Lauren Goodnight

Lauren Goodnight (born May 19, 1980) is an American radio host,^[1] voice actress,^[2][3][4] sex educator,^[5] and occasional singer.

Lauren Goodnight
Born	(1980-05-19) May 19, 1980 (age 45) South Carolina, United States
Occupation(s)	Radio Host, Voice Actress, Sex Educator
Years active	1996–present

Career

Goodnight has been the host for the call-in show 8-bit Sex on the 8bitx.com website and Celestia Radio, Fridays at 10pm EST. She is a professional member of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, and the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists. She is based in South Carolina. Goodnight used to be a voice actress who worked for Section23 Films, most notably as Natsue Awayuki in Prétear.^[1] She also worked with Antarctic Press and Fred Perry on the animation of Gold Digger, in the role of Brittany Diggers.^[6] From 2004 to 2006, Goodnight was a music reviewer for Anime on DVD. She was the voice of Twilight Sparkle, the co-star, among other voices, in the My Little Pony/Doctor Who crossover radio program Doctor Whooves Adventures, which aired on YouTube.^[7]

Personal life

Lauren has been a sex educator and equal rights advocate for over 20 years. While active, she was a regular at conventions, such as Anime Weekend Atlanta,^[8] Anime Boston,^[9] MetroCon,^[10] AnimeNEXT,^[11] and BronyCon.^[12] She frequently takes vacations to the United Kingdom, as she is an anglophile.

Roles

• Angelic Layer – narrator
• Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution – Arayashiki West, Sarashina
• D.N.Angel – Girl A (ep 21), Little Girl (ep 25)
• Neon Genesis Evangelion Director's Cut – additional voices
• Noir – additional voices
• Pretear – Natsue Awayuki
• RahXephon – additional voices
• Sorcerer Hunters OAV – Shiorena (ep 3)
• Super GALS! – various minor roles
• Gold Digger: Time Raft – Brittany Diggers
• Nana's Everyday Life – Nana
• Dr. Whooves Adventures – Twilight Sparkle (ongoing); Derpy Hooves ("Wrong Way Backwards", "DWA Short: Express Delivery: An April Fool's Day Sketch"); Rarity ("Number 12: Part One", "DWA Short: Fashionably Late", "Wrong Way Backwards", "DWA Short: Lovestruck"); The Professor (Alternative Universe Doctor) ("DWA Short: Crossed Wires", "Pony in a Box Extras: She's the Professor"); Celestia ("Shadows of the Lunar Republic")
• Dr. Whooves and Assistant – Twilight Sparkle (crossover episode "Wrong Way Backwards"); Herself (2013 April Fools Special "The Vampire Hazard")
• "Magic", by The Living Tombstone - Trixie (singing)
• 8-bit Sex – co-host