Kathleen Herles

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 to Peruvian parents. She has studied ballet, tap, jazz, drama, and voice acting. Herles was discovered by talent manager Shirley Grant of Shirley Grant Management at a talent and modeling convention when she was four years old. In 2007, Herles retired from voicing Dora to attend college at Pace University and was replaced by Caitlin Sanchez and Fatima Ptacek. However, her voice for the character was used in various media until 2009. Herles graduated from Pace University in 2012. Kathleen Herles is an American Actress, born in New York, to immigrant parents from Lima, Peru. She began her career as a child actress, starring as the original voice of 'Dora', on Dora the Explorer (1997 -2008). She continued her role as 'Dora' on, Go, Diego Go! (2005). In lending her voice as the original Dora worldwide for over a decade, she can be seen and heard in academy award nominated films such as , 'Room,' starring Brie Larsen., and has made several appearances, as herself, on Sesame Street and Reading Rainbow. Kathleen's voice has been recognized as one of the most captivating and iconic bilingual voices on television. She has been recognized and nominated for several awards by the NAACP and many more.