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Jodi Benson
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Jodi Benson (born October 10, 1961) is an American voice actress and singer, best known for providing the voice of Disney's Princess Ariel in The Little Mermaid and its sequels. She was born in Rockford, Illinois, attended Millikin University, and currently lives in north Georgia with her husband Ray Benson (not the Ray Benson of band "Asleep At The Wheel"). Jodi has also performed in several Broadway Productions.
In 2002 and 2006, she reprised the role of Ariel in the English versions of the Kingdom Hearts video game series. Mayumi Suzuki was Ariel's Japanese voice.
Filmography
- 1990 Little Mermaid Soundtrack
- 1991 Jodi Benson Sings Songs From the Beginner's Bible I
- 1992 Jodi Benson Sings Songs From the Beginner's Bible II
- 1992 Little Mermaid: Splash hits
- 1992 Crazy For You Cast Recording
- 1993 Little Mermaid: Songs from the Sea
- 1994 Unsung Musicals
- 1995 Songs of Guideposts Junction
- 1996 Hollywood Christmas (Various artists)
- 2000 Little Mermaid II Soundtrack
- 2004 Disney Princess Music Hits
- 2005 Disney Princess Christmas Of Enchantment
Trivia
Mrs. Benson seems incapable of escaping her
Little Mermaid legacy. In the
Guideposts Junction video series, one character jokingly asked if Jodi knew anything about mermaids.
The Mighty Kong featured one scene in which the lead female character (whose voice she provided), swam through the water, her hair flowing about in an Ariel-like fashion. She even provided the voice for a character called
Aquagirl in an episode of
Batman Beyond. Fortunately, Ms. Benson seems to have no regrets about her
Little Mermaid role. She says that she never gets tired of singing
Part of Your World, her trademark song from this movie.
Ms. Benson played Ariel again in the video game Kingdom Hearts; she is also in Kingdom Hearts II, playing Ariel yet again, this time singing in musicals.
Fittingly enough, Ms. Benson performs the song Disneyland on the Unsung Musicals compilation CD. This song was originally performed by her in the short-lived Broadway musical Smile, long before she became affiliated with the Walt Disney Company.
Ms. Benson will play as Cloe in
the Save-Ums.
