Laura Bailey
Laura Bailey
Laura Dawn Bailey is an American voice actress and voice director who provides voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime films and television series as well as 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,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionVoice Actor
Date of Birth28 May 1981
CityBiloxi, MS
CountryUnited States of America
I would gladly run a million marathons if doing so would save my girls from ever having to face cancer.
He wouldn't hurt a soul. How could someone shoot him like that and take his body and run it down a ravine. It's unfathomable. I just can't believe it.
I think starting in anime, like I did, gave me a good idea of how to approach games that come from Japan. Japanese developers can be very different from companies here in the western market.
It's nice, because after you've worked with various directors and producers enough times, they start to know your voice and what you're capable of.
It's fun to grow with a character over the course of a TV series. Video games are usually a much more condensed process.
I guess anime helped me understand the Japanese culture a little better and makes me want to honor certain language nuances that don't always translate to English.
That's exactly how it's supposed to happen. You can't say enough about just having enough eyes on the river.