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Kathleen Herles

Kathleen Herles

American voice actress (born 1990)

Kathleen Herles (born November 13, 1990[1]) is an American voice actress best known for being the original voice of Dora on Dora the Explorer for the first four seasons.

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Herles was born in the Queens borough of New York City. Her parents are from Lima, Peru. She has studied ballet, tap, jazz, drama, and voice.[2] She takes piano lessons. She was discovered by talent manager Shirley Grant of Shirley Grant Management at a talent and modeling convention when she was 4 years old.[3] She graduated from Pace University in 2012.

In 2007, Herles retired from providing the voice for Dora the Explorer and was replaced by Caitlin Sanchez.

Herles' final time providing the voice of Dora the Explorer, along with the original cast of Go, Diego, Go! (like Jake T. Austin), was in the feature-length TV special, Diego's Great Polar Bear Rescue, which aired on September 18, 2009.[4][5]

Awards and nominations

In 2007, Herles was nominated for an Imagen Award for Best Television Actress.[6]

She was nominated in 2007[7] and 2008[8] for a NAACP Image Award for NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special.

Filmography

Television

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Video games

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References

  1. [1]
    Kathleen Herles [@kathleenherles] (November 14, 2022). "I was 31 in this photo, but now I'm 32. #Birthday #November13". Retrieved August 22, 2023 – via Instagram.
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    Parents from Lima, studied ballet, tap, etc. Archived February 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Accessed December 1, 2008,
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    "Interview with Kathleen Herles, Voice of Dora the Explorer | Voices.com". March 2, 2009.
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    2008 graduate of Deer Park High School, appeared in school productions... Archived February 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Accessed December 1, 2008,
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    Deer Park High School 2008 Senior Class Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Accessed June 24, 2008,
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    "'Ugly Betty' Tops 22nd Annual Imagen Awards - BuddyTV". August 7, 2007.
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    "Lipstick Alley". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
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    "39th NAACP Image Awards Show 2008 - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com". Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
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    "Kathleen Herles (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved February 28, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  10. [10]
    "Paramount+ | Dora | About". paramountpressexpress.com. Retrieved February 29, 2024.


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