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Megan Hollingshead Born Megan T. D. Hollingshead
September 22, 1968
New York, New YorkOther names Megan Hollingshed, Karen Thompson, Kelli Kassidi Occupation Voice Actress/Stage Actor/Yoga Instructor Agent Sandie Schnarr Website http://www.meganhollingshead.com 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. She is most famous for voicing Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny in the Pokémon anime until she moved to Los Angeles.
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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 reprised that role for Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria and Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume. Hollingshead is the only voice actress from the original game to return for both sequels. 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 serves as a yoga instructor in her spare time. Megan Hollingshead left 4Kids Entertainment during the start of Pokémon's seventh season.
She has also been credited under the names Karen Thompson and Kelli Kassidi.
Filmography
Anime series
- Bleach - Rangiku Matsumoto, Nemu Kurotsuchi, Emilou Apacci
- Code Geass - Villetta Nu, Additional voices
- Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Gloria
- DearS - Neneko
- Ergo Proxy - RE-L (credited as Karen Thompson)
- Eureka Seven - Hilda, Maria Schneider
- Fafner in the Azure - Kanon Memphis
- Fighting Foodons - Rose Marinade
- Geobreeders - Maya
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - Michelle
- Girls Bravo - Maharu Sena Kanaka
- Ghost Talker's Daydream - Saiki Misaki
- Gravitation - Noriko Ukai
- Gun Sword - Yukiko Stevens
- Gurren Lagann - Adiane
- His and Her Circumstances - Kano Miyazawa
- Immortal Grand Prix - Judy Ballasteros
- Kamichu! - Akane Hitotsubashi
- Lucky Star - Gottoza-sama
- Madara - Kirin
- Mars Daybreak - Sala Sesa
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Takako Nakanishi
- Naruto - Shizune, Uruchi Uchiha, Young Tsunade, Yoshino Nara
- Naruto Shippuden - Shizune, Yoshino Nara, Young Tsunade
- Paranoia Agent - Kayama
- Patlabor: The Movie - Shinobu Nagumo
- Phantom the Animation - Lizzie Garland
- Pokémon - Nurse Joy, Officer Jenny, Duplica, Cassidy, and others (seasons 1-6)
- 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)
- Texhnolyze - Yoko
- To Heart - Lemmy Miyauchi
- Tokko - Saya Shindo
- Ultimate Muscle - Trixie, Photo-Pat
- Virgin Fleet - Satsuki Yukimizawa
- When They Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) - Mion Sonozaki, Shion Sonozaki (credited as Kelli Kassidi)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! - Mai Valentine, Mana
- I Dream of Mimi - Kanako Shimada, Centris
Video games
- Bleach: Shattered Blade - Rangiku Matsumoto
- Bleach: Dark Souls - Rangiku Matsumoto, Rin Tsubokura (credited as Karen Thompson)
- Bleach: The 3rd Phantom - Rangiku Matsumoto
- DC Universe Online - Starfire, Ravager
- Eternal Sonata - Viola (credited as Karen Thompson)
- Final Fantasy XIII - Additional Voices
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 - Shizune
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 - Shizune
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2,The Phanthom Fortress - Shizune
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4 - Shizune
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm - Shizune
- Pokémon Puzzle League - Nurse Joy, Cassidy
- Quantum Theory - Filena, Nyx, Maiden
- Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song - Sif (uncredited)
- Soulcalibur IV - Ashlotte, Custom Female Voice #3
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope - Lady Eleyna Farrance, Lutea (uncredited)
- Time Crisis 4 - Elizabeth "Beth" Conway (English voice; credited as Karen Thompson and uncredited for Full Story)[1]
- Tales of the Abyss - Pamela, Noelle, Mary (uncredited)
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Sheena Fujibayashi (uncredited)
- Tales of Vesperia - Koffman , Judith
- Undead Knights - Sylvia Gradis
- Valkyria Chronicles - Edy Nelson, Susie Evans, Additional voices
- Valkyria Chronicles II - Anisette Nelson, Susie Evans (uncredited), Edy Nelson (uncredited)
- 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)
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution - Autarch Kayleth
Documentaries
- Adventures in Voice Acting - Herself
Other roles
- Cubix - Raska (human form)
- Ultraman Tiga - Captain Iruma [2]
- L: Change the World - Yagure Mokotu (English-language dub voice)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) - Sydney, Abigail Finn, Moriah
Works cited
References
- ^ Source: Time Crisis 4 Attract Movie at Namco Bandai's TIme Crisis 4 Website, voice sample from the Sandie Schnarr talent website, IMDB profile
- ^ http://www.meganhollingshead.com/resume.html
External links
- Official Site
- Megan Hollingshead at the Internet Movie Database
- Megan Hollingshead at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
- Megan Hollingshead at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
Categories:- 1968 births
- American voice actors
- Pokémon
- Living people
- People from New York City
- American video game actors
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