| Tajja Isen | |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Years Active: | 1997–present |
| Relatives: | Nissae Isen (sister) |
Tajja Isen is a Canadian writer, editor, and 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!
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. 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]
Isen is of mixed Trinidadian descent. Her younger sister Nissae Isen is also a voice actress.[6]
List of voice performances in animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | data-sort-value="Berenstain Bears, The" | The Berenstain Bears | Sister Bear | |
| 2003–06 | data-sort-value="Save-Ums!, The" | The Save-Ums! | Jazzi | |
| 2003–07 | JoJo's Circus | Trina Tightrope/Princess Josephina | Main role (Trina) | |
| 2005–08 | Franny's Feet | Lacey/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 | Princess Cleo | Main role | ||
| 2011–2023 | Mia and Me | Yuko | 26 episodes | |
| 2011–12 | My Big Big Friend | Nessa | Recurring | |
| 2016–17 | data-sort-value="ZhuZhus, The" | 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Doc | Mindy | Episode: "Complicated" | ||
| 2009–2010 | data-sort-value="Latest Buzz, The" | The Latest Buzz | Zuzu Moon | 3 episodes |