Toph’s Voice Reveals Avatar Secrets You’ve NEVER Heard Before! | Michaela Jill Murphy Interview

Lightweights Podcast

Joe Vulpis

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4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Michaela Jill Murphy, also known as Jessie Flower, is an American voice actress and writer. She’s best known for voicing Toph Beifong in Nickelodeon’s acclaimed animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Michaela began her voice acting career as a child, landing roles in various animated shows and films. Besides Avatar, she’s voiced characters in Finding Nemo, Meet the Robinsons, and The Emperor’s New School. Today, she continues to work in voiceover and makes appearances at fan conventions worldwide.

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Episode 357

Welcome to the LIGHTWEIGHTS PODCAST official YouTube channel! Hosted by Joe Vulpis, AKA "Ugh It's Joe" and "The Joe", Lightweights shares the most exciting parts of the guests unique story. Guests range from world renowned wildlife biologists and BRIT Award winning rockstars to the largest Tik Tokkers in the world and NYT Number One Best Sellers.

For fans of Call Her Daddy, Tiny Meat Gang, The Try Pod, Joe Rogan, Nick Viall Viall Files, RAW TALK with Bradley Martyn, Danny Duncan, Zane and Heath Unfiltered, Roman Atwood Podcast, Unplanned Podcast, Dropouts Podcast, Theo Von, Pretty Basic, Wild Til 9, The Really Good Podcast, Michaela Jill Murphy, Jessie Flower, Avatar The Last Airbender, Toph Beifong, Avatar interview, Avatar voice actors, Toph voice actress, ATLA podcast, Avatar secrets, Michaela Murphy interview, voice acting podcast, behind the scenes Avatar, Avatar trivia, Toph Beifong interview, Nickelodeon Avatar

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1:10.9	favorite line of first? The look, there it is. That's what it'll sound like when one of you
1:14.0	spots it. That's up there for sure. That's what it will sound like when one of you spots it. I also love, oh no, what a nightmare. That's one way, I say it all the time. Everyone into the hole.
1:25.6	I can't see a thing.
1:27.6	Oh no, what a nightmare.
1:29.5	If Avatar asked you to reprise the role of Toth, would you come back to it and where do you think the story continues from? I mean, yes, obviously. First of all, I'm an actor who loves to be employed. So if anyone offers me a job, I'm like, yes, thank you. But I mean, of course it would be cool to come back as tough. I know that they have a new cast for the upcoming movie and TV show and stuff. But I mean, if anyone from the Avatar world wants me back for anything, of course, I would love to. I have some theories. There are lots of fan theories about maybe what happens in between the original series and Cora.
2:03.5	I would like to see Tauff attempt to flirt because we kind of saw a little sliver of that with The Serpents Pass and Saka.
2:11.3	But like I would love to see her actually like flirt as like a young adult.
2:16.9	And just like her relationship, I don't know,
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