Jessica Straus is an American voice actress with a career spanning over two decades in anime, animation, and video games. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and performed on Los Angeles stages while initially pursuing on-camera work before transitioning to voice-over. Her entry into voice acting began in the late 1990s, with one of her first major roles being the voice of the EVA computer in the 1999 video game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun.

Straus has built an extensive portfolio in anime dubbing, often lending her voice to strong-willed or distinctive characters. In the early 2000s, she voiced the titular cat-girl in Magical Meow Meow Taruto and the loyal wolf Blue in the dystopian series Wolf's Rain. She played Junko Miyaji in the influential OVA FLCL and Gidget, the spirited mechanic, in Eureka Seven. Her other notable anime roles include Mokaku in the Ikki Tousen franchise, Empress Tianzi in Code Geass, Pan in the Bang Zoom! dub of Dragon Ball Super, and Daryl Cavendish in Little Witch Academia. In 2021, she voiced the character Lorraine in the English dub of the series King's Raid: Successors of the Will.

In addition to her anime work, Straus is widely recognized for her prolific career in video games. She is perhaps best known as the original English voice of the sadistic fighter Juri Han, a role she originated in Super Street Fighter IV and has reprised in subsequent titles including Street Fighter V and Street Fighter 6. Her other significant video game credits include Pi in the.hack//G.U. series, Muzet in Tales of Xillia, Sasha in Infamous, Lilith in Darksiders II, Dr. Alexandria Hypatia in Dishonored 2, Hiroko Hagakure in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls, and multiple characters in Fallout 4. She has also voiced the Amazon from Diablo II and reprised the角色 for Heroes of the Storm. Across her career, she has voiced over one hundred roles.

Straus has noted that she enjoys playing a variety of character types, from villainous women to young children, and values the opportunity to use her full vocal range. In addition to her performance work, she has also worked as a voice-over instructor and has cited inspiring fellow voice actress Kira Buckland to enter the field. Her work has left a lasting impression on fans, with the character Blue from Wolf's Rain having inspired some to name their children after the角色.