Laura Dawn Bailey (born May 28, 1981) is an American actress and singer who provides voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime films and television series as well as voice roles in cartoons and video games. Her notable roles include Maka Albarn in Soul Eater, Kid Trunks in Dragon Ball Z, Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket, Lust in Fullmetal Alchemist and Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara in Crayon Shin-Chan, the last of which she also served as the line producer. In video games, she provides the voice of Rayne in the Bloodrayne series; Chun Li in the newer titles of the Street Fighter series; The Female Protagonist in Persona 3 Portable; Rise Kujikawa in the Persona 4 series; Serah Farron in the Final Fantasy XIII series; Serana in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dawnguard; and Jaina Proudmoore in World of Warcraft.
Second child with Eric Fellner, daughter Lola, born in May 2008.
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Started modeling relatively late in life (at age 22) after she was approached by a spotter for a model agency.
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Credits the publicity blitz surrounding her whirlwind romance with actor Richard Gere for consolidating her modeling career (1994).
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Her second pregnancy (at age 36) with boyfriend Eric Fellner enabled her to segue into promoting online maternity clothing titled "Mama-La-Mode" (2008).
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Is vegetarian.
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Also a travel writer for The Independent Newspaper (UK) - The Independent Traveller Magazine.
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Has a son, Luc (b. 15 Jan 2005), with boyfriend Eric Fellner
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Is close friends with singer-songwriter Leona Naess and designer Alice Tempervey, who are both godmothers to her son.
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Graduated from Southampton University with a first in English.
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Devout Buddhist who has met the The Dalai Lama when he traveled to England.
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Accomplished fashion model with London's Models One agency.