Cristina Grado was an Italian actress and voice actress, known for her extensive work dubbing foreign films and television series into Italian, including numerous anime titles. She was born Maria Cristina Grado on February 2, 1939, in Rome, Italy, and passed away in the same city on January 3, 2016. Her career in performance began in the early 1950s, with her initial work being in live-action Italian cinema.

Grado's most prominent and enduring contribution to anime was providing the Italian voice for the character Kaede in the popular series Inuyasha. She voiced the role from episodes 27 through 167, as well as in the first two animated films, InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time and InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass. Another significant anime role was as Miss Hudson in the series Sherlock Hound.

Her voice acting credits also include the role of Grandma Kijima in the series St. Luminous Mission High School. Her other work in the medium of animation included roles in The Alps Story: My Annette as Francine and Signora Givette, Hello! Spank as Saki, and Samurai Champloo as Oryu l'indovina. She also contributed to Italian-dubbed versions of animated films, such as providing the voice of Zidora in I Lunes e la sfera di Lasifer and Ruby in Lilli e il vagabondo II - Il cucciolo ribelle.

Beyond anime, her voice acting career was remarkably broad. She was the regular Italian voice for actress María Rosa Gallo in several popular telenovelas, including La donna del mistero, Manuela, and Perla nera. She also dubbed voices in live-action films like The Ring, The Grudge, and Madagascar. Her daughter, Alessandra Grado, also became a voice actress, continuing the family tradition in the dubbing industry.