Nadja Reichardt

Description
Nadja Reichardt is a German voice actress known for her extensive work in dubbing, particularly for providing the German voice for numerous characters in anime and international film and television productions. She was born on May 18, 1964, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Reichardt's career in voice acting is extensive, with credits for over 160 film and series roles. Her work primarily involves dubbing foreign-language productions into German, a field in which she has been active for many years.

She is most recognized in the anime community for two long-standing and prominent roles. She is the definitive German voice of Kaori Makimura, the female partner of the protagonist in the long-running City Hunter franchise. She first voiced the character for the television series City Hunter and has continued to reprise the role across numerous films and specials for over three decades. Her work on City Hunter includes the movies City Hunter:.357 Magnum, City Hunter: Bay City Wars, City Hunter: Million Dollar Conspiracy, City Hunter: The Secret Service, City Hunter: Goodbye my Sweetheart, City Hunter: Ryo Saeba, Live on the Scene, and the most recent film from 2023, City Hunter: Angel Dust. Her second major anime role was as Ayaka Kisaragi, the lead character in the 1990s supernatural comedy-horror OVA series Phantom Quest Corp..

Beyond these signature roles, Reichardt's work in the anime genre includes lending her voice to several characters in the Black Butler series. She voiced Madame Red and her alter ego Angelina Durless across multiple installments, including the first television series, Black Butler II, Black Butler: Book of Circus, and the film Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic. She is also credited as the voice of Maria in the anime series Sherlock Hound.

Her dubbing work, however, is not limited to animation. A significant portion of her career involves providing the German voice for actresses in live-action films and television series. She has dubbed actresses such as Jennifer Connelly in films like Die Abbotts - Wenn Hass die Liebe tötet and Wer's glaubt, wird selig - Salvation Boulevard, and Susanna Thompson in productions like Das Grauen am See and Der Preis der Rache. In television, she is notably the German voice of Jennifer Aniston's character Rachel Green in the iconic series Friends. Her other series work includes roles in live-action shows such as Charmed, Supernatural, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and Gilmore Girls.

Reichardt's body of work showcases recurring collaborations with specific voice directors and dubbing studios in Germany, as well as frequent pairings with other German voice actors, such as Michael Pan, the regular German voice of Ryo Saeba in the City Hunter franchise. Her ability to maintain consistency in long-running roles like Kaori Makimura, while also handling a wide variety of characters across different genres and media, stands as a notable achievement in her decades-long career.