Laura Boccanera (born September 13th, 1961) is an Italian voice actress, sister of voice actor Fabio Boccanera, and cousin of voice actors Massimo, Emanuela, and Riccardo Rossi.
Laura is best known for voicing Belle in Beauty and the Beast and the title character in Candy♡Candy. She's also the Italian voice of Jodie Foster since 1987.
Some of her voice acting roles include:
Anime
- Eri Takigawa in Attacker You!
- Kozue Ayuhara in Attack No. 1 (ep. 1-25)
- Angelina in Belle and Sebastian
- Candy in Candy♡Candy
- Sanae in Daltanious
- Natsuko Ozora in Captain Tsubasa (Captain Tsubasa J and Road to 2002)
- Sapphire in Princess Knight (second voice)
- Marie Antoinette in The Rose of Versailles
- Arachne in Soul Eater
- Ryunosuke (ep. 91-105), Shinobu (fourth voice), and Ten (third voice) in Urusei Yatsura
- Sally in Sally the Witch
Films – Animation
- Belle in Beauty and the Beast and sequels (speaking voice)
- Ugga in The Croods and sequel
- Adult Nala in The Lion King (1994)
- Judy Jetson in The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
- Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Aunt Billie in Meet the Robinsons
- Princess Odette in The Swan Princess and sequels (speaking voice)
Films – Live Action
- Jodie Foster in many roles
- Robin Wright in a few roles
- Julia Roberts in a few roles
- Sandra Bullock in a few roles
- Winona Ryder in a few roles
- Nikita in Nikita
Live-Action TV
- Courtney Thorne-Smith in several roles
- Alison Parker in Melrose Place
- Cheryl in According to Jim
- Cate Hennessy in 8 Simple Rules
- Mary Cooper in The Big Bang Theory (Seasons 3-11)
- Addison in Grey's Anatomy
- Claire Underwood in House of Cards (US)
- Nasreen Pouran in Limitless
- Natalie in Monk
Western Animation
- Sadira in Aladdin: The Series
- Wendy in Bob the Builder
- Morgana in Darkwing Duck
- Teela in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983) (first voice)
- Judy Jetson in The Jetsons (third dub, second voice)