian people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Canadian voice actresses Canadian women essayists Black Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian essayists 21st-century Canadian women writers