Rebecca Soler (credited as Jessica Paquet) is an American voice actress based in the New York City area. She has voiced on several audiobooks; her most notable voice work has been the narrator for The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer. In anime, she voiced title character Miu Nomura in Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart, Reanne in Ojamajo Doremi and Battia in Outlanders. In animation, she voiced in Huntik, Viva Piñata, and Winx Club. She has worked with 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, Media Blasters, Central Park Media and DuArt Film & Video. On stage, she has participated in various theater projects, including a play called Becoming Cuba. She is also a producer of a web series called With Friends Like These.

Biography

Soler grew up in Boston, and moved to Sugar Land, Texas while in high school. She attended Carnegie-Mellon University where she graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree in theater.

She got involved in voice-over for anime and animation works that were being dubbed in the New York area. She voiced lead characters in Huntik, Viva Piñata, Winx Club, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Pokémon and Chaotic. Soler began her voice acting as Joi Reynard from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She voiced Miu Nomura, the title character in Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart which was produced by NYAV Post and Right Stuf. She was selected in a fan casting contest poll held by Central Park Media to voice Battia in their dub of the 1986 anime Outlanders. Soler joined the Winx Club 4Kids dub cast, replacing Dani Schaffel in voicing the character Tecna for season 3.

She began working on audio books after her voice-over agent recommended her for a few projects. She voiced in books by Judy Blume, James Patterson, and Sarah Dessen, and received an AudioFile Earphones Award in 2009 for her narration of Amy Efaw's novel After. Her narration of the Sarah Dessen's Lock and Key was listed among 2009 YALSA Fabulous Films & Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults. In January 2011, her narration of Marissa Meyer's book Cinder was released by MacMillan Audio.

Soler continues to be active on-screen and in the theater. In 2014, she was involved in a live-action play called Becoming Cuba by the Huntington Theatre Company where she played Martina. She is executive producer of a web series called With Friends Like These which is written by and stars her husband. In 2020, her daughter was born.

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2003Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesJoi Reynard
2006–07Viva PiñataElla Elephanilla, Simone Cinnamonkey
2006–07, 2016, 2019Winx ClubTecna (Season 3), Stella (Seasons 7-8)4Kids English dub; Season 3 DuArt Film and Video English dub; Season 73Beep Inc. English dub; Season 8
2006–10ChaoticSarah
2009–2012HuntikSophie Casterwill
2009Turtles Forever1987 April O'Neil
2013–14The CrumpetsTriceps, Blister, Ohoh, Aunt HarriedDistribimage version
2016–17World of WinxStella
2018Pinkalicious & PeterrificMayor Martinez2018-22
2018Nella the Princess KnightQueen Mom, others

Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2005Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's HeartMiu Nomura
2005Magical DoReMiReanne Griffith
2005-2020PokémonRhoda, Rhonda, Mamie, Linda, Nanette, Professor Carolina, Alexa, Celosia, Mallow
2006Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of MewKidd SummersCredited under Featuring
2006OutlandersBattiaCentral Park Media version
2007Ikki Tousen: Dragon DestinyShimei Ryoumou, Koumei Shokatsuryou, others
2007Ah! My Goddess: Flights of FancyKodamaEp. "Ah! The Love of a Goddess Saves the Ninja!"
2011-2015Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXALKari Tsukumo, Hart Tenjo, Summer

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
YearTitleVoice roleSource
2010Red Dead RedemptionMiranda Fortuna
2011Star Wars: The Old RepublicAdditional voices

Live acting

  • Once a Loser (2013 short film) – Coffee woman
  • With Friends Like These (2014 web series) – Jess (Ep. 5)

Crew and production roles

  • With Friends Like These (2014 web series) – Executive Producer

Discography

Audio books

The Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros

Once Upon a Broken Heart series by Stephanie Garber

The Caraval series by Stephanie Garber

The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer

  • Cinder
  • Scarlet
  • Cress – Audio Publishers Association Audie Award Finalist in Fantasy and Teens categories – 2015
  • Fairest
  • Winter

Renegades series by Marissa Meyer

  • Renegades narrated by Rebecca Soler and Dan Bittner
  • Archenemies narrated by Rebecca Soler and Dan Bittner
  • Supernova narrated by Rebecca Soler and Dan Bittner

Other books

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