Samantha Kelly

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Samantha Kelly
Headshot of Samantha Kelly
Born June 14, 1967[1] (age 57)
Super Mario–related role(s) Voice actress for Princess Peach, Toad, Toadette, Toads, Baby Peach, Pink Gold Peach, and Peachette (2007–2024)[2]
“What I like about Peach, is that she's always innocent and sweet and she's also determined.”
Samantha Kelly

Samantha Kelly (credited as Sam Kelly in many games) is a voice actress that formerly voiced Princess Peach and Toad, replacing Nicole Mills and Jen Taylor. She has provided their voice work from Mario Strikers Charged and Mario Party 8, respectively (excluding Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Mario Tennis Open (for Princess Peach), and Mario Kart Arcade GP DX), until Mario & Luigi: Brothership. She also voiced Toadette, Baby Peach, and Pink Gold Peach. Some games use the voice clips of Jen Taylor or Nicole Mills with those of Kelly, such as Mario Tennis Aces and Mario Strikers Charged. The final Super Mario games in which she recorded new voice lines were Super Mario Bros. Wonder for Toads and Toadette and Princess Peach: Showtime! for Princess Peach.

Though she did not voice Peach and Toad in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (who are instead voiced by Anya Taylor-Joy and Keegan-Michael Key, respectively), some Toads in the movie utter reused voice clips of Kelly's portrayal of the Toad species.

History

Samantha Kelly was born in Nairobi, Kenya and has lived in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Germany.[3] She has been married to Carlos Roland since August 12, 2005. They have two children. She was previously married to Scott D. Fralick from November 24, 1990 until they divorced on October 11, 2002.[4] Prior to video games, she has done voiceover work for Nordstrom and other commercials.[5] After Jen Taylor left the role of Princess Peach and Nicole Mills filled in as the temporary voice, an agent had Kelly audition for the role and she was chosen.[6]

On June 6, 2025, a day following the release of Mario Kart World, Kelly announced that she would no longer be voicing Princess Peach and Toad, as Nintendo recast the role for both characters.[7]

Portrayals

1 - Kelly portrays the character in all sports except Tennis, in which they are instead voiced by Jen Taylor.
2 - Replaces Jen Taylor from the original game.
3 - Kelly's voicework is used alongside one or very few archival recordings of Jen Taylor.
4 - Kelly's voicework is used alongside one archival recording of Nicole Mills from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.

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