Blanca Hualde
Description
Blanca Hualde, also known professionally as Neri Hualde, is a Spanish voice actor born on December 16, 1985, with a career spanning over two decades in the dubbing industry. She comes from a family with a long history in dubbing, representing the fourth generation of voice actors in her lineage. Hualde began her career in 2002 after training at the Escuela de Doblaje in Madrid. Her entry into the profession was influenced by her family background, though she has noted in interviews that this heritage only provided an opportunity to audition; sustaining a career depended entirely on her performance in the recording booth.
Hualde has built an extensive filmography in anime dubbing, providing Spanish voices for numerous characters across a wide variety of series and films. She is known for several prominent and recurring roles. She voices the protagonist Elizabeth Liones across multiple installments of The Seven Deadly Sins franchise, including the main series, The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement, The Seven Deadly Sins: Imperial Wrath of The Gods, and the film Prisoners of the Sky. In Record of Ragnarok, she voices the Valkyrie Brunhilde. She also plays the robot cat Happy in the series Edens Zero and Arshes Nei in the Netflix series BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-.
Her work in the Pokémon franchise is extensive, where she is notably the voice of the character Clem in several films, including Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, and Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, as well as the Pokémon XY television series. She has also voiced numerous other characters in various Pokémon series and films, such as Shaymin in Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
Other significant anime roles include Aina Ardebit in the film Promare and its related short, Promare: Galo-hen; Mihesher Hence in Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway; PallaPalla in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal; Umi Matsuzaki in the Studio Ghibli film From Up On Poppy Hill; and Kaede Minami in Mirmo Zibang!. Her other credits include Lenalee Lee in D.Gray-man, Kotomi Tachibana in MÄR, and various roles in series like Carole & Tuesday and Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya.
Beyond anime, Hualde's voice is widely recognized for her portrayal of Sansa Stark (played by Sophie Turner) in the Spanish dub of the television series Game of Thrones. She has also dubbed characters in live-action series such as Alison DiLaurentis in Pretty Little Liars and Avery Jennings in Dog with a Blog. In animation, her notable roles include Isabella García-Shapiro in Phineas and Ferb, Anais Watterson in The Amazing World of Gumball, and Taranee Cook in W.I.T.C.H..
Hualde has also worked extensively in video game dubbing. Her most prominent role is Jill Valentine in the remake of Resident Evil 3. Other video game credits include Kairi in Kingdom Hearts II, Maiko in Cyberpunk 2077, Nora Harris in The Last of Us Part II, and Megumi in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. She has collaborated with director Rubén Navarro on several projects, including Death Stranding, and has spoken about the challenges and rewards of voicing characters in video games amid strict confidentiality agreements.
In interviews, Hualde has discussed the unique challenges of dubbing anime, noting the difficulty of adapting the distinct musicality and high vocal register of Japanese performances into Spanish while maintaining authenticity. She has expressed particular fondness for her work in the film Blue Is the Warmest Colour, dubbing actress Adèle Exarchopoulos. Throughout her career, she has balanced a high volume of work across anime, animation, live-action series, and video games, demonstrating versatility across genres and formats.
Hualde has built an extensive filmography in anime dubbing, providing Spanish voices for numerous characters across a wide variety of series and films. She is known for several prominent and recurring roles. She voices the protagonist Elizabeth Liones across multiple installments of The Seven Deadly Sins franchise, including the main series, The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement, The Seven Deadly Sins: Imperial Wrath of The Gods, and the film Prisoners of the Sky. In Record of Ragnarok, she voices the Valkyrie Brunhilde. She also plays the robot cat Happy in the series Edens Zero and Arshes Nei in the Netflix series BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-.
Her work in the Pokémon franchise is extensive, where she is notably the voice of the character Clem in several films, including Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, and Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, as well as the Pokémon XY television series. She has also voiced numerous other characters in various Pokémon series and films, such as Shaymin in Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
Other significant anime roles include Aina Ardebit in the film Promare and its related short, Promare: Galo-hen; Mihesher Hence in Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway; PallaPalla in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal; Umi Matsuzaki in the Studio Ghibli film From Up On Poppy Hill; and Kaede Minami in Mirmo Zibang!. Her other credits include Lenalee Lee in D.Gray-man, Kotomi Tachibana in MÄR, and various roles in series like Carole & Tuesday and Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya.
Beyond anime, Hualde's voice is widely recognized for her portrayal of Sansa Stark (played by Sophie Turner) in the Spanish dub of the television series Game of Thrones. She has also dubbed characters in live-action series such as Alison DiLaurentis in Pretty Little Liars and Avery Jennings in Dog with a Blog. In animation, her notable roles include Isabella García-Shapiro in Phineas and Ferb, Anais Watterson in The Amazing World of Gumball, and Taranee Cook in W.I.T.C.H..
Hualde has also worked extensively in video game dubbing. Her most prominent role is Jill Valentine in the remake of Resident Evil 3. Other video game credits include Kairi in Kingdom Hearts II, Maiko in Cyberpunk 2077, Nora Harris in The Last of Us Part II, and Megumi in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. She has collaborated with director Rubén Navarro on several projects, including Death Stranding, and has spoken about the challenges and rewards of voicing characters in video games amid strict confidentiality agreements.
In interviews, Hualde has discussed the unique challenges of dubbing anime, noting the difficulty of adapting the distinct musicality and high vocal register of Japanese performances into Spanish while maintaining authenticity. She has expressed particular fondness for her work in the film Blue Is the Warmest Colour, dubbing actress Adèle Exarchopoulos. Throughout her career, she has balanced a high volume of work across anime, animation, live-action series, and video games, demonstrating versatility across genres and formats.
All Characters
- SpanishAnime overview: Record of Ragnarok
- SpanishAnime overview: The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement
- Spanish
- SpanishAnime overview: Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
- SpanishAnime overview: Edens Zero
- SpanishAnime overview: BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy-
- SpanishAnime overview: Promare: Galo-hen
- SpanishAnime overview: Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
- SpanishAnime overview: Promare
- SpanishAnime overview: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal
- Spanish
- SpanishAnime overview: Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
- SpanishAnime overview: From Up On Poppy Hill
- SpanishAnime overview: Mirmo Zibang!
- SpanishAnime overview: Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages