Julie Maddalena is an American voice actress known for her extensive work in English-language dubs of Japanese anime, as well as in cartoons and video games. Born Julia Lynn Kliewer on June 26, 1963, in Cleveland, Ohio, she began her entertainment career as a child actress, making her film debut in the 1984 feature Children of the Corn. She transitioned to voice acting full-time approximately a decade later, often crediting her work under her married name, Julie Kliewer.

Over a career spanning several decades, Maddalena has portrayed a wide variety of characters, frequently lending her voice to energetic and youthful roles. She is recognized for several major anime roles, including the optimistic Hikaru Shidou in Magic Knight Rayearth, a part she has cited as a personal favorite. She voiced the childlike Arusu in Tweeny Witches, the determined Dita Liebely in Vandread, and the inquisitive Sarah McDougal in Love Hina. In the fantasy film Ni no Kuni, she provided the voice for the fairy Dandy. Maddalena also took on the role of the naive yet powerful young queen Shushou in The Twelve Kingdoms.

Her filmography includes a number of notable and diverse performances. In the Ghost in the Shell franchise, she voiced the beloved and sentient tank-like robots, the Tachikoma, in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. She played the lead role of Kassie Carlen, who transforms into the titular superheroine, in Super Pig. Maddalena also voiced the character Cotton in the film Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror, Meilin Li in Cardcaptor Sakura movies, and Lilia in the Ys series of video games and OVAs. Other roles include Mimiko in the classic Panda! Go, Panda! films and Yuki in Kanta and the Deer, as well as Mirabelle Graceland in Wild Arms: Twilight Venom.

Beyond anime, her voice can be heard in numerous Western animated series and video games. She voiced Tad in the LeapFrog educational DVDs, characters like Venus McFlytrap and Robecca Steam in the Monster High franchise, and Pinky in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures. Her extensive video game work includes Ryoko Terajima in the.hack series, Rorona in the Atelier Arland trilogy, Ilia Silvestri in Star Ocean: First Departure, and multiple characters in Fire Emblem Heroes.

Throughout her career, Maddalena has frequently collaborated with a core group of fellow voice actors based in Texas and California, including Steve Blum, Kirk Thornton, and Wendee Lee, appearing alongside them in numerous productions. In addition to her on-screen voice work, she has also moved into voice direction. She has served as an ADR director and voice director for English dubs of several series, including The Rising of the Shield Hero, Ascendance of a Bookworm, the Toonami Asia dub of Dragon Ball Super, and Edens Zero.