Maia Baran (born February 28th, 1977) is a Belgian voice actress.
Best known for being the French voice of Sakura Haruno in Naruto, she has dubbed actresses such as Kelly Reilly, Amanda Peet, Michelle Williams, Winona Ryder, and Lena Headey.
When it comes to animation, besides Sakura, some of her most notable roles include May in Pokémon: The Series, Karai in both the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and the 2007 TMNT movie, and Marcy Wu in Amphibia.
Some of Baran's roles include:
Anime
- Arara in Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
- Claire Redfield in Resident Evil: Degeneration
- Jean Grey in Marvel Anime: X-Men
- May and Max (replacement voice for the latter) in Pokémon: The Series
- Mina Simington and Dexter in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds
- Sakura Haruno in Naruto
- Shizuka Minamoto in Doraemon
Films - Animation
- Barbie movies:
- Sequin in Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale
- Nora in Barbie as the Princess and the Popstar
- Nori in Barbie and the Secret Door
- Karai in TMNT
Films - Live-Action
- Queen Belle (Keegan Connor Tracy) in Descendants
- Lela (Grace Phipps) in Teen Beach Movie
Literature
- Audiobook narration for The Twilight Saga
Live-Action TV
- Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) in Orange Is the New Black
Western Animation
- Princess Amber in Sofia the First
- Princess Cadence in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
- Queen Delightful in The 7D
- Karai in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
- Marcy Wu in Amphibia
- Mirta in Winx Club
- Muffy Crosswire in Arthur (Season 16 onwards)
- Tasha in The Backyardigans
- Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in Wolverine and the X-Men
