Josephine Schmidt is a German actress and voice artist, known for providing the German dubbing voices for numerous characters in anime series and films. She was born on September 29, 1980, in Potsdam, Germany, and began her acting career with appearances in television series and theater productions. Schmidt gained on-screen recognition for her role as Paula Rapf in the long-running German soap opera Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten from 2002 to 2008.

Parallel to her on-screen work, Schmidt has built an extensive career as a voice actress since 2004, lending her voice to a wide array of characters in both Western and Japanese animation. She is particularly prolific in the German dubbing of anime, where her vocal performances have become familiar to audiences. Her work includes major roles such as Shion in the popular series That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and its spin-off The Slime Diaries. She also voices Shunrai Yamamoto in the fantasy adventure series Orient and Inkarmat in the historical drama Golden Kamuy. In the acclaimed science-fiction series Attack on Titan The Final Season, Schmidt voices the eccentric and brilliant Squad Leader Hanji Zoe, a role she has also performed in the live-action film adaptations Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan 2: End of the World.

Schmidt's repertoire spans a diverse range of genres and character types. She is the voice of Kotori Itsuka in the romantic comedy Date A Live III, Itsuyo Saotome in the action series Val x Love, and Remi Kakiyasu in the original anime Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan. In mystery and thriller series, she voices Nat in The Promised Neverland and Maha in The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat. Her work also includes characters in long-running and popular franchises, such as Sheyta in Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld and Mayumi Saegusa in the The Irregular at Magic High School franchise, including the Visitor Arc and the film The Girl Who Summons the Stars.

Beyond these roles, Schmidt's extensive filmography includes voicing Shirayuki in Snow White with the Red Hair, Himiko in Sword Gai: The Animation Part II, and Ran-Mao in Black Butler: Book of Murder. She has also contributed to classic and influential series, providing voices for Misaki Kamiigusa in The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Saki Morimi in the Eden of the East films and series, a young Yukiatsu in anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Hitomi Shizuki in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Tokaku Azuma in Riddle Story of Devil. Her work also includes the role of Fabia Sheen in Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Gundalian Invaders and Shirayuki in the film Child of Kamiari Month.

Through her consistent and versatile work, Josephine Schmidt has established herself as a prominent and in-demand voice artist in the German anime dubbing industry, bringing a wide variety of Japanese characters to life for German-speaking audiences.