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Saffron Henderson

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Saffron Henderson
Born (1967-12-27) December 27, 1967 (age 56)[1][2]
Occupations
Years active1979–present
Spouse
(m. 2001)
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Children2
FatherBill Henderson
RelativesCamille Henderson (sister)

Saffron Henderson (born December 27, 1967) is a Canadian voice actress and singer who often works with Ocean Productions in numerous anime dubs.

Career

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Henderson tends to be cast as mature and flirtatious women, young boys and teenage girls, as well as foreign women and motherly figures. Her best known roles are Kid Goku and Kid Gohan in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, Shenhua in Black Lagoon, Sachiko Yagami in Death Note, Lucrezia Noin in Gundam Wing and Oxnard in Hamtaro. She's the daughter of Bill Henderson, the lead guitarist and singer of the Canadian rock band Chilliwack, and has a younger sister named Camille, who is also a singer.

Henderson has appeared in live-action work roles, (including a brief appearance in The Fly II as Veronica Quaife replacing Geena Davis who had starred in the first film),[4] the romantic comedy Cousins as Terri Costello, and Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan[5] as rocker J.J. who is killed by Jason Voorhees with her own guitar.

Henderson has also provided backing vocals on several albums, including for ex Free/Bad Company vocalist Paul Rodgers' 1999 album Electric, as well as being an instructor for the On the Mic Training voice-over training school in Vancouver.[6]

In an interview with Toon Zone, Henderson said that, if she weren't an actress, she would have been a psychologist in order to help people with diabetes, from which she suffers. She mentions Peter Sellers as an influence and that she worked as a showgirl in Spain when she was seventeen.[7][8][9]

Voice roles

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Singing roles

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  • Rainbow Fish (backing vocals, main title)
  • The Bitsy Bears (main title)

References

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  1. ^ Saffron Henderson - Behind the Voice Actors
  2. ^ @SafHen (October 1, 2015). "@JobsOverFifty thx for the wishes, but Wiki is so wrong!! I'm actually born during a different month in 1967. Hee hee" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ The Province, May 12, 2008 - Pritchett ends up in Vancouver, FAMILY FIRST: It used to be a place he'd try to get away from - By Steve Ewen, Sports Reporter
  4. ^ Ochoa, George (2011). Deformed and Destructive Beings: The Purpose of Horror Films. McFarland. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-786-48654-0.
  5. ^ Stine, Scott Aaron (2003). The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s. McFarland. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-476-61132-7.
  6. ^ Saffron Henderson - On the Mic Training
  7. ^ toonzone - Magical Girl: Toon Zone Talks to Saffron Henderson
  8. ^ "Animerica: Animerica Feature: Gundam Wing Voice Actors". www.animerica-mag.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2001. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  9. ^ Web Archive - Henderson Interview
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Saffron Henderson (visual voices guide) - Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 31, 2017. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  11. ^ Grimes, Rae (October 25, 2021). "Naruto: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Kurenai". CBR. Valnet Publishing Group. Archived from the original on September 1, 2024. Retrieved September 15, 2024. When Kurenai debuts in Episode Three, her English voice actress is Saffron Henderson. Afterward, she's voiced instead by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, though it's not stated exactly why this change ends up being made.
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