Ashleigh Adele Ball (born March 31, 1983) is a Canadian voice actress and musician known for voicing characters in several toyetic movies and television series, notably the Barbie film series, Bratz, Johnny Test, Littlest Pet Shop, and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. She is the subject of the documentary A Brony Tale directed by Brent Hodge, which follows her through her first interactions with the brony community at BronyCon 2012. She is also a singer and performs with the pop rock band Hey Ocean!
Early life
Ball was born in Vancouver on March 31, 1983.
Career
Ball has found a fan following through her band Hey Ocean! and through bronies, the adult fans of the television show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, a show in which she voices and sings as two of the six main characters, Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Ball has been to several My Little Pony fan conventions, including BronyCon and Everfree Northwest as a guest of honor. Ball stated in her documentary A Brony Tale, in which she is the main subject, "It's (My Little Pony) a really important part of a lot of these people's lives. So yeah, as long as My Little Ponies exist, there will be bronies."
On May 2, 2017, she released the music video "Crazy" and on June 2, released her debut solo EP Gold in You.
Filmography
Anime
Animation
Films
Video games
Live-action
Discography
Solo albums
Gold in You (EP) (2017) Before All the Magic's Gone (2021)