Laura Latini | |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1969 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
Occupation: | Voice actress |
Years Active: | 1990–2012 |
Children: | 1 |
Parents: | Franco Latini Maria Pinto |
Relatives: | Ilaria Latini (sister) Fabrizio Vidale (paternal half-brother) |
Laura Latini (3 November 1969 – 19 August 2012) was an Italian voice actress.[1]
Latini was the first-born daughter of voice actor Franco Latini and dialogue writer Maria Pinto. She was also the older sister of voice actress Ilaria Latini and the older half-sister of voice actor Fabrizio Vidale. Latini was best known for providing the Italian dubbed voice of Karen Walker from Will & Grace, among other roles. She regularly dubbed actresses such as Katherine Heigl, Thora Birch, Chyler Leigh, Regina Hall, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Hilary Swank.
In her animated roles, Latini voiced Dijonay Jones in the Italian dubbed version of The Proud Family, Pixie in Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, Blinky Bill in The Adventures of Blinky Bill, Sherri & Terri in The Simpsons, Gwen in Total Drama, Rita in Flushed Away and many more.
Latini died of cancer on 19 August 2012, aged 42.[2] At that point in time, several of her roles were replaced by other actresses, such as Roberta De Roberto, who took over her roles of Karen Walker in the 2017 revival of Will & Grace, Gwen in Total Drama All-Stars. Latini was buried at Campo Verano alongside her father.