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Jodi Marie Benson (born Jodi Marie Marzorati on October 10, 1961) is an American voice actress and soprano singer. She is best known for providing both the speaking and the singing voices of Disney's Princess Ariel in The Little Mermaid and its sequels. In 2002 and 2006, she reprised the role of Ariel in the English versions of the Kingdom Hearts series. Most recently Benson voiced the high-profile animated character Barbie in the 1999 movie Toy Story 2 and the 2010 movie Toy Story 3. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jodi Benson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
She is a renowned American voice actress and soprano singer who achieved widespread recognition as the voice of Princess Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid.
She is best known for providing the speaking and singing voice for Ariel in The Little Mermaid franchise, as well as voicing Barbie in Pixar's Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3.
She began her career in Broadway musical theatre, performing in productions like Smile before transitioning into her celebrated voice acting career.