Deneen Melody is an American voice actress known for her work in anime dubs, animation, and video games. Born on June 12, 1984, in Hearne, Texas, she began her performance career as a ballerina, training and performing in the Houston area from the age of fourteen. Her dance talents took her to venues outside of Texas, including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. However, a foot injury caused her to step back from ballet and refocus her career toward acting and voice performance.

Melody's voice acting career encompasses a wide range of prominent anime series. She is widely recognized for voicing Mari Illustrious-Makinami in the Rebuild of Evangelion film series, including the final installment Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time. In the Sword Art Online franchise, she provided the voice for Ronie Arabel across multiple installments, including Sword Art Online: Alicization and its sequel War of Underworld. Her other significant anime roles include the enigmatic Pandora in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Saki Izumo in D4DJ First Mix, and Shizuka Gozen in the historical series The Heike Story.

Beyond these credits, Melody's anime filmography includes roles in The Irregular at Magic High School, where she voiced Ayako Kuroba, and Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, in which she voices Zoe Lee alongside the Kwamis Kaalki and Mullo. Her extensive voice work extends to video games as well. She has lent her voice to the popular game Genshin Impact, portraying the characters Sandrone and Changchang, and has appeared in Fire Emblem Heroes as Marcia, Death end re;Quest 2 as Rotten Dollhart, and CookieRun: Kingdom as Marshmallow Bunny Cookie.

Throughout her career, Melody has worked with several major dubbing studios, including Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Dubbing Brothers, and VSI Los Angeles. She has also received recognition for her on-screen acting work in independent films, earning nominations and awards from genre film festivals in the early 2010s for roles in projects such as Crestfallen and III Slices of Life.