Tajja Isen

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 2002 revival of 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!.

Tajja Isen
Isen at the 2022 Texas Book Festival
Born	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupations	Writer editor actor
Years active	1997–present
Relatives	Nissae Isen (sister)

Early life

Isen was born in Toronto, the oldest of five children to Karen, who is originally from Trinidad and Tobago and Jordie Isen. Her younger sister, Nissae is also a voice actress.^[2]

Career

At 10 years old, she began her voice acting career with the 2002 revival of The Berenstain Bears, where she voiced Sister Bear. Before that, she was a huge fan of the books and watched videos of the 1985 series.^[3] At the age of 9, she portrayed Young Nala in a Toronto stage production of Disney's The Lion King^[3] and was nominated for an Equity Emerging Artist Award for that role.^[4]

Her first book, Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service, was published in 2022 by Atria/One Signal and Doubleday Canada.^[5] She was the editor-in-chief of Catapult magazine.^[6]

Discography

• Atomic Betty (2005)^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–03	The Berenstain Bears	Sister Bear
2002–06	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	Pirates: Adventures in Art	Princess Cleo	Main role
2011–2023	Mia and Me	Yuko	26 episodes
2011–12	My Big Big Friend	Nessa	Recurring
2016–17	The ZhuZhus	Pipsqueak	26 episodes
2017–20	Top Wing	Betty McBat	Additional voices
2019–21	Norman Picklestripes	Juniper	Main voice role
2021–23	Go, Dog. Go!	Cheddar Biscuit	Voice role

Live-action roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Doc	Mindy	Episode: "Complicated"
2009–2010	The Latest Buzz	Zuzu Moon	3 episodes

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Heidi (2005 animated film)	Heidi	Voice
2006	Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure	Samantha	Voice

Awards

• 2004 – Young Artist Awards- Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Nominated (Berenstain Bears)^[7]
• 2007 – Young Artist Awards- Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Won (Jane and the Dragon)^[8]
• 2009 – Gemini Awards- Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Television Show or Series – Won (Atomic Betty)^[9]