Tara Sands | |
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Born | Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Other names | Tara Jayne |
Alma mater | Hofstra University |
Occupation | Voice actress, television host |
Years active | 1998–present |
Website | www |
Tara Jayne Sands is an American voice actress and a former co-host of the Cartoon Network's weekly block, Fridays. She has voiced in a number of anime dubs and cartoons, including Bulbasaur in Pokemon, Anna Kyoyama in Shaman King, Mokuba Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, as well as Chase on Fighting Foodons and Filia Ul Copt in Slayers. She also provides narration on audio books.
Sands was raised in New Jersey and studied theater at Hofstra University. She has been involved with voice acting since high school. Much of her work is in anime dubbing, with multiple roles in such franchises as Slayers and Pokémon. She also voiced Tiara in Shamanic Princess, and Hikaru Shidou in the OVA 'remake' of Magic Knight Rayearth, among others.
Sands has narrated numerous audio books, including Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes series and Ellen Potter's Olivia Kidney series.
In addition to providing voice-overs for commercials, Sands has appeared on-camera in commercials, including as the 'Office Cheerleader' in a series for Lipton's Cup-a-Soup and television series including Everybody Hates Chris.