Laura Bailey (voice actress)
reasonLaura Bailey (voice actress)
Laura Bailey | |
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Born | Laura Dawn Bailey May 28, 1981 Biloxi, Mississippi[1] |
Residence | Los Angeles, California |
Other names | Elle Deets[note 1] |
Alma mater | Collin College[2] |
Occupation | Voice actress, voice director |
Years active | 1999 - present |
Spouse(s) | Travis Willingham (m. 2011)[3] |
Website | laurabaileyvo |
Laura Dawn Bailey (born May 28, 1981 in Biloxi, Mississippi) is an American actress and voice actress who provides voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime films and television series as well as voice roles in video games and cartoons. Her notable roles include Maka Albarn in Soul Eater, Kid Trunks in Dragon Ball Z, Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket, Lust in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara in Crayon Shin-Chan, the last of which she also served as the line producer. In video games, she provides the voice of Rayne in the BloodRayne series, Chun-Li in the newer titles of the Street Fighter series, The Female Protagonist in Persona 3 Portable, Rise Kujikawa in the Persona 4 series, Blaze the Cat in Sonic the Hedgehog series, Lucina in Fire Emblem Awakening, Serah Farron in the Final Fantasy XIII series, Serana in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dawnguard, Spartan Olympia Vale in Halo 5: Guardians,[4] and Jaina Proudmoore in World of Warcraft.[5][6]
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Biography
Bailey was inspired to go into acting after watching a making of Dawson's Creek special where they interviewed Katie Holmes.[7][8] She attended the theatre program at the Collin County Community College (Quad C) in Plano, Texas.[7] where she participated in productions of "Suburbia", "Through a Glass Onion", and "Don't Rock the Jukebox".[2] Kent Williams, who spotted her at one of the plays, invited her to audition for Funimation, who had been working on Dragon Ball Z.[9] Her most notable role on Dragon Ball Z was Kid Trunks,[9] which she portrayed with a raspy voice.[10] She voiced the starring character Marlene Angel in Blue Gender, which was the first project Funimation did outside of the Dragon Ball world,[1][8] and Keiko Yukimura in YuYu Hakusho.
Bailey was cast for the starring role of Tohru Honda in the anime Fruits Basket. Bailey said that Tohru's character has helped her be more positive: "I was so inspired by her character by her, joy, and outlook on life that, you know, you wanna emulate that."[9] She later voiced Lust, one of the villains in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Sana Kurata in Kodocha.[11]
Bailey had been working with Funimation for about four years before she started ADR directing. She worked on Blue Gender: The Warrior and some episodes of Case Closed. Her first major ADR Directing project was Gunslinger Girl, in which she also voices Henrietta. She also co-directed parts of Kodocha.[11] She became a line producer for Shin-Chan and also voiced the title character.
In more recent years, Bailey has stopped doing dubbing, choosing to focus more on western animation and AAA video games.
Personal life
Bailey and anime voice actor/director Colleen Clinkenbeard were once roommates while working at Funimation.[12] In 2007, she moved to Los Angeles, California.[10] In 2011, she married fellow voice actor Travis Willingham.[3] They currently live in Los Angeles.[13]
Filmography
Anime
As crew
- Blue Gender movie – ADR director[11]
- Case Closed – ADR director[11]
- Gunslinger Girl – ADR director Bailey's first large project[11]
- Rumbling Hearts – Line producer
- Shin-chan – Line producer, ADR director
- Kodocha – Line producer, ADR director[11]
Animation
Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source[14] |
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2004 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Eve De Lafeye | Ep. "Simple Plan & the Invisible Madman" | [citation needed] |
2008 | Transformers: Animated | Additional voices | Ep. "Mission Accomplished" | [citation needed] |
2010 | Barbie: Fashionistas | Glam | [citation needed] | |
2011 | The Super Hero Squad Show | Firestar | Eps. "Planet Hulk! (Six Against Infinity Part 5)"; "Too Many Wolverines!" | |
2011–14 | Shelf Life | The Kid, Jason | [citation needed] | |
2011–12 | Monster High | Lagoona Blue | Webisodes and specials | [26] |
2011–13 | Winx Club | Tressa, Serena | Nickelodeon dub | [27][28] |
2012 | Street Fighter X Tekken Vita | Chun-Li | TV miniseries | |
2013 | LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload | Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff | [21] | |
2013–15 | Marvel's Avengers Assemble | Black Widow | [21][29][30][31] | |
2014–15 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Black Widow | Ep. "The Avenging Spider-Man: Part 1"; "Contest of the Champions: Part 2" | [citation needed] |
2014–15 | Regular Show | Sheena Albright, Natalia, others | Ep. "Skips in the Saddle"; "The Real Thomas"; "Benson's Suit" | [32][33][34] |
2015 | Batman Unlimited | Cheetah | Web series | [35] |
2015 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled | Black Widow | Television Special | [36] |
2016 | RWBY | Amber | Ep. "Beginning of the End" |
Feature films
Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source[14] |
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2008 | Resident Evil: Degeneration | Angela Miller | ||
2015 | When Marnie Was There | Additional voices | [citation needed] |
Direct-to-video and television films
Video games
Live action
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[14] |
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2001 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Roberta | Ep. "Saturday Night" | |
2003 | Graduation Day | Marni | Directed by Matt Cade | [83] |
2003 | Prison-A-Go-Go! | Ginger | [citation needed] | |
2006 | Placebo | Nancy | Short film by Dan Burks | [citation needed] |
2007 | Four Sheets to the Wind | Francie | ||
2007 | Mr. Brooks | Flight Attendant | ||
2007 | Thief | Ep. 103[note 2] | ||
2007 | The Staircase Murders | Margaret Peterson | Lifetime TV movie | [84] |
2007 | Ruffian | Cassie | TV movie | |
2007 | One Tree Hill | Girl #2 | Ep. 417: "It Gets Worse at Night" | |
2007 | Underbelly | Sara Hotchkiss | Birdnose Productions | |
2009 | From the Dark | Kristin Parker | Directed by Chris McClellan | [citation needed] |
2010 | Dusk | Chelsea | Directed by Mitch Waters | [citation needed] |
2015 | To Have and to Hold | Jane Pierce | Directed by Ray Bengston | |
2015 | Critical Role | Vex'ahlia | Web series | [citation needed] |
2015 | Titansgrave | Lemley | Web series | [citation needed] |
Notes
- ↑ Bailey is credited as Elle Deets in Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, but she has noted that she voiced the character Belle in her website credits list.
- ↑ Bailey was credited for Thief although her scene was cut before broadcast.
References
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External links
- Official website
- Laura Bailey at the Internet Movie Database
- Laura Bailey at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Laura Bailey convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from Mississippi
- Actresses from Texas
- American female singers
- American television actresses
- American television producers
- American video game actresses
- American voice actresses
- Funimation voice actors
- Voice directors
- Place of birth missing (living people)