Megan Hollingshead

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Megan Hollingshead
Birth name Megan T. D. Hollingshead
Alias Megan Hollingshed, Karen Thompson
Born September 22, 1968 (1968-09-22) (age 39)
New York, New York
Occupation(s) Voice Actor/Stage Actor/Yoga Instructor
Website meganhollingshead.com

Megan T.D. Hollingshead (born September 22, 1968 in New York, New York) is an American theatre and voice actor.

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Best known for her anime dubbing work, Megan's most famous roles include Nurse Joy in Pokémon, 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 recently reprised that role for Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria. Hollingshead is the only voice actress from the original game to return for the sequel. She can currently be heard as Hilda on Eureka Seven, Re-I Mayer from Ergo Proxy, Rangiku Matsumoto on 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 also serves as a yoga instructor in her spare time. Megan Hollingshead left 4Kids Entertainment during the last half of Season 6 in Pokemon but, she also voiced Diane in Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker.She also reprised the role of Officer Jenny in Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys

She has also been credited under the name Karen Thompson.

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  1. ^ ANI entry for Sonic X
  2. ^ Source: Time Crisis 4 Attract Movie at Namco Bandai's TIme Crisis 4 Website, voice sample from the Sandie Schnarr talent website, IMDB profile

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