Sandra Marie Fox (née Kessler; born July 13, 1963)[3][4] is an American voice actress who has had numerous roles in various animated cartoon, anime and video games. She portrayed the live-action Betty Boop and has provided her voice for Universal Studios and King Features Syndicate for much of their promotional activities and related media and merchandise since 1991.[5] She began voice acting on various animated shows such as The Simpsons, King of the Hill and Futurama. Her first major roles in anime were as Kiyoko in the Animaze dub of Akira and Lady Aska in Magic Knight Rayearth.[6] Other anime characters include Mina and Momiji in Naruto, Sumomo in Chobits, Tachikoma in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and Paiway in Vandread. In video game franchises, she provides the English voice of Mistral and A-20 in the .hack series, Peashy in Hyperdimension Neptunia, and Flonne in Disgaea. In cartoons, she voices Harmony in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi and Mipsy Mipson in As Told by Ginger. In 2014, she was announced as the voice of Chibiusa/Black Lady/Sailor Chibi Moon in the Viz Media dubs of Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon Crystal.[7]
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Born | Sandra Marie Kessler (1963-07-13) July 13, 1963 (age 59) |
Other names | Marie Danielle[1][2] |
Occupation | Voice actress |
Years active | 1991–present |
Agent | Abrams Artists |
Spouse | |
Website | sandyfox |
Fox was born in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Swissvale. She performed in musicals in high school, and worked at Kennywood amusement park during some of the summers.[5] In the early 1980s, she worked for the Walt Disney Company in Orlando where she would participate in their live stage shows. She was working as a hostess at a Bennigan's Irish pub when she was asked to audition with the 1920s-themed jazz band The Cocoanut Manor Orchestra as their singer. She sang with the group for 11 years, performing songs done by singers Helen Kane and Annette Henshaw, the former was an inspiration for the Betty Boop character.[5][8] In 1988, she joined the Orlando Magic's inaugural dance team,[4][9] and was part of the Magic Girls for three years.[10] She auditioned and then landed the position as the official Betty Boop for Universal Studios. In 1991, she started working full-time at their Hollywood park and on national and worldwide tours, visiting shows such as Good Morning America and The Rosie O'Donnell Show. In 1998, she voiced Betty Boop for "The Toon Lagoon Betty Boop" attraction at Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure in Orlando.[8] In 2012, she joined a Lancome promotion in Paris as the voice of Betty Boop in their commercials.[5][8]
Fox was inspired to go into voice acting after having taken a voice-over workshop in 1990 with Sue Blu, a Los Angeles-based animation director and producer. After moving to Los Angeles for the Betty Boop gig, she voiced supporting and background characters for The Simpsons, mostly with kids voices and loop groups, which she did for three years. She also voiced characters for the related productions Futurama and King of the Hill.[5][9][11] One of her first anime roles was Sakura in Ninja Cadets.[12] She voiced Lady Aska, a major character in the second season of Magic Knight Rayearth, a series in which she also rewrote lyrics and sang the theme songs.[2][13][14] She voiced Kyoko in the Pioneer/Animaze dub of Akira. She voiced supporting character T-AI in a 2001 version of Transformers: Robots in Disguise. She voiced Paiway, the ship's nurse in Vandread. In 2003, she voiced the title characters in Omishi Magical Theater Risky Safety and Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan, as well as Sumomo in Bang Zoom's dub of Chobits.[15] In his review of Mao-chan, Ryan Mathews of Anime News Network wrote that "Bang Zoom picked the perfect actress to play the lead role. [Fox], the owner of perhaps the cutest "little girl" voice in anime dub acting, is her usual adorable self as M.A.O."[16] In 2004, she voiced Maya in Burn-Up Scramble and Tachikoma in the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series. For 2005–06, she would get involved in the Naruto series as Momiji and Mina and the Di Gi Charat series as Piyoko. In 2007, she and Lex Lang hosted a Voice Actor Boot Camp at Bang Zoom! Entertainment to help up and coming voice actors get into the business.[2] In 2014, when Viz Media announced they were redubbing Sailor Moon and dubbing its new Sailor Moon Crystal series, Fox was chosen to voice Chibiusa, also known as Sailor Chibi Moon and Black Lady.[17]
In video games, she voiced Mistral and A-20 in the .hack video game series, Flonne in various incarnations of Disgaea and Marona in Phantom Brave. She voiced Peashy in the Hyperdimension Neptunia series.[6]
Fox is married to fellow voice actor Lex Lang.[18] They live in Studio City, California.[19] In 1998 they co-founded the Love Planet Foundation, a non-profit organization which creates educational materials for children on the importance of recycling, world water awareness, and the preservation of the planet.[20] They also created Love Planet Productions, which includes several multimedia projects such as anime presentation shows, toddler shows and products, and Zen programming.[21] In 2006, they founded a bottled spring water business called H2Om Water with Intention, which has received recognition as a sponsor at several events including Sting's Rainforest Foundation Carnegie Hall Concert and the Elevate Film Festival.[5][22][23] Fox and Lang are Deepak Chopra meditation instructors.[24]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[25] |
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1998 | Battle Athletes series | Various characters | OAV | Resume |
1999 | Serial Experiments Lain | Myu-Myu | Resume | |
1999 | Cowboy Bebop | Bowhead, Orphan, Pinky | Resume | |
1999 | Fushigi Yûgi | Chiriko | Resume | |
2000 | Ninja Cadets | Sakura | OAV | Resume |
2000 | Flint the Time Detective | Talen the Pink Squirrel | Resume | |
2000 | Magic Knight Rayearth series | Lady Aska, Hikari, Hikaru's Friend A | Also theme songs | [2][6][26] |
2000 | Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure | Kazuko Yotsuga | [27] | |
2001 | Nightwalker | Guni | Resume | |
2001 | Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team | Child, Sweeter Twin | OAV | Resume |
2001 | Hand Maid May | Miyuki Zin | Resume | |
2001 | Vampire Princess Miyu | Various characters | TV series, grouped under "Also featuring voice talents of" | [28] |
2001 | Saint Tail | Various characters | grouped under "English language cast" | [29] |
2001 | Transformers: Robots in Disguise | T-AI | Press[18] | |
2002 | Vandread series | Celtic Midori, Paiway Underberg | Press[18] | |
2002 | Love Hina | Moé | Resume | |
2002 | Shinzo | Este | Resume | |
2002 | eX-Driver | Girl A, Student | OAV | Resume |
2002 | Hello Kitty's Paradise | Lacey the Raccoon, Jody | Resume | |
2003 | .hack//SIGN | A-20, Mistral | [1] | |
2003 | Argento Soma | Harriet "Hattie" Bartholomew | Resume | |
2003 | Ai Yori Aoshi | Akiko, Chararin, Utsume, others | Resume | |
2003 | Chobits | Sumomo | Also OAV, specials | Press[15] |
2003 | Rurouni Kenshin | Theme song performance: "Freckles" | Press[2] | |
2003 | Please Teacher! | Maho Kazami, Marie | OAV and TV series | Press[18] |
2003 | Geneshaft | Tiki Musicanova | Press[2] | |
2003 | Omishi Magical Theater Risky Safety | Risky | [30] | |
2003 | Heat Guy J | Monica Gabriel, others | Resume | |
2003 | Mao-chan | Mao Onigawara | [16] | |
2004 | .hack//Legend of the Twilight | Mireille | Resume | |
2004 | Rave Master | Reina (young) | Resume | |
2004 | Angel Tales | Kurumi the Hamster | [31] | |
2004 | Burn Up Scramble! | Maya Jinguu | Resume | |
2004 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | Tachikoma | Also 2nd GIG, Tachikomatic Days shorts | Press[18] |
2004 | Please Twins! | Marie | OAV and TV series | Resume |
2005 | Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite | Cynthia Landlavizar / Grace | Resume | |
2005 | Saiyuki Reload | Seika, Shion, Sibling's mother | Eps. 1,13 | Resume |
2005 | Ultra Maniac | Luna | Resume | |
2005 | Scrapped Princess | Cin | [32] | |
2005 | Kyo Kara Maoh! | Yuri (Young) | Resume | |
2005 | Di Gi Charat | Pyocola | Resume | |
2005 | Naruto | Momiji, Mina | Press[17][18] | |
2005 | Mars Daybreak | Shie | Resume | |
2005 | .hack//Unison | Mistral | OAV | Resume |
2005 | Leave it to Piyoko! | Pyocola Analogue III / Piyoko | Resume | |
2006 | Haré+Guu | Marie | [33] | |
2006 | Immortal Grand Prix | Amy | microseries | Resume |
2006 | Kannazuki no Miko | Nekoko | [34] | |
2006 | Karas | Amefuriko | OAV | Resume |
2006 | Saiyuki Reload Gunlock | Kid, Daughter | Eps. 10,13,14 | Resume |
2006 | Green Green | Sanae Minami | Resume | |
2006 | Disgaea | Flonne | Press[18][35] | |
2007 | MÄR | Loco | Resume | |
2008 | Bleach | Ritz | Press[18] | |
2009 | Naruto Shippūden | Naho | Ep. 196 | Resume |
2011 | Durarara!! | Haruna Niekawa | Resume | |
2015–19 | Sailor Moon | Chibiusa | Viz Media dub | [7] |
2015 | Aldnoah.Zero | Eddelrittuo | [36] | |
2016 | Sailor Moon Crystal | Chibiusa | [7] | |
2016 | Pokémon Generations | Courtney | ONA; Episode: The Vision | Press[37] |
2017 | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED | Haro | NYAV Post dub | [38] |
2018 | Granblue Fantasy The Animation | Vyrn | [39] | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[11][25] |
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1998 | The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock | Dinah | [1] | |
2000 | Catnapped! | Meeko | Animaze dub | Resume |
2001 | Akira | Kyoko | Animaze dub | Press[6][18][40] |
2004 | Mobile Suit Gundam F91 | Kochun Hein, Leah Mariba | Bandai/Bang Zoom dub | Resume |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[11][25] |
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2014 | Maleficent | Fairies and creatures | Press[18] | |
2016 | Robinson Crusoe aka The Wild Life | Epi | [41][42] | |
2017 | Sailor Moon R: The Movie | Chibiusa | Viz Dub Limited theatrical release | [43][44] |
2018 | Sailor Moon S: The Movie | Chibiusa / Sailor Chibi Moon | Viz Dub Limited theatrical release | [45] |
2018 | Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie | Chibiusa / Sailor Chibi Moon | Viz Dub Limited theatrical release | [45] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[11] |
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1991–94 | The Simpsons | Various characters | [5][9] | |
1998 | Toonsylvania | Darla Dolly | [46] | |
1998 | Mad Jack the Pirate | Magic Pink Fairy, others | [47] | |
2000 | As Told by Ginger | Mipsy Mipson | [1][18] | |
2001-2005 | Jay Jay the Jet Plane | Tracy, Snuffy, Tuffy | (as Marie Danielle; replacing Gina Ribisi) | Website[48] |
2003–2007 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Melody Locus | Tweet[49][3] | |
2004–2006 | Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi | Harmony | Recurring role | Resume |
1999–2013 | Futurama | Various characters | Press[18] | |
1997–2010 | King of the Hill | Various characters | Press[18] | |
2019 | Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir | Roaar, Various characters | Tweet[50] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[11] |
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1998 | Brave Fencer Musashi | Princess Fillet | As Marie Danielle | [1][2] |
2003–04 | .hack video game series | Mistral, A-20 | Infection, Mutation, Outbreak and Quarantine | [1] |
2003 | Disgaea: Hour of Darkness | Flonne | [40][51] | |
2003 | Phantom Brave | Marona | [52] | |
2003 | Go! Go! Hypergrind | [37] | ||
2005 | Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome | Press[13] | ||
2006 | Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny | Press[13] | ||
2006 | Tales of the Abyss | Mieu | [1] | |
2006 | .hack//G.U. vol.1//Rebirth | Asta | [1] | |
2007 | Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm | [37] | ||
2008 | Soulcalibur IV | Press[13] | ||
2010 | Disgaea Infinite | Flonne | Press[53] | |
2011 | Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten | Flonne | Resume | |
2012 | Rise of the Dragonian Era | Press[13] | ||
2013 | Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures | Cyli | [6][54] | |
2013 | Hyperdimension Neptunia series | Peashy (Yellow Heart) | Starting with Victory, then Re;birth1 and Re;Birth2 | [6] |
2015 | Bravely Second: End Layer | Minette | [55] | |
2018 | Tales of Vesperia | Patty Fleur | Definitive Edition | Tweet[56] |
2019 | God Eater 3 | [37] | ||
2020 | Granblue Fantasy Versus | Vyrn | [1] | |
2020 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV | Renne Bright | [1] | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[11] |
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1994 | Old MacDonald's Sing-a-Long Farm | Lucinda Chick | Live-action pre-school series, Voice role | Tweet[57] |
LeapFrog toys and videos | Lilly Leap Frog | Website[48] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[11] |
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2002 | Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck | Contestant | Finalist in the Whammy:Press Your Luck Tournament of Champions | [3] |
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