Bennett Abara

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Bennett Abara
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Miller at GalaxyCon Louisville in 2019
Other namesAmanda C. Miller
Amanda Miller
Bennett Abara
Alma mater University of Maryland [1]
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2009present
Website amandacmiller.com

Amanda Celine Miller, now known professionally as Bennett Abara [2] since 2024, is an American voice actress in audiobooks, commercials, English dubs for anime, animation and video games. Her major roles include Sailor Jupiter, in the Viz Media re-dub of the classic Sailor Moon series and the new Sailor Moon Crystal series, Junko Enoshima and Toko Fukawa in the Danganronpa video game series, Sully and Cherche in Fire Emblem Awakening , Takeru Aizawa in Squid Girl , and Boruto Uzumaki in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations . She was selected as the Breakthrough Actress of the Year by Behind The Voice Actors in their annual Dub Anime Awards for 2014. [3]

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Career

Makoto Kino, otherwise known as Sailor Jupiter, is arguably one of Abara's most notable roles. A longtime Sailor Moon fan, Abara auditioned for every female part in the series, but became ecstatic when she discovered that she was cast as Sailor Jupiter. Abara cites Sailor Jupiter as her favorite character. [4] On describing the similarities between her and Sailor Jupiter, Abara said, "I'm a lot like Makoto, because we were both the tallest kid in our class. I was, like, 5'7" when I was in fifth grade ... I did play hockey on a boys' team. I played goalie. So, I think that I have the tomboy aspect—and I love green—but also what I love about the character is that she was very tough but she was also equally as feminine. She was just so 'I like to ice skate, I like to nerd out over cute boys,' and I just love that about her. I think we both share that. Like we're both feminine, but we'll also kick your butt." [4] Abara jokingly cited actor Harvey Fierstein as an influence to voicing Makoto. [5]

Filmography

Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [6]
2011 Squid Girl Takeru Aizawa [7]
K-On! Megumi Sokabe, Maki, Satoshiresume
2012 Blue Exorcist Yoshikuniresume
2013 Accel World Seiji Nomi, Megumi Wakamiyaresume
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Young Jamil, Young Cassimresume
Sword Art Online Yulierresume
2014–19 Sailor Moon Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter Viz Media dub [8]
2015 Coppelion Ibuki Kaiji [9]
Durarara!!×2 Mikage Sharakuresume
2015–17 Sailor Moon Crystal Makoto Kino / Sailor Jupiter [10] [11]
2016 Aldnoah.Zero Rafia [12]
Hunter × Hunter Menchi2011 series [13]
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Ride Mass, Haba [14] [15]
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School Seiko Kimura (young)Future Arc episode 5 [16]
2017 K: Return of Kings Sukuna Gojo
2018–2023 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Boruto Uzumaki [17]


Animation

List of voice performances in animation
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [6]
2011 Secret Millionaires Club Skateboarder, Truffles the Pigresume
2019 Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts Sheath [18]
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power FlutterinaWeb series [19]
2020 DC Super Hero Girls EmberEp. "#TheFreshPrincessOfRenFaire"
2021–22 Kid Cosmic JoWeb series [20]

Films

List of English dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [6]
2011 Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror Puppeteer Wife [21] [22]
2017 Boruto: Naruto the Movie Boruto Uzumaki [23]
List of English dubbing performances in feature films
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [6]
2017 Sailor Moon R: The Movie Sailor JupiterViz dub
Limited theatrical release
[24]
2023 Suzume Rumi Ninomiya [25]


Video games

List of voice and English dubbing performances in video games
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [6]
2011 World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Bronze Dragon ConsortPatch Hour of Twilightresume
2012 Planetside 2 Vanu Sovereignty Soldier [26]
Wipeout 3 Greg Grayson, Miss Gee Gee, Helena H. ColeWii versionresume
2013 Fire Emblem Awakening Sully, Cherche [27]
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory MAGES. resume
Wipeout: Create & CrashPatty Popstar, Hannahsarus Rex, Charlene Holmesresume
2014 Danganronpa series Junko Enoshima, Toko Fukawa, ShirokumaRoles shared with Erin Fitzgerald. [28]
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Nineresume
Marvel Heroes Kate Bishop / Hawkeye [27]
2015 Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven Francesca [29]
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos Kaguraresume
Tales of Zestiria Cardinal Fortonresume
Xenoblade Chronicles X Additional voices [30]
2016 Megadimension Neptunia VII C-Sha [31]
MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS ZombiesTamsoft [27] [32]
2017 Nier: Automata Jackass [27]
Fire Emblem Heroes Sully, Cherche, Elincia [27]
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Boruto Uzumaki Road to Boruto expansion pack [33]
2018 State of Decay 2 SurvivorGame credits
Naruto To Boruto: Shinobi StrikerBoruto Uzumakiresume
2019 Rage 2 Walker (Female) [27]
2020 Fallout 76: Steel Dawn Sheena [34]
2023 Star Trek: Resurgence Tylas [35]

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