The Spanish Voice of Barbie: 12 Seasons of Dreamhouse Adventures

The Spanish voice of Barbie for mobile apps! For years now I have had the joy of giving Barbie her voice in Spanish — childhood dreams coming true (and how I love Malibu!). With Barbie Dreamhouse we are past season 12, so Barbie and I have been through absolutely everything together.

The craft behind an iconic character voice

When I record mobile apps — especially in character voice — three things matter above everything. First, sustaining the character to the very last line: session after session, year after year, Barbie has to sound exactly like Barbie, because kids notice instantly when their friend's voice changes. Second, hitting the right words: in interactive content, the emphasis guides little players through the game, so every highlighted word is a small signpost. And third — just as technical as the other two — having fun. Kids can hear a smile. All of that is poured into every session.

Interactive apps are also a very particular recording discipline: hundreds of short lines, menus, reactions and celebrations that must sound alive out of any order, because the player decides the sequence. It is character acting built like a mosaic — each little piece has to carry the whole personality.

Barbie joins the family of interactive characters I have voiced for kids' apps — from Strawberry Shortcake to My Little Pony and Smurfette — a corner of my work that mixes video game voice acting with kids' character voices, my two favorite playgrounds.

Welcome to Barbie Dreamhouse! The story is on my Instagram.

Watch it in action