Rebecca Soler
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Rebecca Soler | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Jessica Paquet |
| Alma mater | Carnegie-Mellon University[1] (BFA) |
| Occupation | Voice actress |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Spouse | Christopher L. Graves [2][3] |
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.
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 in Fine Arts degree 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
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Harried | Distribimage version | [23] |
| 2016–17 | World of Winx | Stella | ||
| 2018 | Pinkalicious & Peterrific | Mayor Martinez | 2018-22 | [24] |
| 2018 | Nella the Princess Knight | Queen Mom, others | [25] | |
Anime
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Summers | Credited 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
| Year | Title | Voice role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Red Dead Redemption | Miranda Fortuna | [22] |
| 2011 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | Additional voices | [30] |
Live acting
- Once a Loser (2013 short film) – Coffee woman[31]
- With Friends Like These (2014 web series) – Jess (Ep. 5)[32]
