Saffron Henderson

Saffron Henderson (born September 25, 1965) is a Canadian voice actress, actress and singer. She has often worked with Ocean Productions in numerous anime dubs.

Early life, family and education

Saffron Henderson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, a daughter of Canadian musician Bill Henderson, the lead guitarist and singer of the Canadian rock band Chilliwack. Her sister is singer Camille Henderson.

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

Henderson has performed backing vocals on several albums, including for ex Free/Bad Company vocalist Paul Rodgers' 2000 album Electric. She is also an instructor for the On the Mic Training voice-over training school in Vancouver.

Henderson married Chris Pritchett, a professional baseball player, in 2001. They have two sons. Nana – Junko Saotome Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island – Queen of the Myrmecs, Crab Follower #1, Crab Refugee #1, Crab Refugee #3 Nilus the Sandman – Polly, Sugar Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation – Vam-Mi Pocket Dragon Adventures – Princess Betty Bye Bell Powerpuff Girls Z – Brandy Ranma ½ – Tsubasa Kurenai, Kogane Musashi, additional voices RoboCop: Alpha Commando – Kudzu Bodine Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends – Nema Perrera Saber Marionette J – Edge, Bloodberry Sabrina: The Animated Series – Additional Voices Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century – Lois St. Clair Street Fighter – Sakura Tara Duncan: The Evil Empress – Tara Duncan The Adventures of Corduroy The Deep – Agnes De-Krester The Little Prince – Ilnios (The Planet of Bubble Gob) The Vision of Escaflowne – Yukari Uchida, Eriya, Celena Schezar, Naria (Bandai Entertainment dub) Troll Tales – Rude Trouble Chocolate – Almond, Green Tea Ultimate Book of Spells – Additional Voices Walter Melon – Additional Voices What About Mimi? – Mary Beth, Mrs. Grindstone World Trigger – Yōtarō Rindō, Yuu Kunichika X-Men: Evolution – Callisto Zatch Bell! – Sherry Belmont (episodes 1–85) Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles – Sherry Belmont Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury – Sherry Belmont Zoids: New Century – Naomi Fluegel

Singing roles Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997 / closing credits) Rainbow Fish (2000 / backing vocals, main title) The Bitsy Bears (1992 / main title) Simon (singing voice)