Saffron Henderson

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|12|27}}Saffron Henderson - Behind the Voice Actors{{cite tweet|user=SafHen|number=649680963828518912|title=@JobsOverFifty thx for the wishes, but Wiki is so wrong!! I'm actually born during a different month in 1967. Hee hee}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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| years_active = 1979–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Chris Pritchett|2001}}The Province, May 12, 2008 - [https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-province/20080512/282222301492706 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]

| children = 2

| father = Bill Henderson

| relatives = Camille Henderson (sister)

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

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. 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),{{cite book|title=Deformed and Destructive Beings: The Purpose of Horror Films|first=George|last=Ochoa|page=97|publisher=McFarland|year=2011|isbn=978-0-786-48654-0}} the romantic comedy Cousins as Terri Costello, and Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan{{cite book|title=The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s|first=Scott Aaron|last=Stine|page=129|publisher=McFarland|year=2003|isbn=978-1-476-61132-7}} 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.Saffron Henderson - On the Mic Training

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.toonzone - [https://www.toonzone.net/forums/threads/magical-girl-toon-zone-talks-to-saffron-henderson.4899491/ Magical Girl: Toon Zone Talks to Saffron Henderson]{{cite web |url=http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/gw_saffronhenderson.html |title=Animerica: Animerica Feature: Gundam Wing Voice Actors |website=www.animerica-mag.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010122052600/http://www.animerica-mag.com/features/gw_saffronhenderson.html |archive-date=22 January 2001 |url-status=dead}}Web Archive - [https://web.archive.org/web/20020323081200/http://www.elay987.com/kyle_hebert/henderson_interview.htm Henderson Interview]

Voice roles

.hack//Roots – Midori
A Christmas Adventure... From a Book Called Wisely's Tales – Rachael, Cupid{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Saffron-Henderson/|title=Saffron Henderson (visual voices guide) - Behind The Voice Actors|work=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=March 31, 2017|type= Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources}}
Adventures from the Book of Virtues – Julie
Animated Classic Showcase – Various Characters
Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow – Lumina
Billy the Cat – Nelson
Black Lagoon series – Shenhua, Frederica Sawyer/Sawyer the Cleaner, Mami
Brandy and Mr. Whiskers – Additional Voices
Cardcaptors – Vicky (episode 14)
Class of the Titans – Padma
Death Note – Sachiko Yagami
Dragon Ball (BLT Productions/FUNimation dub) – Goku (episodes 1–13 and movie 1)
Dragon Ball Z (FUNimation/Saban Entertainment dub) – Gohan (episodes 1–67 (edited into 53 episodes) and movie 3 (edited into 3 episodes))
Dragon Ball Z (FUNimation/Pioneer dub) – Gohan (movies 1–3)
Dragon Ball Z (Westwood Media/AB Groupe dub) – Gohan (episodes 108–165)
Dragon Ball Z Kai (Ocean Productions dub) – Gohan
Fat Dog Mendoza – Gothic Girl, Cissy Poole
Galaxy Express 999 (movie) – Tetsuro Hoshino
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 – Tetsuro Hoshino
Generation O! – Baby Powder
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time – Kazuko Yoshiyama
G.I. Joe Extreme – Additional Voices
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible — Simon
Hamtaro – Oxnard, Maria
Inuyasha – Sōta Higurashi, Eri (First voices, later replaced with Rebecca Shoichet)
Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time – Sōta Higurashi, Eri
Inuyasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass – Sōta Higurashi, Eri
Joon Joon and Friends – King Pow, Josh Josh, Hannah Tatsuma
Key the Metal Idol – Miho Utsuse, Beniko Komori
Kleo the Misfit Unicorn
Kong: The Animated Series – Lua
Maison Ikkoku – Kentaro Ichinose
Master Keaton – Natalya
MegaMan NT Warrior – Manuela
Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space – Yuki Nakasato
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED – Aisha
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing – Lucrezia Noin
Monster Rancher – Pixie/Granity, Sandra, Eared Mew, Pink Suezo, Furred Suezo
My Little Pony: Dancing in the Clouds – Sky Wishes
My Little Pony: Friends Are Never Far Away – Sky Wishes
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – Auntie Lofty (S09E12), Teddie Safari, Daring Do Collector (Trade Ya!)
My Scene Goes Hollywood – Audra
Naruto – Kurenai Yuhi (Episode 3, later replaced with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn){{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/naruto-trivia-didnt-know-about-kurenai/|website=CBR|publisher=Valnet Publishing Group|title=Naruto: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Kurenai|quote=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.|last1=Grimes|first=Rae|date=25 October 2021|access-date=15 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901110334/https://www.cbr.com/naruto-trivia-didnt-know-about-kurenai/|archive-date=1 September 2024}}
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 (TV series), 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
Trouble Chocolate – Almond
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 Zero – Naomi Fluegel