Serena Kolb

Description
Serena Kolb is an American voice actor known for her work in English-language adaptations of Japanese anime series. The name Serena Kolb is a professional alias, and the actor is more widely recognized under her primary name, Bridget Hoffman.

Based in Los Angeles, California, she has built an extensive career in voice acting and adaptation writing for anime since the 1990s. Her body of work is characterized by a wide range of leading and supporting roles in numerous prominent series.

In the anime Samurai Girl Real Bout High School, she provided the English voice for the character Azumi Kiribayashi, a senior student and rival to the protagonist who wields a naginata. This role is one of many in a prolific career.

Her other major voice roles include several iconic characters, such as the title role of Lain Iwakura in the cult classic Serial Experiments Lain, Mima Kirigoe in Perfect Blue, and Belldandy in Ah! My Goddess: The Movie. She also voiced leading ensemble characters like Miaka Yuki in Fushigi Yûgi, Fuu Hououji in Magic Knight Rayearth, and Nia Teppelin in Gurren Lagann. In video games, she is known for providing the voice of KOS-MOS in the Xenosaga series.

Beyond acting, Bridget Hoffman, as Serena Kolb, has also contributed as an ADR (automated dialogue replacement) writer and director. Her directing credits include the series Fushigi Yûgi and the series of shorts The Adventures of Mini-Goddess. Her work in the industry is marked by frequent collaborations with other voice actors and studios based in the Los Angeles area, and she has also provided additional voices for major Hollywood animated features such as Frozen and Big Hero 6.
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