Elizabeth Hanna | |
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| Education | National Theatre School of Canada Carleton University University of Toronto |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, speech-language pathologist |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Elizabeth Hanna is a Canadian film and television actress and speech language pathologist, most notable for her voice acting work in animated films. She is best known as the voice of Hen in Little Bear.
Elizabeth Hanna spent her early years in Ottawa, where she graduated from Glebe Collegiate Institute.[1] She attended Carleton University, where she graduated with a major in philosophy.[2][3] She was then accepted into the National Theatre School of Canada, based in Montreal, Quebec, from which she graduated in 1977.[4][5]
Hanna then relocated to Toronto, where she continues to be based. She initially commenced her professional acting career appearing in various Toronto stage productions. She also began to obtain commercial voice-over work, contributing to national television and radio advertising campaigns. This led to the development of her career as a voice actor in a number of animated films associated with such well-known characters as Little Bear, the Care Bears, Babar the Elephant, and Sailor Moon.[6] Much of Hanna's voice acting work has been in productions of the Nelvana group.
Hanna later complemented her voice acting and voiceover skills by obtaining a Master of Health Science degree, majoring in Speech-Language Pathology, from the University of Toronto. She commenced practising as a Speech-Language Pathologist in 1996 while continuing her voice and other contributions to film and television, as well as voice contributions to video games.[6]