Kate Higgins | |
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Other names | Kate Davis |
Alma mater | Auburn University |
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Years active | 1991–present |
Agent | William Morris Agency |
Musical career | |
Genres | Jazz |
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Member of | Upper Structure |
Website | www |
Kate Higgins is an American voice actress and musician. She is best known for her voice-acting roles of Sakura Haruno in Naruto , Miles "Tails" Prower in the video game series Sonic the Hedgehog , Frankie Stein in Monster High , Pauline in Super Mario, Barbie in Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse , and as Purah in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.
Higgins attended Auburn University were she studied music with jazz artist Bob Richardson. [1] She would often play classical piano in her mother's Opelika restaurant, The Greenhouse. [1] Higgins was a member of the band the Auburn Knights and has played shows at various bars and lounges. [1] She graduated in 1991 with a degree in music and moved to Los Angeles to pursue her music career. [2] [1]
Higgins first worked on commercials with singing after graduating, then landed a small voice-acting job as a singing cartoon squirrel. [1] She was then approached to be a voice-over actress to do bumpers for the Disney Channel in 1998. [3] [1] Since then Higgins's major voice roles have been in English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, and she is best known as the voice of Sakura Haruno in Naruto and Talho Yuuki in Eureka 7 . [1] She has also voiced CC in Code Geass and Saber in the original Fate/stay night . [1] Between 2010 and 2013, Higgins voiced Tails in the video game series Sonic the Hedgehog . [4] [1] In 2014, Higgins was cast as Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury in the Viz English dub of Sailor Moon . [1] She is the current voice of Princess Aurora since 2010, a Disney Princess character originally seen in Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty . [1] She also played the voice of Frankie Stein in Monster High and Briar Beauty in Ever After High . [1] She also starred as Barbie in Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse in 2012. Since the release of Super Mario Odyssey in 2017, she has been the voice of Pauline in the Mario franchise. [1]
Higgins is a trained jazz pianist. In 2002, she released her first jazz album, The Tide is Low. Her second jazz album is Stealing Freedom. She is also in a band called Upper Structure. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [6] |
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2001–2002 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Simone | Ep. "The Return of the Pussycat"; "The Chosen One" | [21] [22] |
2003–2004 | All Grown Up! | Leslie, Phonetic Kid | Pilot episode and Ep. "Coup DeVille"; "Runaround Susie" | [9] |
2006 | Dibo the Gift Dragon | Annie | Lead role and singing | Resume |
2007–2008 | Animalia | Allegra | Resume | |
2009 | Wolverine and the X-Men | Scarlet Witch, Pixie | [23] [24] | |
2010 | Gnomes and Trolls | Fawn | [9] | |
2010–2013 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | Mayor Janet Nettles, Additional voices | [9] | |
2010–2016 | Monster High series | Frankie Stein, Lilith Van Hellscream | [9] | |
2012, 2014 | The Legend of Korra | Toph Beifong (Adult) | Ep. "Out of the Past"; "Old Wounds" | [25] [26] |
2013 | Sofia the First | Princess Aurora | [9] | |
2013–2016 | Ever After High series | Briar Beauty, Baba Yaga | ||
2014–present | Blaze and the Monster Machines | Starla | Main role | [27] |
2015 | Fresh Beat Band of Spies | Rainbow Raspberry, Loudmouth Lemon, Yi Haw | [9] [28] [29] | |
2016–2019 | The Powerpuff Girls | Maylyn, Additional voices | 6 episodes | [9] |
2016–2018 | Bunnicula | Becky, Barbara | [9] | |
2016 | Regular Show | Computer, Mary Stone, Natalie Williams, Fi, Icai | Ep. "Alpha Dome"; "Ice Tape" | [9] |
2017 | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | Belle Starr | Ep. "Return of the Guapos Part 2"; "Return of the Guapos Part 3" | [9] |
Enchantimals Series | Felicity Fox and Flick | [9] | ||
Pickle and Peanut | Additional voices | Ep. "Wet Wedding/Tweenage Lupinus" | ||
2017–2019 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | White Baby Unicorn | 5 episodes | [9] |
2021–present | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years | Narlene | [30] | |
2021 | Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps | Miles "Tails" Prower | Short Animation | [31] |
The Patrick Star Show | Additional voices | |||
2021–present | SpongeBob SquarePants | Narlene, Additional voices | 4 episodes | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [6] |
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2017 | Sailor Moon R: The Movie | Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury | Limited theatrical release, Viz dub | [38] |
2018 | Sailor Moon S: The Movie | Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury | Limited theatrical release, Viz dub | [39] |
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie | Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury | Limited theatrical release, Viz dub | [39] | |
Ralph Breaks the Internet | Princess Aurora | [40] | ||
2019 | Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection | C.C. | [41] | |
2021 | Sailor Moon Eternal | Ami Mizuno / Super Sailor Mercury, Phobos | Viz dub | [42] |
2024 | Sailor Moon Cosmos | Ami Mizuno / Eternal Sailor Mercury | Viz dub | [43] |
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