Ellen Kennedy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 2, 1958 (age 68)
Biography
Ellen Kennedy (born January 2, 1958, in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress, voice actress, singer, and stage actress based in Vancouver. She has been active since 1986 and is a member of Vancouver TheatreSports, where she has appeared in X-Mas Files, TheatreSports Interactive, the touring version of See BC, and Star Trick, the Musical. On stage she has performed in Nunsense (as Sister Mary Amnesia, at the Citadel) and Something's Afoot (as Lettie, at Persephone Theatre), and co-wrote, performed in, and won a Jessie Award for All Grown Up, which first ran at the Arts Club Theatre. In addition to theatre, she sings jazz and swing around Vancouver and works regularly as an animation voice-over artist. Her voice work spans hundreds of episodes and films across animation and anime dubbing. She is best known for voicing Mrs. Pteranodon in Dinosaur Train (2009–2021, 158 episodes), multiple ponies in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2013–2019, including Mane-iac, Dusty Pages, Ma Hooffield, and the Chimera), 75 episodes of Krypto the Superdog (2005), and Queen Genevieve in Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper (2004). Other notable voice credits include Barbie in A Mermaid Tale (2010), Barbie: Princess Charm School (2011), Planet Hulk (2010), Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure (2005), X-Men: Evolution (2000–2003), Transformers: Armada (2003), Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu (2012, as the Empress), and Tom and Jerry Tales (2006). In anime dubbing she voiced Lebia Maverick in Silent Möbius: The Motion Picture (2008), Shirin Bakhtiar in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007–2008), and Kyoko Otonashi in Maison Ikkoku. In live-action film and television, Kennedy appeared as a Woman in The Final Cut (2004, starring Robin Williams), Mother Agnes in Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004, with Abigail Breslin), a Concession Lady in Air Buddies (2006), and Ruth in Magic Stocking (2015, Hallmark). More recent live-action credits include The Last Bridesmaid (2019), Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022), This Time Each Year (2024), and Accused: The Karen Read Story (2026). On television she has also appeared in iZombie (2015), Prison Break (2005), Being Ian (2004), and Loudermilk (2017).
Known For
Filmography
Dinosaur Train: Day of the Robots
Movie · as Mrs. Pteranodon (voice)
Accused: The Karen Read Story
Movie · as Peggy O'Keefe
This Time Each Year
Movie · as Blanche
Polly Pocket Sparkle Cove Adventure
Movie · as Polly's Grandmother (voice)
Three Wise Men and a Baby
Movie · as Eva
Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island
Movie · as Mrs. Pteranodon (voice)
The Last Bridesmaid
Movie · as Gladys
Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen
Movie · as Evelyn
Molly of Denali
TV · as Singing Moose / Video Voice (voice) · 1 ep
Fruit Ninja Frenzy Force
TV · as Clean Bee (voice) · 11 eps
Dive Olly Dive and the Octopus Rescue
Movie · as Bobsie (voice)
Magic Stocking
Movie · as Ruth
Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
TV · as Empress (voice) · 2 eps
Barbie: Princess Charm School
Movie · as Blair's Mom (voice)
Dinosaur Train: Dinosaur Big City
Movie · as Mrs. Pteranodon
Superbook
TV · as Naomi, Elizabeth · 1 ep
Planet Hulk
Movie · as (voice)
Bratz: Pampered Petz
Movie · as Ms. Lola / Annie (voice)
Barbie in A Mermaid Tale
Movie · as Lipstick Fish / Syrenka (voice)
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
TV · as Ma Hooffield / McColt Pony 1 (voice), Dusty Pages (voice), Mane-iac (voice), The Chimera (voice) · 1 ep
Dinosaur Train
TV · as Mrs. Pteranodon (voice) · 158 eps
Air Buddies
Movie · as Concession Lady
My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade
Movie · as Dafflidazey / Breezie #1 (voice)
Candy Land: The Great Lollipop Adventure
Movie · as Gramma Nutt (voice)
Krypto the Superdog
TV · 75 eps
Chestnut: Hero of Central Park
Movie · as Mother Agnes
Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper
Movie · as Queen Genevieve (voice)
My Little Pony: Dancing in the Clouds
Movie · as Starbeam (voice)
The Final Cut
Movie · as Woman
The Cramp Twins: Volume 1 - Mr Winkles Monkey and Other Stories
Movie · as Marsha; Tony’s sister
The Cramp Twins
TV · as Patsy / Marsha (voice) · 1 ep
Transformers: Armada
TV · as Rad's Mother (voice) · 2 eps
The Christmas Orange
Movie · as (voice)
Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch
Movie · as Wilma
Gadget & the Gadgetinis
TV · as Mad Cat (voice) · 52 eps
Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer
Movie · as Mom (voice)
Timothy Tweedle the First Christmas Elf
Movie · as Mary (voice)
Rainbow Fish
TV · as Aqua(Voice) / Mrs. Chips (Voice) · 52 eps
3-2-1 Penguins!
TV · as Grandmum (voice) · 20 eps
X-Men: Evolution
TV · as Destiny (voice) · 2 eps
Wrongfully Accused
Movie · as Bow in the Eye Musician
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · as (voice)
Magic Gift of the Snowman
Movie · as (voice)
Pocahontas
Movie · as (voice)
Sleeping Beauty
Movie · as Queen (voice)
Snow White
Movie · as (voice)
Jungle Book
Movie · as Buldeo (voice)
Little Red Riding Hood
Movie · as Grandmother
Black Beauty
Movie · as (voice)
The Nutcracker
Movie · as (voice)
A Christmas Carol
Movie · as (voice)
Cinderella
Movie · as (voice)