Claudia Black is an Australian actress who has worked extensively in live-action science fiction television and video game voice acting, but she also has a select credit in anime voiceover. She is best known for her live-action roles as Aeryn Sun on Farscape and Vala Mal Doran on Stargate SG-1, as well as providing the voices of Morrigan in the Dragon Age video game series and Chloe Frazer in the Uncharted series.

In the realm of anime, Black is recognized for the role of Steel Angel Mikhail in the series Steel Angel Kurumi. Black voiced Mikhail, a powerful and antagonistic Steel Angel created by the Academy scientists, in the English dub of the series. Her involvement with this project came about through a chance meeting with director Steven Foster, whom she first met while recording DVD commentaries for Farscape. When Foster mentioned his work directing anime for ADV Films, Black expressed interest and asked to be considered for future projects. Foster remembered this conversation years later and brought her in for the role.

Black has noted that the experience of dubbing Steel Angel Kurumi was different from other voice work because the English dialogue had to be recorded to match pre-existing Japanese vocal performances and animation. She described this technical restriction as a challenge but was drawn to making it work. The actress had long been interested in voice work, recalling that her childhood was spent mimicking sounds and tuning her ear to music and accents.

Beyond this anime role, Black has voiced characters in other animated projects, including the films Justice League: Doom as Cheetah and Rango as Angelique, and the television series Rick and Morty as Ma-Sha and Final Space as Sheryl Goodspeed. However, Steel Angel Kurumi remains her primary and most recognized credit within the Japanese anime medium. Her performance in the series has been noted for her distinctive deep and robust vocal quality.