Rebecca Soler

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Rebecca Soler
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCarnegie-Mellon University[1]
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2003–present
Spouse(s)Christopher L. Graves [2][3]
WebsiteRebeccaSoler.com

Rebecca Soler 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, and she is also a producer of a web series called With Friends Like These.

Biography[]

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's 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]

Filmography[]

Animation[]

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source[19]
2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Joi Reynard Resume
2006–07 Viva Piñata Ella Elephanilla, Simone Cinnamonkey   Resume
2006–07 Winx Club Tecna 4Kids English dub, season 3 [13] [20]
2006–10 Chaotic Sarah   Resume
2009-2012 Huntik Sophie Casterwill   [21]
2009 Turtles Forever 1987 April O'Neil   [22]
2013-14 The Crumpets Triceps, Blister, Ohoh, Aunt Harried Distribimage version [23]
2018 Pinkalicious & Peterrific Mayor Martinez Episode: "Plantastically Pink/Painting Pixie" [24]
2018 Nella the Princess Knight Queen Mom, others [25]

Anime[]

List of dubbing performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source[19]
2005 Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart Miu Nomura   [11][26]
2005 Magical DoReMi Reanne Griffith   [11]
2006 Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew Kidd Summers Credited under Featuring [27]
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 Hart Tenjo, Summer
2016 Pokémon Celosia, Mallow

Video games[]

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Voice role Source
2010 Red Dead Redemption Miranda Fortuna [22]
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Additional Voices [29]


Live acting[]

  • Once a Loser (2013 short film) – Coffee woman[30]
  • With Friends Like These (2014 web series) – Jess (Ep. 5)[31]

Crew and production roles[]

  • With Friends Like These (2014 web series) – Executive Producer[31][32]


Discography[]

Audio books[]

The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer[4]

Renegades series by Marissa Meyer

  • Renegades narrated by Rebecca Soler and Dan Bittner[40]
  • Archenemies narrated by Rebecca Soler and Dan Bittner[41]
  • Supernova narrated by Rebecca Soler and Dan Bittner[42][43]

Other books


References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Rebecca Soler". bostontheatrescene.com. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  2. ^ Christopher Graves [@thatgravesdude] (January 28, 2015). "Checkout wifey: Interview: @rsolervo, narrator of @marrisa_meyer's Cinder series via @usatoday #Killinit #audiobook!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 15, 2015 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Christopher Graves [@thatgravesdude] (February 12, 2014). "Wifey, @rsolervo is going to DC to do a reading of #Cress with @marissa_meyer tonight! #proudhusband #catsdon'tmakemesharetheremote" (Tweet). Retrieved June 15, 2015 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Marissa Meyer (June 1, 2013). "Celebrating Audiobooks with a Giveaway!". Marissa Meyer – Blog. MarissaMeyer.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  5. ^ "Krista's Dust Jacket: AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR INTERVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Rebecca Soler". kristasdustjacket.blogspot.com. March 5, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  6. ^ "Rebecca Soler". bostontheatrescene.com. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  7. ^ "Rebecca Soler – Penguin Books USA". penguin.com. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  8. ^ "Right Stuf Announces Piano 3". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  9. ^ "Sound of Bounce on Free Throw – Shelf Life – Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Animefringe. "Animefringe: December 2005 – Features – Outlanders". animefringe.com. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Outlanders Voice Actor Voting Contest". Central Park Media. Archived from the original on November 25, 2005. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  12. ^ "First Outlander's Voice Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b Soler's tweets regarding Tecna in Winx Club:
    * Rebecca Soler [@rsolvervo] (April 1, 2015). "@NjaMagic I think so. I am techna in one season and can't remember if it is 3" (Tweet). Retrieved September 10, 2015 – via Twitter.
    * Rebecca Soler [@rsolervo] (April 1, 2015). "@NjaMagic That seems right. I was not the original Techna. I recorded with 4Kids. Thanks for watching!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 10, 2015 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b Potts, Jessie (January 28, 2015). "Interview: Rebecca Soler, narrator of Marissa Meyer's Cinder series". Happy Ever After – USA Today Life. USA Today. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  15. ^ "Rebecca Soler | Authors | Macmillan". Us.macmillan.com. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b "2009 YALSA Fabulous Films & Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". School Library Journal. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  17. ^ Marissa Meyer. "Listen to Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer at Audiobooks.com". Audiobooks.com. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  18. ^ "Becoming Cuba". bostonartsdiary.com. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b "Rebecca Soler Resume". RebeccaSoler.com (doc). Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  20. ^ Winx Club. Season 3. Episode 1. 4Kids. 4KidsTv.
  21. ^ "A Seeker Is Born". Huntik. Season 1. Episode 1.
  22. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Behind The Voice Actors – Rebecca Soler". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 15, 2015. Check mark indicates BTVA has verified the entries using screenshots of credits and other confirmed sources.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  23. ^ "THE CRUMPETS - EP01 - Ransoming Dad". YouTube. THE CRUMPETS OFFICIAL