Laura Bailey
Laura Dawn Bailey (born May 28, 1981) is an American actress and voice actress. Best known for her anime roles (mostly FUNimation titles), she has also supplied voices in video games and worked as staff on several anime series. Perhaps her best known voice over appearance is as Rayne in the BloodRayne video game series, Lust from Fullmetal Alchemist, or Rise Kujikawa from Persona 4. She is currently married to fellow voice actor Travis Willingham.
Anime VA Roles
- Basilisk - Oboro
- Bleach - Mashiro Kuna, Tier Harribel, Hiyori Sarugaki and Homura
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan - Sabato
- Blue Gender - Marlene Angel
- Burst Angel - Nadesico
- Case Closed - Sonoko Suzuki
- Claymore - Jean
- Code Geass - Suzaku Kururugi (young), Rakshata Chawla, Nagisa Chiba, Kallen's stepmother
- Darker than Black - Amber
- Dragon Ball - Young Chi-Chi and Colonel Violet
- Dragon Ball Z - Young Dende, Young Trunks, and Marron
- Fruits Basket - Tohru Honda
- Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Lust
- Genesis of Aquarion - Tsugumi
- Gun X Sword - Rion
- Gunslinger Girl - Henrietta
- Hell Girl - Mayumi Hashimoto
- Hellsing Ultimate - Schrödinger
- K-On - Nodoka Manabe
- Kekkaishi - Tokine Yukimura
- Kodocha - Sana Kurata
- Kurokami - Kuro
- Naruto - Lady Toki, Anko Mitarashi (in filler episodes), Ayame, Shion
- Negima! Magister Negi Magi - Evangeline A.K. McDowell and Ayaka Yukihiro
- Monster - Dieter
- One Piece - Conis and Pepper
- School Rumble - Tsumugi Yuuki
- Shin-chan - Shin Nohara
- Soul Eater - Maka Albarn
- Spiral - Ryoko Takamachi
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Leite Jokin
- Tiger and Bunny - Pao-Lin Huang/Dragon Kid, Mary Rose
- Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle - Xing Huo, Primera
- Yu Yu Hakusho (TV series) - Keiko Yukimura
Video Game VA Roles
- Æon Flux - Una, Hostesses
- Armored Core 5 Carol Dorry, Various AC pilots
- Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica - Luca Trulyworth (uncredited)
- Binary Domain - Faye Lee
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift - Platinum The Trinity
- Noel Vermillion and Rachel Alucard for certain lines in Continuum Shift II.
- BloodRayne - Rayne
- Catherine - Catherine
- Dawn of Mana - Ritzia
- Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice - Raspberyl
- Dissidia Final Fantasy - Cloud of Darkness
- Deus Ex Invisible War - Alex D (female)
- Fallout: New Vegas - Carrie Boyd, Julie Farkas, Doctor Usanagi, additional voices and the female Courier
- Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2 - Serah Farron
- Gears of War 3 - Alicia Valera
- Infinity Blade II - Isaline
- NieR Gestalt - Kaine
- Saint's Row: The Third - one of the Boss's female voices
- Sakura Wars: So Long My Love - Gemini Sunrise
- Sengoku Basara - Oichi (both game and anime)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 - Rise Kujikawa
- Will reprise her role for Persona 4 Arena.
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable - Female protagonist (uncredited)
- Silent Hill Shattered Memories - Dahlia
- Sonic the Hedgehog - Blaze the Cat, Omochao (2010 - present)
- SoulCalibur V - Pyhhra Alexandra
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope - Reimi Saionji, Welch Vineyard (uncredited)
- Star Wars the Old Republic - Kira Carsen
- Street Fighter IV - Chun-Li and Candy
- And in Marvel vs. Capcom as Chun-Li once again.
- She reprises her role as Chun-Li for a third time in Street Fighter X Tekken.
- She also plays Chun-Li in the OVAs that were released with Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter IV.
- Tales of Graces - Cheria Barnes
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Marta Lualdi (uncredited)
- Tales of Vesperia - Gauche
- Trauma Team - Nicole Summers
- Valkyria Chronicles - Isara Gunther
- Valkyria Chronicles II - Melissa Dalen
- World of Warcraft - Jaina Proudmoore (in Wrath of the Lich King)
- Yggdra Union - Pamela (uncredited)
Tropes Applicable:
- Ms. Fanservice: A lot of her characters tend to be rather attractive, from Harribel, Homura, Lust and Rayne, to Chun-Li, Anko, Kira Carsen and Rise Kujikawa. Laura herself also looks nice.
- One of Us: Big fan of anime as well as video games. Particularly Dragon Age and Final Fantasy (X is her personal favorite).
- According to Taliesin Jaffe (the voice director for Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 3, as well as the voice of Blanka and Adon in the former), Laura (as well as some of the other voice actors involved [1]) actually plays SFIV online from time to time.
- Relationship Voice Actor: With Travis Willingham. She once mentioned at an anime convention in 2010 that while in the middle of a recording session for Lust's final episode in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, she received a text message from Travis that consisted of one line: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! For those who don't know why that's so funny, the linked video also has Travis's side of the story.
- And in Binary Domain, she plays the Love Interests to the main character, who is voiced by Travis. As more than one snarky observer has commented, "That must have been a pretty easy 'acting' job."
- Then we have a bit of a subversion in Trauma Team, where Travis voices diagnostician Gabriel and has his first mission with patient high schooler Nicole who's voiced by her. And of course, awkwardness ensues between the age gap, but it's pure embarrassment on both sides.
- Stupid Sexy Flanders: Female listeners often have a hard time not feeling this when Laura uses her "Lust" voice.
- Woman Of A Thousand Voices: She has very impressive voice range, being able to voice both male and female characters.
- ↑ those VAs being Travis Willingham (Guile), Reuben Langdon (Ken), Kyle Hebert (Ryu), and Matthew Mercer (Fei Long)