Renae Jacobs (born February 1, 1957) is an American voice actress, who
is perhaps best known for voicing journalist and reporter April O'Neil
in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series.Renae
Jacobs was born February 1, 1957 in Lansing, Michigan, moving to Los
Angeles in the early 1980s to pursue a career as a voice actress.While
working in Los Angeles in 1986, she received a call to audition for
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She was directed through the audition by
Stu Rosen. The first day Rosen made it clear he didn't approve of her
for the role, and had waited to show her audition after exhausting all
the others.She has said that developed her initial personification of
O'Neil after reading the description in the casting material, not the
comics themselves:
is perhaps best known for voicing journalist and reporter April O'Neil
in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series.Renae
Jacobs was born February 1, 1957 in Lansing, Michigan, moving to Los
Angeles in the early 1980s to pursue a career as a voice actress.While
working in Los Angeles in 1986, she received a call to audition for
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She was directed through the audition by
Stu Rosen. The first day Rosen made it clear he didn't approve of her
for the role, and had waited to show her audition after exhausting all
the others.She has said that developed her initial personification of
O'Neil after reading the description in the casting material, not the
comics themselves:
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