Lia Sargent is an American voice actress, director, and acting coach with a career spanning several decades in the anime and video game industries. Born on February 20, 1957, she is the daughter of film and television director Joseph Sargent and actress Mary Carver. Sargent has been active in voice work since at least 1983 and has contributed to over one hundred anime titles, both as a performer and in production roles such as ADR director and script writer for studios like Animaze Inc..

Her extensive list of anime voice roles includes many of the characters specified. She voiced Mai Yumekanoh in the Streamline dub of Megazone 23. In Android Kikaider: The Animation, she was the voice of Mitsuko Komyoji. She played Rita in Galerians: Rion and Artemis in Cyborg 009 The Cyborg Soldier. Other credited roles include Chuchu in Catnapped! The Movie, Sybel in Black Magic M-66, Sana in Samurai: Hunt for the Sword, and Matsuri in Ninja Cadets. She also provided the voice for Lalah Sune in the English adaptation of the Mobile Suit Gundam movie trilogy.

Beyond the specific roles listed, Sargent is known for several other prominent performances. She voiced Chun-Li in multiple Street Fighter animated productions, often under the pseudonym Mary Briscoe, and played Milly Thompson in the series Trigun. Her other well-known roles include R. Dorothy Wayneright in The Big O, Judy in Cowboy Bebop, and Shion Uzuki in the Xenosaga video games. Her work also encompasses non-anime projects, such as providing additional voices for the film Shrek and voicing characters in the video game The Bard's Tale.

In addition to her on-screen voice work, Sargent has had a significant career behind the scenes. She has worked as a voice director and script adapter on numerous projects, including Trigun, Perfect Blue, and The Big O. In 1987, she founded her own voice-over company, Off The Walla. Her work in casting has been recognized with an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Voice Casting for the TNT miniseries Rough Riders.