Cristina Vee

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Cristina Vee is an American voice actress, singer, and voice director known for her extensive work in English dubs of anime, animation, and video games. Born Cristina Danielle Valenzuela on July 11, 1987, in the Los Angeles area, she developed an early passion for voice acting after watching the anime Sailor Moon at the age of twelve. She studied theatre arts at California State University, Long Beach, graduating in 2007. Her entry into the professional voice acting world was facilitated by a chance meeting with veteran voice actor Wendee Lee at an Anime Expo panel, which led to auditions with Bang Zoom! Entertainment. Her first major anime role was Kanaria in the series Rozen Maiden.

Vee's career is marked by a wide array of prominent roles across numerous popular anime series. She is recognized for voicing protagonists and complex characters alike, including Homura Akemi in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Mio Akiyama in K-ON!, and Killua Zoldyck in Hunter × Hunter. She also took on the iconic role of Rei Hino / Sailor Mars in the Viz Media redub of the original Sailor Moon series as well as in Sailor Moon Crystal. Her filmography includes a vast number of other credits, such as Darkness in KonoSuba and Isekai Quartet, Hawk in The Seven Deadly Sins franchise, Elsa Granhiert in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, and Vivy in Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-. Further demonstrating her range, she has voiced characters like Ebisu in Dorohedoro, Sheila in BEASTARS, and Ren Yamai in Komi Can't Communicate.

Beyond anime, Vee has a significant presence in the world of Western animation and video games. She is perhaps best known to a global audience as the voice of Marinette Dupain-Cheng / Ladybug in the hit CGI series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. In video games, she is the voice of the titular character in the Shantae series, Velvet Crowe in Tales of Berseria, and Riven in League of Legends. She has also contributed her voice to popular games like Genshin Impact, where she voices Bennett and Xingqiu.

Throughout her career, Vee has maintained recurring collaborations with several major dubbing studios, most notably Bang Zoom! Entertainment, and has worked frequently on projects for Viz Media and Aniplex of America. In addition to voice acting, she is also an accomplished singer, having performed theme songs for video games such as Shantae and the mobile game Arknights, and she has released music both independently and with record labels. Her work as a voice director, including on the video game Indivisible, further showcases her multifaceted talent in the industry. Her contributions have been recognized with awards, including the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation Award for Best Voice Actress.
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