Tara Sands
| Tara Sands | |
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| Born | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Other names | Tara Jayne |
| Occupation | Voice Actress Actress Television Host |
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| http://www.tarasands.com/ | |
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Tara Sands is an American voice actress, television host and actress. Well known as the voice of Anna Kyoyama in Shaman King, Mokuba Kaiba in the English adaptation of the second series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, as well as Chase on Fighting Foodons and Filia Ul Copt in Slayers.
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, and raised in New Jersey, Sands studied theater at Hofstra University, and has had a steady stream of voice acting work since high school. Much of her work is in anime dubbing, with multiple roles in such franchises as Slayers and Pokémon. She also voiced Tiara in Shamanic Princess, and Hikaru Shidou in the OVA 'remake' of Magic Knight Rayearth, among others.
Sands has also narrated numerous audio books, including Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes series[1]and Ellen Potter's Olivia Kidney series.
In addition to providing voiceovers for numerous commercials, Sands has appeared on-camera in commercials, including as the 'Office Cheerleader' in a series for Lipton's Cup-a-Soup[2] and television series including "Everybody Hates Chris"
Tara is also a very successful television host whose credits include: Cartoon Network's weekly block, Fridays and major red carpet premieres![2]
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] Live-action roles
- Fridays (Cartoon Network) - Host
- Everybody Hates Chris - Hotel Clerk, Waitress
- The Sarah Silverman Program - Campaign Manager
[edit] Anime Roles
- Agent Aika - Ria
- Ah! My Goddess: The Movie - Chrono
- Angel Sanctuary - Sara Mudo
- Descendants of Darkness -Princess Tsubaki
- Dinosaur King - Michelle
- F-Zero: GP Legend - Dream, Female Ninja
- Fencer of Minerva - Diana
- Fighting Foodons - Chase
- Jungle Emperor Leo - Lune/Rune
- Legend of Himiko - Tadami
- Maze (anime) - Solude Schfoltzer
- Monster - Kid playing in yard (episode 29)
- Mew Mew Power - Additional Voices
- One Piece - Kaya, Nojiko, young Luffy, Makino (4kids version)
- Patlabor: The Mobile Police - Takeo Kumagami
- Photon - Aun Freya[3]
- Pokémon (anime) - multiple characters (seasons 1-8) including Bulbasaur[3], Phanpy, Larvitar, Tori Lund, Bugsy, Jasmine, Richie
- Rayearth OVA - Hikaru Shidou
- Rurouni Kenshin - Seta Sōjirō, Osamu Masukami
- Samurai Deeper Kyo - Santera
- Shaman King - Anna Kyoyama, Opacho
- Shamanic Princess - Tiara (OVA)[3]
- Slayers Try - Filia Ul Copt
- Sonic X - Additional Voices
- Stitch! - Audrey
- ToHeart - Multi HMX2
- Yu-Gi-Oh! - Mokuba Kaiba
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Sherry Le Blanc
[edit] Non-anime Roles
- I Spy (HBO animated series) - Spyler
- Generator Rex - Circe
- My Kid Could Paint That - voice
- Supernormal - Buzz Girl, Eric's Mom
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) - Angel, Tyler
[edit] Video Games
- Ape Escape 2 - Pipotochi
- Avatar: The Game - Fulson, RDA
- Dead Island - Jin
- Infamous - Additional Voices
- Singularity - Katya
- Soulcalibur IV - Additional Voices
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Genis Sage
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Genis Sage
- Valkyrie Profile - Nanami, Shiho, Yumei
[edit] References
- ^ "Talking with Wendelin Van Draanen". audiofile.com. Oct/Nov 2003. http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/features/A1402.html. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ^ a b "Tara Sands - Watch Reels". TaraSands.com. http://www.tarasands.com/look.html.
- ^ a b c "The Trials, Trevails, and Bitterness of Voice Acting: Straight Talk with Tara Jayne". Akadot. 2001-04-09. http://luisarturoreyes.com/akadot/fun/qanda/qanda-jayne1.html. Retrieved 2011-11-15. - "Pokemon was my first voice acting job"
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Tara Sands at the Internet Movie Database
- Tara Jayne at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
