Sandy Fox

Sandra Marie Fox (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]

Sandy Fox
Fox at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon.
Born	Sandra Marie Fox July 13, 1963 Monroeville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Other names	Marie Danielle[1][2]
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	1991–present
Agent	Abrams Artists
Spouse(s)	Lex Lang ​ (m. 2004)​
Website	sandyfox.com

Early life and career

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]

Voice-over career

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]

Personal life and other ventures

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]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[25]
1998	Battle Athletes series	Various characters	OAV	Resume
1999	Fist of the North Star	Lynn		CA
1999	Serial Experiments Lain	Myu-Myu		CA
1999	Cowboy Bebop	Bowhead, Orphan, Pinky		CA
1999	Fushigi Yûgi	Chiriko		Resume
2000	Ninja Cadets	Sakura	OAV, first major role	CA
2000	Flint the Time Detective	Talen the Pink Squirrel		CA
2000	Gestalt	Suzu the Dark Elf	OAV	CA
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		CA
2001	Nightwalker	Guni		CA
2001	Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team	Child, Sweeter Twin	OAV	CA
2001	Hand Maid May	Miyuki Zin		CA
2001	Vampire Princess Miyu	Daughter, Kayo	TV series, Eps. 4,7	CA
2001	Saint Tail	Various characters	Grouped under Additional Voices	[27]
2001	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	T-AI		Press[18]
2002	Vandread series	Celtic Midori, Paiway Underberg		Press[18]
2002	Love Hina	Moé		CA
2002	Shinzo	Este		Resume
2002	eX-Driver	Girl A, Student	OAV	CA
2002	Hello Kitty's Paradise	Lacey the Raccoon, Jodie		Resume
2003	.hack//SIGN	A-20, Mistral		[1]
2003	Argento Soma	Harriet "Hattie" Bartholomew		CA
2003	Ai Yori Aoshi	Akiko, Chararin, Utsume, others		CA
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		[28]
2003	Android Kikaider: The Animation	Additional Voices		CA
2003	Love Hina Again	Kuro, Moe, Student	OAV	CA
2003	Heat Guy J	Monica Gabriel, others		CA
2003	Mao-chan	Mao Onigawara		[16]
2004	.hack//Legend of the Twilight	Mireille		CA
2004	Rave Master	Reina (young)		Resume
2004	Angel Tales	Kurumi the Hamster		[29]
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	CA
2005	Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite	Cynthia Landlavizar / Grace		CA
2005	Saiyuki Reload	Seika, Shion, Sibling's mother	Eps. 1,13	CA
2005	Ultra Maniac	Luna		CA
2005	Scrapped Princess	Cin		[30]
2005	Kyo Kara Maoh!	Yuri (Young)		Resume
2005	Di Gi Charat	Pyocola		Resume
2005	Naruto	Momiji, Mina		Press[17][18]
2005	Mars Daybreak	Shie		CA
2005	.hack//Unison	Mistral	OAV	Resume
2005	Leave it to Piyoko!	Pyocola Analogue III / Piyoko		CA
2006	Haré+Guu	Marie		[31]
2006	Immortal Grand Prix	Amy	microseries	CA
2006	Kannazuki no Miko	Nekoko		[32]
2006	Karas	Amefuriko	OAV	CA
2006	Saiyuki Reload Gunlock	Kid, Daughter	Eps. 10,13,14	CA
2006	Green Green	Sanae Minami		CA
2006	Disgaea	Flonne		Press[18][33]
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		[34]
2016	Sailor Moon Crystal	Chibiusa		[7]
2017	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED	Haro	NYAV Post dub	[35]
2018	Granblue Fantasy The Animation	Vyrn		[36]

Film

List of voice performances in direct-to-video films and specials

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[11][25]
1998	The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock	Dinah		[1]
2000	Catnapped!	Meeko	Animaze dub
2001	Akira	Kyoko	Animaze dub	[6][18][37]
2004	Mobile Suit Gundam F91	Kochun Hein, Leah Mariba	Bandai/Bang Zoom dub
2005	Ark	Jejune		[1]
2009	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Togusa's Daughter	Animaze dub

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[11][25]
2012	Wreck-It Ralph	Additional Voices		[18]
2014	Maleficent	Fairies and creatures		[18]
2016	Robinson Crusoe aka The Wild Life	Epi		[38][39]
2017	Sailor Moon R: The Movie	Chibiusa	Viz Dub Limited theatrical release	[40][41]
2018	Sailor Moon S: The Movie	Chibiusa / Sailor Chibi Moon	Viz Dub Limited theatrical release	[42]
2018	Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie	Chibiusa / Sailor Chibi Moon	Viz Dub Limited theatrical release	[42]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[11]
1991–94	The Simpsons	Various characters		[5][9]
1998	Toonsylvania	Darla Dolly		[43]
1998	Mad Jack the Pirate	Magic Pink Fairy, others		[44]
1998	Jay Jay the Jet Plane	Tracy, Snuffy, Tuffy
2000	As Told by Ginger	Mipsy Mipson		[1][18]
2003–2007	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Melody		[3]
2004–2006	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi	Harmony		Resume
2003–2004 2011–2013	LeapFrog learning series	Lily (2003–2004), Penny (2011–2013)	Some early titles as Marie Danielle	[45]
1999–2013	Futurama	Various characters		Press[18]
2017–2019	Numberblocks	Seven
1997–2010	King of the Hill	Various characters		Press[18]
2019	Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir	Various characters		Tweet[46]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[11]
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		[37][47]
2003	Phantom Brave	Marona		[48]
2005	Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome			Press[13]
2006	Rumble Roses XX	Aigle, Great Khan		[37]
2006	Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny			Press[13]
2006	Tales of the Abyss	Tamara, Mieu		Press[13]
2006	.hack//G.U. vol.1//Rebirth	Asta		[1]
2007	Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm			Press[13]
2008	Soulcalibur IV
2009	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona	Yuka Ayase
2010	Disgaea Infinite	Flonne		Press[49]
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][50]
2013	Hyperdimension Neptunia series	Peashy (Yellow Heart)	Starting with Victory, then Re;birth1 and Re;Birth2	[6]
2015	Bravely Second: End Layer	Minette		[51]
2018	Tales of Vesperia	Patty Fleur	Definitive Edition	Tweet[52]
2020	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV	Renne Bright

Other appearances

List of appearances on television and film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[11]
2002	Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck	Contestant	Finalist in the Whammy:Press Your Luck Tournament of Champions	[3]

References

1. "Behind The Voice Actors - Sandy Fox". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 23, 2015. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources
2. "Voice Actor Boot Camp" (Press release). Bang Zoom! Entertainment. August 18, 2006. Retrieved September 24, 2015 – via Anime News Network.
3. "About Sandy Fox". SandyFox.com. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
4. "17 Dancers Will Star In Magic Show". Orlando Sentinel. October 19, 1988. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
5. Regina, Steven. "Sandy Fox/Lex Lang". The Swerve Magazine. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
6. DesignFluxx, LLC. "Welcoming voice actresses, Sandy Fox and Cristina Vee, to AX 2015~! - Anime Expo®". Anime Expo®. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
7. "Sailor Moon R English Dub Casts Sandy Fox as Chibi Usa, Veronica Taylor as Sailor Pluto". Anime News Network. April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
8. "Betty Boop Comes to Life in a New Film for Lancôme Paris" (Press release). Lancome. PRWeb. August 24, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
9. Dawson, Greg (September 9, 1991). "Anchors, The Big Time And Chatfests All Over". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
10. "Sandy Fox". The Fruit Cake Follies. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
11. "Entertainment". SandyFox.com. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
12. Campbell, Joanna (August 4, 2015). "Otakon Interview: Sandy Fox, Voice Of Betty Boop, Olive Oil, Hello Kitty & More". Mix 106.5. CBS Radio. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
13. "Phoenix Comicon - Sandy Fox". Phoenix Comicon. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
14. Loveridge, Lynzee (May 4, 2013). "8 Horrible Anime Dub Opening Songs - The List - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
15. "Adventures in Voice Acting » Workshops". adventuresinvoiceacting.com. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
16. Mathews, Ryan (March 2, 2004). "Mao-chan, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi - The Dub Track - Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
17. "Voice Actors Sandy Fox, Lex Lang to Participate in Otakon 2015". Anime News Network. May 28, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
18. "Voice Actors Sandy Fox, Lex Lang to Participate in Otakon 2015". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
19. Fox, Sandy. "Sandy Fox". Patch.com. Studio City, California: Patch Media. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
20. "The Love Planet Foundation". loveplanetfoundation.org. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
21. "Projects". loveplanetproductions.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
22. "H2Om Joins Film Festival to 'Elevate' Consciousness in Hollywood" (Press release). Elevate Film Festival and H20m. July 22, 2006. Retrieved September 24, 2015 – via BevNET.com.
23. "Gear awards – Waters(Flavored/Enhanced) Winners". ShapeYou.com. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
24. "Meditation". SandyFox.com. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
25. "Anime". SandyFox.com (Sandy Fox's official website). Retrieved September 23, 2015.
26. Loveridge, Lynzee (May 4, 2013). "8 Dubious Anime Dub Opening Songs - The List". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
27. "I Hate Wedding Veils!". Saint Tail – Volume 2 (DVD). Episode 4. Tokyopop. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Cast.
28. "ADV to Distribute Risky Safety". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
29. Terrace 2008, p. 45
30. Scrapped Princess. Episode 24. Event occurs at Closing credits, English dub cast.
31. "A Big, Black, Hard, Shiny, Smelly, Noise-Making Creature". Hare+Guu. Episode 9. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Voice Cast.
32. "Secret Love Shell". Destiny of the Shrine Maiden. Episode 3. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Voice Cast.
33. Browning & Picart 2010, p. 117
34. "Aniplex USA to Release 1st Aldnoah.Zero Season 1 On BD/DVD with Dub, Sub". Anime News Network. June 6, 2015.
35. "Sunrise to Release Gundam SEED, Destiny with New English Dub". Anime News Network. August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
36. "Aniplex US English Trailer with Cast Announcements". AniplexUS. March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
37. "Sandy Fox". Crystal Acids. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
38. Shearer, Andrew (September 14, 2016). "Mini Movie Reviews". Online Athens. Athens Banner-Herald. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
39. Debruge, Peter (March 26, 2016). "Film Review: 'The Wild Life'". Variety. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
40. Sailor Moon R: The Movie tweets from the Viz premiere:
    • Sandy Fox [@SandyFoxWorld] (January 14, 2017). "Sailor #MoonMovie premier LA #sailormoonPremiere #sailormoon" (Tweet). Retrieved January 17, 2017 – via Twitter.
    • Sandy Fox [@SandyFoxWorld] (January 14, 2017). "Chibiusa approves! It was a great night! @Sailor_Moon_NA #MoonMovie #sailorMoon #sailormoonmoviepremiere" (Tweet). Retrieved January 17, 2017 – via Twitter.
41. Mammano, Michael S. (January 18, 2017). "Sailor Moon R: The Movie Premiere Was Immersive Experience For Fans". Den of Geek. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
42. https://www.comicsbeat.com/anime-nyc-interview-fighting-for-love-and-justice-talking-with-the-sailor-moon-english-voice-cast/
43. Terrace 2008, p. 1096
44. Terrace 2008, p. 637
45. "Leap Frog Scout & Friends: Phonics Farm". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
46. Fox, Sandy (September 6, 2019). "So nice recording with the incredible @Warmupguy and Ashley @DubingBrosUSA today! #voiceover #animation #actorslife #joy #gratitude pic.twitter.com/nvDXla5hfY".
47. Browning & Picart 2010, p. 230
48. Browning & Picart 2010, p. 228
49. "Sandy Fox joins Ireland Comic Con's voice actor line-up". MCM ComicCon. July 17, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
50. Monkey Bar Games. Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures. Bandai Namco Entertainment. Scene: Closing credits, 0:58 in, English Voice Talent.
51. Valentine, Rebekah (March 30, 2016). "Bravely Second's Voice Cast Is Full Of Shining Stars". App Trigger. FanSided. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
52. Fox, Sandy (March 19, 2019). "Had a blast voicing Patty the Pirate for the new #TalesOfVesperia Video Game". @SandyFoxWorld. Retrieved March 20, 2019.

Bibliography

• Browning, John Edgar; Picart, Caroline Joan (2010). Dracula in Visual Media:Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland. ISBN 0786433655.
• Terrace, Vincent (2008). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2d ed.). McFarland. ISBN 9780786486410.

External links

• Official website
• Sandy Fox convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
• Sandy Fox at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Sandy Fox at IMDb