Kate Higgins

Catherine Davis Higgins (born August 16, 1969) is an American voice actress, singer and jazz pianist.

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.

Video games
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 * Dead or Alive 5/Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate – Tina Armstrong
 * Dead or Alive: Dimensions – Tina Armstrong
 * Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 – Tina Armstrong
 * || Dead or Alive Paradise || Tina Armstrong || ||
 * Barbie: Dreamhouse Party – Barbie
 * BlazBlue: Continuum Shift – Imperator Librarius, Saya, Izanami, Torakaka (uncredited)
 * BlazBlue: Chronophantasma – Imperator Librarius, Saya, Izanami, Torakaka
 * Bleach: The 3rd Phantom – Shiyo, Retsu Unohana
 * Bleach: Soul Resurrección – Lilynette Gingerback
 * Clive Barker's Jericho – Wilhelmina "Billie" Church – grouped under Cast
 * ''Conception II – Fuuko Amicus
 * 2011-11-15 || Kinect Disneyland Adventures || Princess Aurora ||  ||
 * 2015 || League of Legends'' || Poppy
 * 2015 || League of Legends || Poppy, The Keeper of the Hammer || Rework ||
 * Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Battles – Olivia
 * Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven – Elfriede
 * 2015 || Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven || Elfriede || ||
 * Lunar: Silver Star Harmony – Royce (uncredited)
 * Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds – Announcer Female
 * Naruto series – Sakura Haruno
 * Ninja Gaiden 3 – Momiji, Obaba
 * Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies – Juniper Woods
 * All-Stars Racing Transformed
 * Colors
 * Free Riders – Miles "Tails" Prower and Wave the Swallow
 * Generations – Classic and Modern Tails
 * Lost World
 * Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series – Miles "Tails" Prower
 * London 2012
 * Sochi 2014
 * Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together – Narrator
 * Time and Eternity – Lucy
 * Wild Arms 4 – Yulie Ahtreide (uncredited)
 * Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z – Momiji
 * Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman – Etranger
 * Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles – Megumi Oumi, Laila
 * Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury – Megumi Oumi, Kolulu, Laila
 * Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition – Deadra

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Studio albums

 * The Solid Rock (Concord, 1998)
 * Bigger than Love (Concord, 2006)
 * Jazz Standards
 * A Very Merry Christmas
 * Little Parts (2009)
 * Sweet and Blue (2016)

Collaborations

 * 6 by 5 by Upper Structure (2004)

Singles

 * "Jump Up, Super Star!" – Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
 * "Break Free (lead the way)" – Super Mario Odyssey (2017)