

Miller has become one of the animation world’s best-known voiceover artists. Like many people my age, I enjoyed watching Lara Jill Miller play “Samantha Kanisky” opposite Nell Carter for six seasons on Gimme A Break! The successful show and its cast members earned several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, including multiple Young Artist Awards nominations for Miller.Īs a fan of Lara Jill Miller growing up, it has been such fun to now see my own kids admiring her work today - through a different form of talent. “She’s on TV!” Miller as a star of Gimme A Break! “Lara Jill Miller has my name too,” I started replying confidently. “That’s a different name, I’ve never heard it before.” “Lara?” kids would say to me with a puzzled look.

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There was my name, shared with a real TV star, and I instantly felt my coolness factor go up a few points. Then one day, while watching the opening credits of the popular family sitcom, Gimme A Break!, I saw the name of one of the stars flash across the screen: Lara Jill Miller.

I knew plenty of Katies, lots of Nicoles, and tons of Jennifers, but I had never encountered anyone else with my less common name. Growing up in the ’80’s, there were not as many creative, unique names as there are today. When I was a kid, I was the only girl I knew named Lara.
