Dana Swanson (born November 8, 1981 at

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) is an American singer, actress, writer, comedian and the current voice of SARA v3.0 for

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as of April 27, 2013. She replaces

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and

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as SARA's voice and serves as supporting host to TOM v5.0, voiced by

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. Swanson attended the

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, where she graduated with a degree in TeleArts in 2004, joined

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the following year as a production coordinator and was promoted to a writer/producer role in 2010. Swanson is also a member of the band "Le Sexoflex" under the pseudonym Miss Lady Flex. Swanson (under the name Insane-o-flex) also co-wrote and performed "I Like Your Booty (But I'm Not Gay)" for the ''

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s soundtrack. On April 27, 2013, when Toonami overhauled its look by introducing the TOM 5 eraToonami: TOM 5, SARA debut
/ref> and retiring the TOM 3.5 era look that and from May 26, 2012, to April 20, 2013, on

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(TOM 3.5 was an HD version of the TOM 3.0 look from 2004-07 on Cartoon Network), SARA made a surprise return to the block after several years' absence with an updated look and voiced by Swanson. The current SARA look is a full-bodied fairy hologram. Swanson provided the voice of a member of the band "Advantage" in the ''

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'' DVD-exclusive toon "The Limozeen Advantage".

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