Stephanie Nadolny

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Stephanie Nadolny
Born Stephanie Ann Nadolny
May 19, 1972 (1972-05-19) (age 39)
Memphis, Tennessee
Occupation Voice actress
Singer

Stephanie Ann Nadolny (born May 19, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American voice actress and Singer who has worked on the properties of FUNimation Entertainment and ADV Films. She is best known for her voice role as the child version of Goku, the main protagonist of the popular Dragon Ball anime series, as well as the child version of Goku's son, Gohan, in the equally-popular series Dragon Ball Z. She reprised both roles in most Dragon Ball related video games and other media for over a decade (though other actors have been used in recent media). Even though her list of major roles is somewhat small compared to other voice actors, her work has still been extensive, due to Goku and Gohan being such prominent characters. She was most busy with voice acting during 1999 - 2004.

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[edit] Personal life

Stephanie was born on May 19, 1972 in Memphis, Tennessee to Sharon Dunning and Stephen Nadolny and has a brother named Paul. Stephanie was always interested in acting and singing and decided to pursue that career by first performing with a favorite band in 1990, Lindy and the Look. Stephanie soon became a member of the band Vince Vance and the Valiantettes, known for the song "All I Want for Christmas Is You." She currently resides in Dallas. Stephanie sang with Bulletproof Brass for over two years. She currently sings with the Dallas based Project Band. They play R&B, jazz, soul, disco and funk. They play at clubs, weddings and parties all over the DFW metroplex. She loves vocal parody work and picking up radio jingle work when time allows.

Nadolny's role model is her mother, who lost her battle with cancer in 1999 at the age of 47.

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[edit] Trivia

  • Before she had anything to do with Dragon Ball, Nadolny was the singing voice for Helen Hen of the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant chain. She also was the singer for the opening theme for the Funimation produced show, Cyboars. Because she was already working on the properties of Funimation, she was asked to audition for Dragon Ball Z.
  • Some of the other Dragon Ball Z characters Nadolny auditioned for were Chi-Chi, Bulma, Chiaotzu, Android 18, Videl, and Goten.
  • Nadolny won the role of Goku in Dragon Ball through a voice-over vote that was held on the official Dragon Ball website to decide the voice cast. Both Nadolny (who had previously played the part in flashbacks in some episodes of Dragon Ball Z) and Ceyli Delgadillo (who had previously voiced Goku in the second and third Dragon Ball movies) were up for the part. Nadolny received the most votes, and thus, she was cast as Goku in Dragon Ball.
  • Nadolny was originally selected to be the singer for the English ending theme song of Dragon Ball, however, the Japanese producers spoke out about it, feeling that it would not be appropriate for the voice of Goku to sing the ending theme. Daphne Gere was then selected to sing it.
  • Nadolny has often said that Kid Goku is her favorite of her roles.

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