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Kathleen Herles (born November 13, 1990) is an American voice actress best known for being the original voice of Dora on Dora the Explorer for the first four seasons. Herles was born in the Queens borough of New York City .
Kathleen Herles is an American actress and the original voice of Dora, the bilingual explorer. She has also appeared on Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, and several films and videos.
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Kathleen Herles (born November 13, 1990) is an American voice actress, best known for being the original voice of Dora on Dora the Explorer (in seasons 1-4) and Go, Diego, Go!.
Herles was born in Queens, New York City. Her parents are from Lima, Peru. She has studied ballet, tap, jazz, drama, hip-hop, and voice. She also took 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.
She is a 2008 graduate of Deer Park High School, where she appeared in school productions of "The Wiz," and "Footloose."
In 2008, Herles stopped doing the voice for Dora and was replaced by Caitlin Sanchez. She was also going to college. However, she continued the role on Go, Diego, Go! until 2009.
•Kathleen's favourite Dora episodes are Dora's Fairytale Adventure and Dora's Pirate Adventure.
•Kathleen loves Dora because she's cute.
•One of Kathleen's favourite MLP characters is Applejack.
•She was 7 when she began voicing Dora and was 9 when the show premiered. She had gotten the part the same day she auditioned.
•Although Kathleen stopped doing the voice of Dora in Dora the Explorer, she continued to do her voice in Go, Diego, Go!, as well as select toys and games produced between 2007 and 2008. She completely stopped voicing Dora in 2009.
•Herles' final time providing the voice of Dora, along with the original cast of Go, Diego, Go! (like Jake T. Austin), was in the double-length special, The Great Polar Bear Rescue, which aired on September 18, 2009.
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1.Kathleen Herles, Original Voice of Dora Chats with Voices
May 8, 2024 · The Peruvian-American actress talks about returning to the iconic franchise as Dora's mom on Paramount+ and hosting a podcast about food and culture. She shares how Dora represents Latine pride, inclusion, and adventure for kids.
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Apr 11, 2024 · From 1997 to 2009, Kathleen Herles was the voice of Dora in Nickelodeon’s bilingual animated series “Dora the Explorer.” That memorable, amiable, high-pitched squeal that...
Kathleen Herles is an American actress and the original voice of Dora the Explorer. She was born in New York to Peruvian parents and married Reginald Ledan in 2019.
