Samantha Kelly
Headshot of Samantha Kelly
Born June 14, 1967[1] (age 57)
Super Mario–related role(s) Current voice actress for Princess Peach, Toad, Toadette, Baby Peach and Pink Gold Peach
“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 some games) is Princess Peach and Toad's current and longest running voice actress, providing their voice work since Mario Strikers Charged and Mario Party 8 respectively (excluding Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and Mario Kart Arcade GP DX). She also voices Toadette, Baby Peach and Pink Gold Peach.

History

Samantha Kelly was born in Kenya and has lived in the countries, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Germany.[2] She has been married to Carlos Roland since August 12, 2005. They have two children. She was previously married to Scott D. Fralick in November 24, 1990 and divorced in October 11, 2002.[3] Prior to video games, she has done voiceover work for Nordstrom and other commercials. 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 was chosen. Fun fact: in 1979, Samantha Kelly went to her mother's room to play with some puppets making what would be the current voices of Toad. Soon, her mother told her to shut up and, on top of that, she said that attitude drove her mother crazy. [4]

Portrayals

1 - Kelly portrays Peach and Pink Gold Peach in all sports except Tennis, where they are voiced by Jen Taylor.
2 - Replaces Taylor from the original game.

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