Laura Bailey (voice actress)

Laura Bailey is an American actress who provides voices for English-language versions of anime, animation and video games. She made her debut in anime as the young version of Trunks in the Funimation dub of Dragon Ball Z. She has also voiced Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket, Lust in Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara in the Funimation dub of Shin-Chan and Maka Albarn in Soul Eater.

In video games, she voices Jaina Proudmoore in World of Warcraft, Rayne in the BloodRayne franchise, Chun-Li in the Street Fighter series, Rise Kujikawa in Persona 4, Blaze the Cat in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Lucina in Fire Emblem Awakening, Serah Farron in Final Fantasy XIII, Serana in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dawnguard, Olympia Vale in Halo 5: Guardians, Abigail "Fetch" Walker in Infamous Second Son and Infamous First Light, Fiona in Tales from the Borderlands, Nadine Ross in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Kait Diaz in Gears of War 4 and Gears 5.

She voices Catwoman in Batman: The Telltale Series, Supergirl in Injustice 2, Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man and Black Widow in a number of Marvel projects. She is a cast member of the web series Critical Role, playing Vex'ahlia "Vex" de Rolo and Jester Lavorre.

Biography
Bailey was inspired to go into acting after watching a making of Dawson's Creek special where they interviewed Katie Holmes. She attended the theatre program at the Collin County Community College (Quad C) in Plano, Texas, where she participated in productions of Suburbia, Through a Glass Onion, and Don't Rock the Jukebox. Kent Williams, who spotted her at one of the plays, invited her to audition for Funimation, who had been working on Dragon Ball Z. Her first major role on Dragon Ball Z was Kid Trunks, which she portrayed with a raspy voice. She voiced the starring character Marlene Angel in Blue Gender, which was the first project Funimation did outside of the Dragon Ball world, and Keiko Yukimura in Yu Yu Hakusho, which ran on Cartoon Network.



Bailey was cast for the starring role of Tohru Honda in the anime Fruits Basket. She 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." She later voiced Lust, one of the villains in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Sana Kurata in Kodocha.

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. She became a line producer for the Funimation dub of Shin-Chan and also voiced the title character.

Personal life
Bailey and voice actor Colleen Clinkenbeard were once roommates while working at Funimation. In 2007, she moved to Los Angeles. On September 25, 2011, she married fellow voice actor Travis Willingham. They live in Los Angeles. Their son, Ronin Willingham, was born in 2018.

Video games

 * 2005-09-22 || Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir || Lust ||  ||
 * 2007-11-20 || Godzilla: Unleashed || Kenji Miku (uncredited) || || review whether this was put on resume
 * 2008-01-22 || One Piece: Unlimited Adventure || Kuina, Pepper ||  ||
 * 2009-03-16 || Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon || Chiyo ||  ||
 * 2009-10-29 || Dreamkiller || Alice Drake ||  ||
 * 2010-02-02 || Star Trek: Online || Kyla VanZyl ||  ||  need to check resume
 * 2010-10-12 || Medal of Honor || Female News Reporter 2 ||  ||
 * 2010-10-20 || Body & Brain Connection || Watts ||  ||
 * 2010-11-02 || Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage || Mamiya ||  ||
 * 2010-11-04 || Sonic Free Riders || Blaze the Cat, Omochao ||  ||
 * 2010-12-07 || World of Warcraft: Cataclysm || Echo of Jaina ||  ||
 * 2010-12-10 || Shira Oka: Second Chances || Naoko Ogawa, Suzu Inoue || Credited as Elle Deets ||
 * 2011-11-15 || Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games || Blaze the Cat, Omochao ||  ||
 * 2011-11-15 || Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 || Chun-Li ||  ||
 * 2011-12-01 || Infinity Blade II || Isa ||  ||
 * 2011-04-29 || Marvel Super Hero Squad Online || Firestar ||  ||
 * 2012-03-20 || Silent Hill HD Collection || Angela Orosco, Claudia Wolf || || check against resume
 * 2012-05-22 || Dragon's Dogma || Female Pawn ||  ||
 * 2012-06-17 || Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes || Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Wonder Woman ||  ||
 * 2012-07-12 || Infex || Keenan ||  ||
 * 2012-09-30 || Persona 4 Arena || Rise Kujikawa ||  ||
 * 2012-10-23 || Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward || Luna ||  ||
 * 2012-10-30 || Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth || Phoenix, Scarlet Witch, Abigail Brand ||  ||
 * 2013 || Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen || Female Pawn || Voice Type 4 and variants ||
 * 2013-04-16 || Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers || Hitomi Tono, Nemissa ||  ||
 * 2013-07-14 || Ingress || ADA (A Detection Algorithm) ||  ||
 * 2013-07-16 || Dynasty Warriors 8 || Yueying || Uncredited ||
 * 2013-09-18 || Infinity Blade III || Isa ||  ||
 * 2013-10-01 || Rune Factory 4 || Dolce ||  ||
 * 2013-10-15 || Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games || Blaze the Cat ||  ||
 * 2013-09-17 || Grand Theft Auto: V || Jordan ||
 * 2014-10-03 || Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U || Lucina || ||
 * 2014-02-07 || The Lego Movie Videogame || Additional voices ||  ||
 * 2014-03-11 || Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft || Jaina Proudmoore, various minions ||  ||
 * 2014-06-03 || Murdered: Soul Suspect || Additional voices, mainly female patient in Lux Aeterna mental hospital ||  ||
 * 2014 || Dragon Age: Inquisition || Bianca Davri, Dagna
 * 2014-09-30 || Persona 4 Arena Ultimax || Rise Kujikawa ||  ||
 * 2014-09-30 || Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U || Lucina ||  ||
 * 2014-10-28 || Sunset Overdrive || Additional voices ||  ||
 * 2014-11-24 || Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth || Rise Kujikwa || ||
 * 2015-02-20 || The Order: 1886 || Additional voices ||  ||
 * 2015-02-24 || There Came an Echo || Miranda ||  ||
 * 2015-06-02 || Heroes of the Storm || Jaina Proudmoore, Valla ||  ||
 * 2016-02-19 || Fire Emblem Fates || Lucina ||  ||
 * 2016-03-18 || Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games || Blaze the Cat, Omochao ||  ||
 * 2016-08-26 || Marvel Heroes || Angela ||  ||
 * 2017-07-20 || Lone Echo || Hera || Uncredited ||
 * 2018 || Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire || Vex'ahlia Vessar, Xoti(shoti) || Critical Role DLC ||
 * 2018-09-30 || Super Smash Bros. Ultimate || Lucina ||  ||
 * 2018-10-16 || Lego DC Super-Villains || Rhonda Pineda/Atomica, Terra ||
 * 2018-10-16 || Lego DC Super-Villains || Rhonda Pineda/Atomica, Terra ||