Laura Bailey

Laura Bailey (born May 28, 1981) is an American actress, voice actress, line producer and ADR director who works for FUNimation Entertainment/OkraTron 5000 and Viz Media/Studiopolis. She's married to fellow voice actor Travis Willingham.

She's known for voicing Kid Trunks in the Dragon Ball franchise, Lust in Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Maka Albarn in Soul Eater, Nodoka Manabe in K-On!, Sana Kurata in Kodocha, Serena Sebastian in Case Closed and Tokine Yukimura in Kekkaishi.

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, which 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. 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." 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.

Anime

 * Dragon Ball (1986-1989) - Young Chi-Chi, Ranfan, Hasky (eps. 44-45), Akane Kimidori (eps. 55-57) , Shoken Chin (ep. 80) , Chuu-Lee's Mother (ep. 127) , Fanfan (ep. 129) , Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996) - Trunks, Dende (remastered version), Erasa, Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * Crayon Shin-chan (1992-present) - Shin Nohara, Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * Yu Yu Hakusho (1992-1995) - Keiko Yukimara, Additional Voices
 * Case Closed (1996-present) - Serena Sebastian, Additional Voices
 * Dragon Ball GT (1996-1997) - Sheela, Princess Oto (Oceanus Shenron), Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
 * One Piece (1999-present) - Conis, Isoka (FUNimation Dub)
 * Naruto (2002-2007) - Anko Mitarashi (eps. 169-173), Ayame (ep. 168) , Toki, Yakumo Kurama / Idō
 * Fullmetal Alchemist (2003-2004) - Lust
 * Bleach (2004-2012) - Mashiro Kuna, Tier Halibel, Hiyori Sarugaki (eps. 206-366), Yui Toyokawa, Additional Voices
 * xxxHOLiC (2006) - Additional Voices
 * Gurren Lagann (2007) - Leyte Jokin
 * Soul Eater (2008-2009) - Maka Albarn
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009-2011) - Young Vegeta
 * Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009-2010) - Lust
 * Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters (2014-2015) - Trunks

OVAs & Specials

 * Lupin the 3rd: Dragon of Doom (1994) - Kikyo

Anime Films

 * Only Yesterday (1991) - Nanako Okajima
 * Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992) - Dende (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) - Examiner C (FUNimation Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming (1994) - Trunks
 * Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (1994) - Trunks
 * Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995) - Trunks
 * Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) - Trunks
 * Lupin the 3rd: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995) - Julia
 * Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) - Rescued Girl (Animaze Dub)
 * Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) - Trunks
 * When Marnie Was There (2014) - Nobuko's Friend