Kelly Sheridan

Kelly Sheridan is a voice actress in My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. Her most prominent role in the series is as Starlight Glimmer.

Prior to being cast as Starlight Glimmer, Sheridan had "tried for years" to get a role in the series, having auditioned for all of the main characters. When notified about the role of Starlight by her agent, Sheridan recorded an audition in her hotel room while on layover in Kuala Lumpur.

In interviews, Sheridan has described her voice direction for Starlight Glimmer as having not a trace of her sinister nature come through until the episode's climax.

In previous generations of My Little Pony, Sheridan provided the voices of Melody in My Little Pony Tales and various characters in several G3 animated specials, including Cotton Candy and Cheerilee.

Outside My Little Pony, Sheridan is best known for voicing Barbie in the majority of the Barbie animated films since 2001. Her other professional voice credits include Ukyo Kuonji in Ranma ½, Brynne in Conan and the Young Warriors, Sango in Inuyasha, Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in X-Men: Evolution, Diana Lombard in Martin Mystery, Shino in .hack//Roots, Theresa in Class of the Titans, Greenback Jane in Black Lagoon, Surprise Bear in Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot, Mystique Sonia in Hero: 108, and Praxina in LoliRock.