Tara Jayne Sands (born September 20, 1975) is an American voice actress and a former co-host of the Cartoon Network's weekly block, Fridays. She has voiced in a number of anime dubs and cartoons, including Anna Kyoyama in Shaman King, Mokuba Kaiba in the English adaptation of the second series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, as well as Chase on Fighting Foodons and Filia Ul Copt in Slayers. She also provides narration on audio books.

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Sands was raised in New Jersey and studied theater at Hofstra University. She has had a steady stream of voice acting work since high school. Much of her work is in anime dubbing, with multiple roles in such franchises as Slayers and Pokémon. She also voiced Tiara in Shamanic Princess, and Hikaru Shidou in the OVA 'remake' of Magic Knight Rayearth, among others.

Sands has narrated numerous audio books, including Wendelin Van Draanen's Sammy Keyes series and Ellen Potter's Olivia Kidney series.

In addition to providing voiceovers for numerous commercials, Sands has appeared on-camera in commercials, including as the 'Office Cheerleader' in a series for Lipton's Cup-a-Soup and television series including Everybody Hates Chris. She also hosts on red carpet premieres.