Laura Bailey

Voice Director

Spider-Man (PS4)

Gear Of War 5

The Last Of Us 2

**Laura Bailey** is an American actress who provides voices for English-language versions of anime, animation and video games. Her debut roles in anime were as Kid Trunks and Kid Dende 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 *Crayon 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* games, 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* as well as Kait Diaz in *Gears of War 4* and *Gears 5*.[2][3]

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 shows and video games.

## Biography

Bailey was inspired to go into acting after watching a making of *Dawson's Creek* special where they interviewed Katie Holmes.[4][5] She attended the theatre program at the Collin County Community College (Quad C) in Plano, Texas,[4] where she participated in productions of *Suburbia*, *Through a Glass Onion*, and *Don't Rock the Jukebox*.[6] Kent Williams, who spotted her at one of the plays, invited her to audition for Funimation, who had been working on *Dragon Ball Z*.[7] Her first major role on *Dragon Ball Z* was Kid Trunks,[7] which she portrayed with a raspy voice.[8] She voiced the starring character Marlene Angel in *Blue Gender*, which was the first project Funimation did outside of the *Dragon Ball* world,[1][5] and Keiko Yukimura in *Yu Yu Hakusho*, which ran on Cartoon Network.

Bailey (right) with husband Travis Willingham (left) at New York Anime Festival 2009. The two have worked together on several projects[9]

Bailey was cast for the starring role of Tohru Honda in the anime *Fruits Basket*.
 Bailey 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."[7] She later voiced Lust, one of the villains in *Fullmetal Alchemist*, and Sana Kurata in *Kodocha*.[10]

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

## Personal Life

Bailey and anime voice actor/director Colleen Clinkenbeard were once roommates while working at Funimation.[11] In 2007, she moved to Los Angeles.[8] On September 25, 2011, she married fellow voice actor Travis Willingham.[12] They currently live in Los Angeles.[13] Their son, Ronin, was born in 2018.