| Megan Hollingshead |
| Born | Megan T. D. Hollingshead
September 22, 1968 (1968-09-22) (age 41)
New York, New York |
| Other name(s) | Megan Hollingshed, Karen Thompson, Kelli Kassidi |
| Occupation | Voice Actress/Stage Actor/Yoga Instructor |
| Official website |
Megan T.D. Hollingshead (born September 22, 1968 in New York, New York) is an American theatre and voice actress. She also sometimes goes by the name of Karen Thompson (not to be confused with the Playboy actress). She is most famous for voicing Nurse Joy, and Officer Jenny in the Pokemon anime until she moved to Los Angeles.
[edit] Background
Best known for her anime dubbing work, Megan's most famous roles include Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny in the Pokémon anime series (Along with Cassidy from Team Rocket), and Mai Valentine (Mai Kujaku in the English manga and original Japanese versions) in Yu-Gi-Oh! (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters in the original Japanese). She also lent her voice to the Enix RPG Valkyrie Profile as the character Lenneth Valkyrie, and recently reprised that role for Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria. Hollingshead is the only voice actress from the original game to return for the sequel. She can currently be heard as Hilda on Eureka Seven, Re-I Mayer from Ergo Proxy, Rangiku Matsumoto from Bleach, and Shizune on Naruto. Megan's theatre résumé is as extensive, if not more so, with roles in performances of The Duchess of Malfi, Baptizing Adam, Spacegrrrls, and Vinegar Tom, to name but a few.
Hollingshead studied acting at the William Esper Studio, and is a founding member of the Adirondack Theatre Festival. She also serves as a yoga instructor in her spare time. Megan Hollingshead left 4Kids Entertainment during the last half of Season 6 in Pokémon but, she also voiced Diane in Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker.She also reprised the role of Officer Jenny in Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys
She has also been credited under the names Karen Thompson and Kelli Kassidi.
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[edit] Anime series
- Bleach - Rangiku Matsumoto, Nemu Kurotsuchi, Apache
- DeathNote - Yagure Mokotu
- DeathNote: Last Name - Yagure Mokotu
- DeathNote: L change the world - Yagure Mokotu
- Code Geass - Villetta Nu
- Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Gloria
- DearS - Neneko
- Ergo Proxy - Re-l Mayer
- Eureka Seven - Hilda, Maria Schneider
- Fafner in the Azure - Kanon Memphis
- Fighting Foodons - Rose Marinade
- Geobreeders - Maya
- Gravitation - Noriko Ukai
- Gurren Lagann - Adiane
- His and Her Circumstances - Kano Miyazawa
- Immortal Grand Prix - Judy Ballasteros
- Lucky Star - Gottoza-sama
- Madara - Kirin
- Mars Daybreak - Sala Sesa
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Takako Nakanishi
- Naruto - Shizune, Uruchi Uchiha, Young Tsunade, Tonton, Yoshino Nara
- Naruto Shippuden - Shizune, Tonton
- Pokémon - Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, Duplica, Cassidy, and others (seasons 1-6)
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out Of The Gate! - Kangaskhan (part baby)
- Rumiko Takahashi Anthology - Ruriko Tonegawa
- Samurai Champloo - Sara
- Samurai Deeper Kyo - Kosuke Anayama
- Shaman King - Sharona of The Lily Five
- Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars - Setsuna Subaru
- Sonic X - Scarlet Garcia (Season 1 and 2)[1]
- Texhnolyze - Yoko
- To Heart - Lemmy Miyauchi
- Tokko - Saya Shindo
- Ultimate Muscle - Trixie
- Virgin Fleet - Satsuki Yukimizawa
- When They Cry - Mion and Shion Sonozaki (as Kelli Kassidi)
- Yu-Gi-Oh - Mai Kujaku (US seasons 1 - 3 only)
- I Dream of Mimi - Kanako Shimada, Centris
[edit] Video games
- Bleach: Shattered Blade - Rangiku Matsumoto
- Bleach: Dark Souls - Rangiku Matsumoto, Rin Tsubokura (credited as Karen Thompson)
- Eternal Sonata - Viola (credited as Karen Thompson)
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 - Shizune
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 - Shizune
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4 - Shizune
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm - Shizune
- Pokemon Puzzle League - Nurse Joy, Cassidy
- Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song - Sif (uncredited)
- Time Crisis 4 - Elizabeth "Beth" Conway (English voice; credited as Karen Thompson and uncredited for Full Story)[2]
- Tales of the Abyss - Pamela, Noelle, Mary (uncredited)
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Sheena Fujibayashi (uncredited)
- Tales of Vesperia - Judith, Kaufman (uncredited)
- Undead Knights - Sylvia Gradis
- Valkyria Chronicles - Edy Nelson, Additional voices
- Valkyrie Profile - Lenneth, Lorenta, Platina, Hrist
- Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth - Lenneth (including CG movies), Lorenta, Platina, Hrist (uncredited)
- Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria - Lenneth (uncredited)
- Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume - Lenneth, Hrist (uncredited)
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[edit] Works cited
[edit] References
- ^ ANI entry for Sonic X
- ^ Source: Time Crisis 4 Attract Movie at Namco Bandai's TIme Crisis 4 Website, voice sample from the Sandie Schnarr talent website, IMDB profile
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