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Colleen Ann Villard (née O'Shaughnessey) is an American voice actress who has done voice work for the English dub of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, the Sonic Boom series, and the Sonic the Hedgehog film series. She is the current English voice actress of Miles "Tails" Prower and Charmy Bee, having succeeded both Kate Higgins and Amy Birnbaum in 2014 and 2010, respectively.

Biography[]

Born Colleen Ann O'Shaughnessey on September 15, 1971. She graduated from High School in 1989, and she currently resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband, Jason Villard, and her two children, Connor and Maggie.

Filmography[]

Anime[]

TV series[]

Video games[]

Credits[]

Voice acting[]

Trivia[]

  • Her Maggie O'Connor alias is derived from the names of her children, Maggie Villard and Connor Villard, both of whom have at least one voiceover role to their name.
  • O'Shaughnessey also auditioned for Sticks the Badger, even earning herself a callback, but lost the part to Nika Futterman.[10]
  • O'Shaughnessey's favorite episodes in the Sonic Boom television series are "Battle of the Boy Bands" and "Tails' Crush".[11]
  • O'Shaughnessey's favorite characters in Sonic Boom are Tails, Knuckles, Beth the Shrew and Zooey.[12]
  • According to O'Shaughnessey, if she could play any character in Sonic Boom, it would be Knuckles.[13]
  • O'Shaughnessey's favorite scene in the Sonic Boom series is the balcony scene from "Tails' Crush".[14]
  • O'Shaughnessey's favorite character to voice, other than Tails, is Beth the Shrew.[15]
  • O'Shaughnessey is the voice of the titular character, Pinkfong, in Pinkfong Wonderstar, who is also, coincidentally, a fox with a hedgehog for a best friend.
  • Coincidentally, she and Graciela Molina voice both Tails and Charmy in their respective languages in the video games.
  • O'Shaughnessey shares her birthday with Ben Schwartz (the voice of Sonic in the Sonic the Hedgehog films), except that they were born ten years apart.
  • O'Shaughnessey voiced Yacker in the fifth Sonic Twitter Takeover.[16]
  • Colleen O'Shaughnessy is currently the only voice actress in the English language to reprise her role from the game series in the film series.
  • On her trip to Mexico in the ColecticaMX in November 20th, 2022, she met Marc Winslow and Mario Castañeda, voices of Sonic in Sonic Prime and Robotnik in the Sonic films, respectively.[17]
  • Both O'Shaughnessey and Ryōko Shiraishi share the same role of Sora Takenouchi (albeit across two different Digimon series).
  • She is the third Sonic voice actor to worked on Miraculous Ladybug, alongside Keith Silverstein, who voiced Vector, and Bryce Papenbrook, who voiced Silver.
  • Sonic Prime marks the first time in the Sonic the Hedgehog series prior to Sonic Boom in 2014 and Sonic Colors: Ultimate in 2021 in which Colleen does not voice Tails.
  • She expressed interest in reprising her voice role as Charmy Bee in the Sonic the Hedgehog film series, if he were to ever appear in the film series, and she would be voicing both Tails and Charmy Bee, like how she voices both of their game counterparts.[18]

References[]

  1. Toby Jones on Twitter. Twitter (19 July 2019). Retrieved on 20 July 2019.
  2. Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (29 January 2017). Retrieved on 29 January 2017. "Bill Freiberger: @VOColleen is the voice of Belinda."
  3. Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (16 December 2016). Retrieved on 17 December 2016. "Tailooey Fan: Who is Beth's voice actor? / Bill Freiberger: VOColleen is the voice of Beth the Shrew."
  4. Colleen OShaughnessy on Twitter. Twitter (18 March 2017). Retrieved on 18 March 2017. "miimeks: Can you all say "What in tarnation"? As the characters of course..! / Colleen OShaughnessy: "What in Tarnation?" Said it as Tails, Zoey, Beth, Charlie's wife, Old Lady Wolf & Child Monkey"
  5. Kellie (25 February 2014). Go Behind the Scenes with Sonic Boom. SEGA Blog. Sega. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved on 25 February 2014.
  6. Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (5 December 2015). Retrieved on 5 December 2015. "Bill Freiberger: VOColleen is the voice of Mrs Vandersnout."
  7. Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (11 May 2017). Retrieved on 13 May 2017. "Bill Freiberger: Teenage Rabbit Girl is voiced by VOColleen."
  8. Bill Freiberger on Twitter. Twitter (22 August 2015). Retrieved on 22 August 2015. "Bill Freiberger: Zooey was voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey."
  9. Sonic the Hedgehog official Twitter
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6THou_szw9w
  11. Colleen Villard on Twitter. Twitter (18 March 2017). Retrieved on 18 March 2017. "Emily Lancman‏: Okay, this is for the whole crew. What are your favorite episodes you've done in the series so far? Love you guys! / Colleen Villard: "Tails' Crush" and the boy band eps"
  12. Colleen Villard on Twitter. Twitter (18 March 2017). Retrieved on 18 March 2017. "Aidan: so which characters are your favorites? Do VAs gravitate towards the characters they voice? / Colleen Villard: Tails, Beth the Shrew, Zoey & Knuckles cuz he makes me laugh. Yes, yes we do."
  13. Colleen O'Shaughnessy on Twitter. Twitter (18 March 2017). Retrieved on 18 March 2017. "Emerald Master: If you could play another character, who would it be? / Colleen O'Shaughnessy: Knuckles"
  14. Colleen O'Shaughnessy on Twitter. Twitter (18 March 2017). Retrieved on 18 March 2017. "Julian S.: what would you guys say is your favorite scene from the show? :0 / Colleen O'Shaughnessy: The balcony scene from "Tails' Crush""
  15. Colleen O'Shaughnessy on Twitter. Twitter (18 March 2017). Retrieved on 18 March 2017. "Demi Adenuga: Favourite character to voice that is not on Team Sonic? / Colleen O'Shaughnessy: Beth the Shrew"
  16. Sonic Twitter Takeover #5 - All Answers. YouTube. Sega (16 September 2021). Retrieved on 17 September 2021. "A compilation of every response from our 5th Twitter Takeover event. This event could not be possible without our AMAZING talent, featuring Roger Craig Smith (Sonic), Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Tails/Yacker), Mike Pollock (Dr. Eggman), and Kirk Thornton (Shadow)."
  17. Colleen O’Shaughnessey on Twitter. Twitter (20 November 2022). Retrieved on 20 November 2022. "Colleen O'Shaughnessey: It’s the Spanish voice of #Sonic !!"
  18. [1]

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