Karen Bernstein

{{Short description|Canadian voice actress}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox person | image =

| | image_size = | | name = Karen Bernstein | birth_name = | birth_date =  | birth_place = | occupation = Voice actress | known_for = Original English voice of Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon | years_active = 1977–2005 (acting) | website = https://kbartists.com/ | awards = }}

'''Karen Bernstein''' is a Canadian talent agent and retired voice actress. She is best known in North America as the original English voice of Sailor Mercury in the Canadian dubbing of the first two seasons of ''Sailor Moon''. She was replaced by Liza Balkan.

Bernstein is also known for voicing Hello Kitty in the mid-1990s, and for portraying Tara Belle and Jett in ''Beverly Hills Teens'' in the 1980s.

Since 2017, she has run the talent agency KB Artists Management.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://kbartists.com/about-us/|access-date=2024-12-08|website=KB Artists Management|language=en-US.}}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1977 | ''Why Shoot the Teacher?'' | Violet Sinclair | |- | 1997 | ''Pippi Longstocking'' | Mrs. Settergren | <ref name="btva">{{Cite web|title=Karen Bernstein (visual voices guide)|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Karen-Bernstein/|access-date=2021-05-19|website=Behind The Voice Actors|language=en-US|type= Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources}}</ref> |- | 2000 | ''Sailor Moon R the Movie: Promise of the Rose'' | Sailor Mercury | |- | 2000 | ''Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice'' | Sailor Mercury | |- | 2000 | ''Sailor Moon Supers the Movie: Black Dream Hole'' | Sailor Mercury | |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1987 | ''Beverly Hills Teens'' | Tara Belle, Jett | |- | 1993–1994 | ''Tales from the Cryptkeeper'' | The Weeping Woman, The Vampire, The Sleeping Beauty | <ref name="btva"/> |- | 1994 | ''Hello Kitty and Friends'' | Hello Kitty | |- | 1995, 1997 | ''Sailor Moon'' | Sailor Mercury | (Seasons 1–2) |- | 1996 | data-sort-value="Magic School Bus, The" | ''The Magic School Bus'' | Additional Voices | |- | 1997 | ''Pippi Longstocking'' | Mrs. Settergren | <ref name="btva"/> |- | 1998 | ''Birdz'' | Olivia Owl | <ref name="btva"/> |- | 1999 | ''Noddy'' | Tessie Bear | |- | 1999 | ''Something for Nothing'' | Mother | |- | 1999-2005 | ''Little People: Big Discoveries'' | Maggie | |}

===Video games=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1995 | ''Laura's Happy Adventures'' | Miriam | |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0077082}}

{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = None | title = Voice of Sailor Mercury | years = Eps. 5 - 82, Movies | after = Liza Balkan }} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernstein, Karen}} Category:Canadian film actresses Category:Canadian television actresses Category:Canadian video game actresses Category:Canadian voice actresses Category:Living people Category:20th-century Canadian actresses Category:21st-century Canadian actresses Category:Year of birth missing (living people)