Tara Sands is an American voice actress who was co-host of Cartoon Network's Fridays from 2005 to 2007. Sands has voiced in anime dubs and cartoons, including Bulbasaur in the Pokémon anime series, Spyler in I Spy, Kari Kamiya in Digimon Adventure tri., 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.
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Biography
Much of Sands' work is in anime dubbing, with multiple roles in franchises such as Pokémon, Slayers, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Digimon Adventure Tri, and Hunter x Hunter. She has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, Bang Zoom!, Funimation, TAJ Productions, NYAV Post, Studiopolis, Central Park Media, and VSI Los Angeles.
Sands has narrated over 300 audio books, including Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes series, After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid, and two books in the Goosebumps series by R. L. Stine: Welcome to Dead House and One Day at HorrorLand.
In addition to providing voice-overs for commercials, Sands was co-host of Cartoon Network Fridays for over 100 episodes.
As of 2021, Sands provides the voice for "sidekick" Joan of Arc in the Forever Dog podcast Godcast.
Sands hosts a podcast about 4Kids Entertainment called 4Kids Flashback.
Filmography
Live action
Disjointed – Sadie, Plants (voice)
Fridays (Cartoon Network) – Co-Host
Everybody Hates Chris – Hotel Clerk, Waitress
The Fresh Beat Band – Interviewer
The Sarah Silverman Program – Campaign Manager
The Newsroom – Secretary
Animation
Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse – Summer
Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures – Dreamhouse Door
Danger Rangers – Additional Voices
Electric City – Roger Moore
Enchantimals: Tales of Everwilde – Danessa Deer, Larissa Lemer
Funky Cops – Additional voices
Generator Rex – Circe
Ghostforce – Ms. Jones
I Spy – Spyler (as Tara Jayne)
Pinkfong Wonderstar – Jeni and Rachel
Shadow of the Elves – Nayade, Rowan
Supernormal – Buzz Girl, Eric's Mom
Rainbow High – Ruby Anderson, Ms. Pamela Morton
Team Umizoomi – Horse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Angel (Season 1–4), Tyler
Valt the Wonder Deer – Trika
Welcome to Eltingville – Jane
Films
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie – Chrono
Digimon Adventure tri. – Kari Kamiya (Hikari Yagami), Homeostasis
Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna – Kari Kamiya (Hikari Yagami), Ayaka, Newswoman
Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning – Kari Kamiya (Hikari Yagami)
Ice Age: Continental Drift – Additional Voices
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 – Momo Nishimiya
My Kid Could Paint That – Voice Over Talent
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys – Tory Lund
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright – Nancy
Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie – Queen Badiane (Viz Media/Studiopolis Dub)
The Orbital Children – Mina Misasa
Time of Eve – Naoko Sakisaka
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions – Mokuba Kaiba
Video games
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues - Yasmine, Lindsey
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls – Masaru Daimon
Dead Island – Jin, Various Characters
Digimon Story: Time Stranger – Hiroko Sagisaka, additional voices
Final Fantasy Type-0 – Additional Voices
Generator Rex: Agent of Providence - Circe
Infamous Second Son – Activist
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – Additional Voices
Pokémon Channel – Smoochum, Teddiursa
Scarlet Nexus - Additional voices
Singularity – Additional English Voice Talent
Valkyria Chronicles 4 – Teresa Leach, Rebecca Longhurst, Rosie
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia – Sonya
Fire Emblem Heroes – Sonya, Olwen (Righteous Knight)
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes – Additional voices
Nier: Automata – Additional voices
Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... – Red-Bag Woman, additional voices
One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows - Child Emperor
Podcasts
Godcast - Joan of Arc
4Kids Flashback - Host
