Tajja Isen

Tajja Isen
Isen at the 2022 Texas Book Festival.
Born	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupations	Writer editor actor
Years active	1997–present
Relatives	Nissae Isen (sister)

Tajja Isen is a Canadian writer, editor, and actress. Her first book, the essay collection Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service, was published in April 2022.^[1] As an actress, she is best known for voicing the title character Atomic Betty. She has several other voice credits, including Samantha in Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure, Sister Bear in The Berenstain Bears, Pipsqueak in The ZhuZhus, Princess Pea/Presto in the PBS Kids show Super Why!, Jane in Jane and the Dragon, Jodie in Time Warp Trio, Franny's singing voice in Franny's Feet and Jazzi in The Save-Ums!

Isen was born in Toronto, Ontario. At 10 years old, she began her voice acting career with The Berenstain Bears, where she voiced Sister Bear.^[2] In 2004, she portrayed Young Nala in a Toronto stage production of Disney's The Lion King^[2] and was nominated for an Equity Emerging Artist Award for that role.^[3]

Her first book, Some of My Best Friends: Essays on Lip Service, was published in 2022 by Atria/One Signal and Doubleday Canada.^[4] She was the editor-in-chief of Catapult magazine.^[5]

Isen is of mixed Trinidadian descent. Her younger sister Nissae Isen is also a voice actress.^[6]

She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, where she is a fellow at the Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.^[7]

• Atomic Betty (2005)^{[citation needed]}

List of voice performances in animation

• 2004 – Young Artist Awards- Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Nominated (Berenstain Bears)^[8]
• 2007 – Young Artist Awards- Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Won (Jane and the Dragon)^[9]
• 2009 – Gemini Awards- Best Individual or Ensemble Performance in an Animated Television Show or Series – Won (Atomic Betty)^[10]

• Tajja Isen at IMDb