Tara Sands
Tara Sands | |
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Born |
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | September 20, 1975
Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Other names | Tara Jayne |
Alma mater | Hofstra University |
Occupation | Voice actress, television host |
Website |
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Tara Jayne Sands (born September 20, 1975) is an American voice actress and a former co-host of the Cartoon Network's weekly block, Fridays.[1] She has voiced in a number of anime dubs and cartoons, including 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. She also provides narration on audio books.[2]
Biography
Sands was raised in New Jersey and studied theater at Hofstra University. She has been involved with voice acting 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 narrated numerous audio books, including Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes series[2] and Ellen Potter's Olivia Kidney series.[3]
In addition to providing voice-overs for commercials, Sands has appeared on-camera in commercials, including as the 'Office Cheerleader' in a series for Lipton's Cup-a-Soup[1] and television series including Everybody Hates Chris.[1]
Filmography
Live action
- Fridays (Cartoon Network) - Co-Host
- Everybody Hates Chris - Hotel Clerk, Waitress
- The Sarah Silverman Program - Campaign Manager
- The Newsroom - Secretary[4]
Anime
- Agent Aika - Ria
- Ah! My Goddess: The Movie - Chrono
- Angel Sanctuary - Sara Mudo
- Descendants of Darkness - Princess Tsubaki
- Dinosaur King - Michelle
- Domain of Murder - Keita Toyama
- Durarara!! - Masaomi Kida (Young)
- F-Zero: GP Legend - Dream, Female Ninja
- Fencer of Minerva - Diana
- Fighting Foodons - Chase
- Geobreeders - Eiko Rando
- Ghost Talker's Daydream - Anzai
- Girls Bravo - Nanase Koh Haruka, Reporter (Ep. 21)
- Jungle Emperor Leo - Lune/Rune
- Knights of Ramune - PQ
- Kirby: Right Back at Ya! - Fololo, Falala (4Kids Version)
- Legend of Himiko - Tadami
- Maze - Solude Schfoltzer
- Mew Mew Power - Additional Voices
- Naruto Shippuden - Yota, Tamao, Kabuto (Young)
- One Piece - Kaya, Nojiko, young Luffy, Makino (4Kids Version)
- Patlabor: The Mobile Police - Takeo Kumagami
- Photon - Aun Freya[5]
- Pokémon (anime) - multiple characters (seasons 1-8) including Bulbasaur,[5] Phanpy, Larvitar, Clefairy, Tori Lund, Bugsy, Jasmine, Ritchie
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal - Kotono Sarashina (Eps. 15 and 18)
- Rayearth - Hikaru Shidou
- Revolutionary Girl Utena - Tokiko Chida
- Rurouni Kenshin - Seta Sōjirō, Osamu Masukami (as Tara Jayne)
- Samurai Deeper Kyo - Santera
- The Seven Deadly Sins - Luigi
- Shaman King - Anna Kyoyama, Opacho
- Shamanic Princess - Tiara[5]
- Shrine of the Morning Mist - Tadahiro Amatsu (Child), Tama Hieda
- Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos - Kesshomaru/Shiori
- Sailor Moon - Yumemi Yumeno (Ep. 28, Viz Media dub)[6]
- Slayers Try - Filia Ul Copt (as Tara Jayne)
- Sonic X - Additional Voices
- Spirit Warrior - Asura
- Stitch! - Audrey
- Tiger & Bunny - Ms. Violet[7]
- Time Bokan - Ohana, Yatterman (1&2)
- Time of Eve - Naoko Sakisaka
- To Heart - Multi HMX2
- Yu-Gi-Oh! - Mokuba Kaiba[8]
Animation
- Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse - Summer
- Danger Rangers - Additional Voices
- Electric City - Roger Moore
- Generator Rex - Circe
- I Spy (HBO animated series) - Spyler (as Tara Jayne)
- Ice Age: Continental Drift - Additional Voices
- My Kid Could Paint That - Voice Over Talent[9]
- Phineas and Ferb - Danielle
- Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright - Nancy
- Shadow of the Elves - Nayade, Rowan
- Supernormal - Buzz Girl, Eric's Mom
- Team Umizoomi - Horse
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) - Angel, Tyler
- Welcome to Eltingville - Jane
Video games
- Ape Escape 2 - Pipotchi
- Avatar: The Game - Fulson, RDA
- Call of Juarez: The Cartel - Jess Stone, Additional Voices
- Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls - Masaru Daimon[10]
- Dead Island - Jin, Various Characters[11]
- Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance - Additional Voices
- Final Fantasy Type-0 - Additional Voices[12]
- God Eater 2: Rage Burst - Leah
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Generation - Bamo.
- Infamous - Additional Voices
- Infamous Second Son - Activist[13]
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - Additional Voices[14]
- Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale - Lily, Mayuri
- Saint's Row: The Third - Additional Voices
- Singularity - Additional English Voice Talent[15]
- Skyforge - Pria, Cersei, Ferocious Illira
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Genis Sage, Seles Wilder
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Genis Sage
- Valkyrie Profile - Llewelyn, Yumei, Shiho, Nanami
References
- 1 2 3 "Tara Sands - Watch Reels". TaraSands.com.
- 1 2 "Talking with Wendelin Van Draanen". audiofile.com. Oct–Nov 2003. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ "Tara Sands - Random House Audio - Listening Library". Random House Audio. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ↑ Tara Sands (2012-07-21). "Lots of exciting stuff happening....". Tara Sands Blogspot.
- 1 2 3 "The Trials, Trevails, and Bitterness of Voice Acting: Straight Talk with Tara Jayne". Akadot. 2001-04-09. Retrieved 2011-11-15. - "Pokemon was my first voice acting job"
- ↑ "An Artful Attack". Sailor Moon (BD/DVD). Episode 28 (Viz).
- ↑ "The Sky's the Limit". Tiger & Bunny. Episode 15.
- ↑ http://www.yugioh.com/characters/mokuba-kaiba
- ↑ "My Kid Could Paint That - Press Kit" (PDF) (Press release). Sony Classics. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ↑ "I'm allowed to announce I'll be playing Masaru in Danganronpa Another Episode! So fun!". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
- ↑ Techland. Dead Island. Deep Silver. Scene: Credits, 4:35 in, US Voice Talents.
- ↑ Square Enix. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD. Scene: Closing credits, 1:54 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
- ↑ Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous: Second Son. Sony Computer Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 3:43 in, Additional Voice Talent.
- ↑ Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
- ↑ "Behind The Voice Actors – Singularity". Behind The Voice Actors. - role was confirmed using screenshots of closing credits
External links
- Official website
- Tara Sands at the Internet Movie Database
- Tara Jayne at Anime News Network's encyclopedia