Catherine Davis "Kate" Higgins is an American voice actress, singer, and jazz pianist, who is best known for providing the English voice of Sakura Haruno in Naruto, Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury in the Viz Media English version of the Sailor Moon franchise, Miki Kurosaki in the Digimon Data Squad, Gatomon and Meicoomon in the Digimon Adventure tri. film series. She is also a voice actress for Mattel's series Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse, Ever After High, and Monster High, as Barbie, Briar Beauty, and Frankie Stein, respectively. In addition, she voiced Felicity Fox in Enchantimals and Captain Zora in Shimmer and Shine during season 3, as well as Princess Lissa in Fire Emblem Awakening and Archduchess Cordelia in the Valkyria Chronicles video game series. She had voiced Starla from Blaze and the Monster Machines and Miles "Tails" Prower in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise from 2010 to 2014, before being replaced by Colleen Villard until she came out of retirement in 2021. She even voiced Chloe/Glitter Breeze from Glitter Force and Princess Marie Angelica and Dina in Glitter Force: Doki Doki. She is also the voice of Pauline in the Super Mario video game series since Super Mario Odyssey.
Career[]
Music career[]
Higgins earned a degree in music from Auburn University in 1991. She is a trained pianist who studied with the jazz artist Bob Richardson. She plays piano and has worked as a sideperson for many musicians. She released the first jazz album by her own name The Tide is Low in 2002. The second jazz album is Stealing Freedom. She is also in a band called Upper Structure. This features the same lineup as Melissa Fahn's R&B band in her album Avignon. They released one album called 6 by 5.
Voice acting career[]
Higgins's major voice roles have been in English-language adaptations of Japanese anime, and she is best known as the voice of Sakura Haruno in Naruto and Talho Yuuki in Eureka 7. She has also voiced CC in Code Geass and Saber in the original Fate/stay night. Between 2010 and 2013, Higgins voiced Tails in the video game series Sonic the Hedgehog. She also voices Kate, Stinky, and Lilly in the Alpha and Omega sequels. In 2014, Higgins was cast as Ami Mizuno / Sailor Mercury in the Viz English dub of Sailor Moon. In 2017, she voiced Pauline in Super Mario Odyssey, for which she also performed the in-character vocals for the game's theme song, "Jump Up, Super Star!" and Starla in Nick Jr.'s Blaze and the Monster Machines. She is the current voice of Princess Aurora since 2010, a Disney Princess character originally seen in Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. She also played the voice of Frankie Stein in Monster High and Briar Beauty in Ever After High. She also starred as Barbie in Life in the Dreamhouse in 2012.
Filmography[]
Animation[]
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010-2013) - Mayor Janet Nettles, Additional Voices
- The Powerpuff Girls (2016-2019) - Maylyn, Additional Voices
- Regular Show (2016) - Computer, Mary Stone, Natalie Williams, Fi, Icai
Films[]
- Batgirl: Year One (2009) - Barbara Gordon/Batgirl
- Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright (2013) - Meg Gale, Cathy
- Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017) - Mrs. Bucket
