Ashleigh Ball, author portrait

Ashleigh Ball

ASHLEIGH BALL started her voice career in 2005 playing Oopsy Bear in the computer-animated feature Care Bears: Oopsy Does It! and reprising that role in the CBS Saturday morning series Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot. Since then, Ashleigh has added over 100 credits to her resume including Blythe in Littlest Pet Shop, Skya in Dinotrux, Jet in Ready Jet Go!, Jay in Beat Bugs, Applejack and Rainbow Dash in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and Mira in The Hollow. Ashleigh is also the lead singer and flute player in the Vancouver-based pop band Hey Ocean!, a young band with an extraordinary talent for blending various musical styles into a brand of infectious pop that is uniquely their own. She also recently released her first solo album, Gold In You.
  Ashleigh lives in Vancouver and bikes to her recording sessions.

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