![]() Miller’s impressive resume includes roles as “Clifford” in Clifford’s Puppy Days, “Allie” in Curious George, “Henry” in Henry Hugglemonster, and everybody’s favorite boo-boo cuddler “Lambie” in Doc McStuffins. Her cheerful voice is heard in millions of homes with young children, breathing life into some of today’s most popular cartoon characters. Miller has become one of the animation world’s best-known voiceover artists. Like many people my age, I enjoyed watching Lara Jill Miller play “Samantha Kanisky” opposite Nell Carter for six seasons on Gimme A Break! The successful show and its cast members earned several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, including multiple Young Artist Awards nominations for Miller.Īs a fan of Lara Jill Miller growing up, it has been such fun to now see my own kids admiring her work today - through a different form of talent. “She’s on TV!” Miller as a star of Gimme A Break! “Lara Jill Miller has my name too,” I started replying confidently. “That’s a different name, I’ve never heard it before.” “Lara?” kids would say to me with a puzzled look. There was my name, shared with a real TV star, and I instantly felt my coolness factor go up a few points. Then one day, while watching the opening credits of the popular family sitcom, Gimme A Break!, I saw the name of one of the stars flash across the screen: Lara Jill Miller. I knew plenty of Katies, lots of Nicoles, and tons of Jennifers, but I had never encountered anyone else with my less common name. Growing up in the ’80’s, there were not as many creative, unique names as there are today. ![]() When I was a kid, I was the only girl I knew named Lara. ![]()
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