Jane Arden is the professional alias of a prominent American voice actress and ADR writer based in Los Angeles, California. She has been active in the industry since the 1990s and is widely recognized for her extensive work providing English-language voices for numerous Japanese anime series and films. Her birth name is Bridget Hoffman, and she has used Jane Arden along with several other pseudonyms, such as Ruby Marlowe and Ellen Arden, throughout her career.

Her career encompasses a wide range of major and iconic roles, often portraying lead characters in critically acclaimed and popular anime. Among her most noted performances are the title roles of Belldandy in Ah! My Goddess: The Movie, Mima Kirigoe in the psychological thriller film Perfect Blue, and Lain Iwakura in the cult classic Serial Experiments Lain. She also voiced prominent characters like Fuu Hououji in Magic Knight Rayearth, Miaka Yuki in Fushigi Yûgi, Shinobu Maehara in Love Hina, Nia Teppelin in Gurren Lagann, and Irisviel von Einzbern in Fate/Zero. In the video game realm, she is known as the voice of KOS-MOS in the Xenosaga series. In addition to acting, she has contributed as an ADR writer and director, with credits including direction on the Fushigi Yûgi series and Ah! My Goddess: The Movie.

A consistent aspect of her professional history is her frequent collaboration with other voice actors and production studios within the Los Angeles-area dubbing industry. Her filmography includes providing additional voices for major animated feature films, demonstrating her versatility and ongoing presence in the voice acting community. One of her roles under the Jane Arden pseudonym is Shukuno in the anime series Samurai: Hunt for the Sword, a character described as a skilled and loyal sword instructor at the Tateoka Dojo.