Jill Talley

Jill Talley is an American actress and comedian. She is a main cast member on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which she voices Karen Plankton. Her other voice roles include Sarah Dubois on Adult Swim's The Boondocks and Rita Loud on The Loud House. She is married to Tom Kenny, a co-star from SpongeBob SquarePants.

Jill Talley
Talley in 2022
Born	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Other names	Jill Tally Jill Kenny
Occupations	Actress comedian
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Tom Kenny ​ (m. 1996)​ [1]
Children	2

Early life

Talley was born in Chicago, Illinois.^[2] She graduated from Kennedy High School in 1981.^[3]

Career

In her twenties, Talley performed improv comedy in Chicago at the Improv Institute and The Second City. Talley and her husband, Tom Kenny, were both cast members of the cult short-lived FOX Network sketch comedy show The Edge from 1992 to 1993 and sketch comedy show Mr. Show from 1995 to 1998. They also appeared together in the May 1996 video for "Tonight, Tonight" by The Smashing Pumpkins as a married couple who take a honeymoon on the moon.^[4]

Since 1999, Jill Talley has played Karen Plankton on SpongeBob SquarePants. She was promoted to a main cast member in the credits of its 2004 film adaptation. Talley's other vocal work includes playing several characters on Camp Lazlo (Gretchen, Nina, and Ms. Mucus) and playing Sarah Dubois on the Adult Swim show The Boondocks. She also voiced Lady Granite in the Plastic Man DC Nation Shorts and Maja the Sky Witch in the Adventure Time episode "Sky Witch”.

Since Mr. Show's run, she has also appeared in minor roles in several films such as Little Miss Sunshine and Sky High, in the latter of which she appeared with her husband.

Personal life

Talley first met Tom Kenny in 1992 while working on The Edge. They married in 1996 and have two children, Mack (b. 1997) and Nora (b. 2003).^[4][5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Sour Grapes	Lois
2000	The Ladies Man	Candy
2002	The Powerpuff Girls Movie	Additional characters (voice)	Uncredited
2002	Run Ronnie Run	Tammy
2003	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Mom
2003	The Animatrix	Mother (voice)	Segment: "The Second Renaissance"[6]
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Karen Plankton (voice)	[6]
2005	Sky High	Mrs. Timmerman
2005	Lil' Pimp	Mom, Old Lady, Mary (voice)	[6]
2005	Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie	Mama Cottontail, Mother (voice)	[6]
2006	Little Miss Sunshine	Cindy
2006	Asterix and the Vikings	Walla-Female (voice)	English dub
2007	Happily N'Ever After	Stepsister, Mother, Witch (voice)	[6]
2007	Elf Bowling the Movie: The Great North Pole Elf Strike	Grizelda Claus, Veronica Kim (voice)	[6]
2009	World's Greatest Dad	Make-up Woman
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Karen (voice)	[6]
2019	Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling	Nosey, additional voices	[6]
2020	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run	Karen (voice)
2021	The Loud House Movie	Rita Loud, 1600's Rita (voice)	[7][6]
2024	No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie	Rita Loud, Computer Voice (voice)	[6]
2024	Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie	Karen, Bonnie, Various (voice)	[8][6]
2025	Plankton: The Movie	Karen, Various (voice)	[8][9]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992–1993	The Edge	Various characters	Main role; 20 episodes
1995	Rocko's Modern Life	Nosey (voice)	Episode: "Speaking Terms"[6]
1995–1998	Mr. Show with Bob and David	Various	26 episodes
1996, 1997	Seinfeld	Gail	2 episodes
1998–1999	Cow and Chicken	Various voices	2 episodes[6]
1999–present	SpongeBob SquarePants	Karen Plankton, various characters (voice)	Main cast[6]
2000–2003	The Powerpuff Girls	Additional characters (voice)	Recurring role; 22 episodes
2001	Johnny Bravo	Various voices	2 episodes[6]
2003	Clifford's Puppy Days	Mrs. Sidarsky, Bebe (voice)	3 episodes[6]
2003–2004	Stripperella	Giselle, Margo Van Winkle, and Enorma Ray (voice)	Main role; 13 episodes[6]
2004, 2005	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Jason and his mom, Nerd Girl, Sperg's Mom (voice)	2 episodes
2004, 2005	Duck Dodgers	Edna Wheely, Mrs. Wiggums, Unice (voice)	2 episodes[6]
2005	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Frida Flora (voice)	Episode: "Farmed and Dangerous"
2005	Codename: Kids Next Door	Billy's Mom, Mrs. Dirt (voice)	2 episodes
2005–2008	Camp Lazlo	Gretchen, Miss Mucus, Nina Neckley (voice)	Main role; 15 episodes[6]
2005–present	American Dad!	Additional characters (voice)	Recurring role; 11 episodes
2005–2014	The Boondocks	Sarah Dubois / Various characters (voice)	Main role; 46 episodes
2007	The Batman	Socialite, Doctor (voice)	Episode: "Vertigo"[6]
2007	WordGirl	Babysitter (voice)	Episode: "Tobey or Consequences"[6]
2012–2018	Adventure Time	Maja, various characters (voice)	4 episodes[6]
2014–2016	TripTank	Mom, Woman, Operator, Pierced Gypsy, Goddess on a Horse, Veronica, Sharleen, News Reporter, and Bride (voice)	Recurring role; 9 episodes[6]
2015	W/ Bob & David	Various characters	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2016–present	The Loud House	Rita Loud, Griselda, Sam Sharp (1st time), Spunk E. Pigeon, Fenton, Kelly, various characters (voice)	Main role[6]
2016–2018	Skylanders Academy	Roller Brawl (voice)	Recurring role
2016–2019	The Powerpuff Girls (2016)	Psychic Woman, Ms. Lacosi, Super Lice 1, Judge and Duplikate (voice)	Recurring role[6]
2017–2019	Wacky Races	I.Q. Ickly, P.T. Barnstorm (voice)	Main role[6]
2017–2023	Puppy Dog Pals	Cupcake, Jackie (voice)	Recurring role[6]
2018	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Cheery Tomato (voice)	Episode: "War and Pizza"[6]
2018	Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters	Alice Faustini	Episode: "Devil in the Blue Jeans"
2019	Love, Death & Robots	Kali (voice)	Episode: "Blind Spot"[6]
2019	Green Eggs and Ham	Various characters (voice)	4 episodes[6]
2019–2020	Tigtone	Koledra-Scoptor, Rain-Bone, Horned Pegasus, Peasant 2 and Ugly Creature 2 (voice)	2 episodes
2020	The Casagrandes	Rita Loud (voice)	Episode: "Cursed!"[6]
2020-2021	T.O.T.S.	Various characters (voice)	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2021–2024	Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years	Karen Plankton (voice)	Main role[6]
2021–present	The Patrick Star Show	Squidina Star, Karen Plankton (voice)	Main role[6]
2021–2022	Chicago Party Aunt	Bonnie (voice)	Recurring role

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes	Source
2002	La Pucelle: Tactics	Culotte	English dub	[10]
2003	Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits	Paulette[6]
2003	Final Fantasy X-2	Incidental characters		[11]
2004	EverQuest II	Generic Iksar Ghost Enemy, Generic Siren Enemy, Generic Valkyrie Enemy
2005	SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!	Karen Plankton		[6]
2005	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: The Video Game	Karen		[6]
2006	SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab	Karen
2006	Final Fantasy XII	Additional characters	English dub	[12]
2006	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	Female Soldier B		[6]
2009	SpongeBob's Truth or Square	Karen, additional characters
2010	Final Fantasy XIII	Cocoon Inhabitants	English dub	[13]
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge	Karen, Rainchild		[6]
2013	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Additional voices	English dub
2022	Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway	Squidina Star		[6]
2023	SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake	Karen, Citizens		[6]