Kendell Byrd is a voiceover artist and writer based in Los Angeles, California, originally from Chicago, Illinois. She works as a writer and script coordinator at Netflix Animation while maintaining an active career as a voice actor across animation, video games, anime dubbing, and audio dramas.

In the anime voice acting field, Byrd is known for several notable roles. She provides the voice of Nyandestar (also romanized as Meowdestar) in the series Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush!!. She plays the role of Simphis in the series Chuhai Lips: Canned Flavor of Married Women. Byrd also appears in the series SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table, where she voices two characters: Kaya and Sugiyama.

Beyond these anime credits, Byrd has built an extensive voiceography in video games and Western animation. Her video game roles include Rappa in Honkai: Star Rail, Faranak (Kaveh's mother) in Genshin Impact, Splinter in Atlas Fallen, as well as performances in Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Starfield. In animation, she voices Nikki in Netflix's Barbie Mysteries, Reiyu Kuwabara (Number 3) in Beyblade X, Skiana in DreamWorks' Mighty Monster Wheelies, and Michelle St. Charles in Rainbow High. She has also appeared in the video game SMITE and worked on audio dramas including The Romulus V and Liars and Leeches.

Byrd has a professional background that combines voice performance with writing and development work in animation. She has expressed a passion for storytelling focused on stories for and about queer people and people of color, as well as interests in technology, animation, board games, tabletop gaming, and musical theater.