Ashleigh Ball

For the British field hockey player, see Ashleigh Ball (field hockey).
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**Ashleigh Adele Ball** (born March 31, 1983) is a Canadian voice actress, singer, and musician, known for singing in the rock band Hey Ocean!, as well as 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..

## Career

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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*.

## Discography

*Main article: Hey Ocean!#Discography*
**Solo albums**

* *Gold in You* (EP) (2017)

## Filmography

### Animation English dubbing

List of English dubbing performances in animation

### Live-action

List of live-action acting performances in television and film

## References

1. ↑ Mike Devlin. "Morgan Spurlock gives local filmmaker huge boost". *Times Colonist*. http://www.timescolonist.com/morgan-spurlock-gives-local-filmmaker-huge-boost-1.980385. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
2. ↑ "Said The Whale and Hey Ocean! at The Cambrian Hall - Ronatron". *ronatron.net*. http://www.ronatron.net/said-the-whale-and-hey-ocean-at-the-cambrian-hall/. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
3. ↑ References to confirm middle name:
\* Ashleigh Ball. "ashleigh adele ball (@ashperson) • Instagram photos and videos". *Instagram*. https://www.instagram.com/ashperson/. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
\* "Ashleigh Ball on solemnly swearing to vote #InAdvance". *Turn Up YVR*. October 2, 2015. http://turnupyvr.com/2015/10/02/78/. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
\* "Big Blue Wave Lyrics". *Lyrics.net*. http://www.lyrics.net/lyric/28660148. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
4. ↑ Birthday posts from Hey Ocean:

	* "Happy Birthday Ashleigh Ball!". *Love Hey Ocean!*. March 31, 2010. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131013233906/http://www.loveheyocean.com/2010/03/happy-birthday-ashleigh-ball/. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
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5. ↑ Furminger, Sabrina (April 30, 2014). "REEL PEOPLE: The trouble with Bronies". *Westender*. Vancouver. http://www.westender.com/arts-culture/reel-people/reel-people-the-trouble-with-bronies-1.1015528. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
6. ↑ "Band Profiles: Hey Ocean, The Spades, Said the Whale, Summerlad, Three Days Grace, Corb Lund, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Face to Face, Fratellis". 2012-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110153724/http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=2a33bc22-9872-4282-a280-fab8de68b068.
7. ↑ "Brony: The Movie Official Trailer released". Everfree.net. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131220081228/http://news.everfree.net/2013/08/brony-the-movie-official-trailer-released/. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
8. ↑ Andrea Warner. "COVER/MUSIC: Hey Ocean's Ashleigh Ball 'reins' over My Little Pony". *Westender*. http://www.westender.com/news/feature/cover-music-hey-ocean-s-ashleigh-ball-reins-over-my-little-pony-1.883346. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
9. ↑ "Hey Ocean!'s Ashleigh Ball Goes Solo for 'Gold in You' EP, Premieres "Crazy" Video". http://exclaim.ca/music/article/hey\_ocean\_s\_ashleigh\_ball\_goes\_solo\_for\_gold\_in\_you\_ep\_premieres\_crazy\_video. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
10. ↑ "Ashleigh Ball Finding The Gold In Everyone". July 3, 2017. http://beatroute.ca/2017/07/03/ashleigh-ball-finding-gold-everyone/. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
11. ↑ http://exclaim.ca/music/article/hey\_ocean\_s\_ashleigh\_ball\_goes\_solo\_for\_gold\_in\_you\_ep\_premieres\_crazy\_video
12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 12.18 12.19 12.20 12.21 12.22 12.23 12.24 12.25 12.26 12.27 12.28 12.29 12.30 12.31 12.32 12.33 12.34 12.35 12.36 12.37 12.38 12.39 12.40 12.41 12.42 12.43 12.44 12.45 12.46 12.47 12.48 12.49 12.50 12.51 "Behind The Voice Actors - Ashleigh Ball". *Behind The Voice Actors*. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ashleigh-Ball/. Retrieved March 16, 2017. Check mark indicates BTVA has verified the role using screen capture of closing credits and other methods.
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14. ↑ "Interview with Ashleigh Ball of 'My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic' - EW.com". *ew.com*. http://www.ew.com/article/2013/02/06/my-little-pony-ashleigh-ball-rainbow-dash. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
15. ↑ "Voltron Force Voice Cast Revealed". *voltron.com/groupee*. March 12, 2011. http://forums.voltron.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/329103823/m/3423975957. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
16. ↑ Team LoliRock (November 26, 2015). "LoliRock Season 1 - Full english voice cast". http://teamlolirock.tumblr.com/post/133994103918/lolirock-season-1-full-english-voice-cast-all. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
17. ↑ "Ready Jet Go! Credits". http://pbskids.org/readyjetgo/credits.html. Retrieved March 17, 2017. "Starring Jet Ashleigh Ball"
18. ↑ Beat Bugs (October 3, 2016). "Beat Bugs - Giving Voice To The Characters". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FjZ6VOYU7w. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
19. ↑ Aquilina, Tyler (November 13, 2019). "'My Little Pony' to launch new animated series and toy line — see exclusive first look". https://ew.com/tv/2019/11/13/my-little-pony-pony-life-first-look-lizzo/.
20. ↑ "Behind The Voice Actors - Thor: Tales of Asgard". *Behind The Voice Actors*. http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/Thor-Tales-of-Asgard/. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
21. ↑ "BRONY: The Movie". YouTube. August 4, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcAED5k5IuM. Retrieved February 24, 2014.

**Bibliography**

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## External links

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