Carolyn Hennesy
Description
Carolyn Hennesy is an American actress whose voice work in anime includes several notable English-language dubbing roles from the early 2000s. She is recognized by fans for portraying Vera Ronstadt in the series The Big O. Her contributions to the genre also extend to major film dubs and video game voiceovers, often under her own name or the pseudonym Ramona Lee.
In anime, Hennesy voiced the character Chigusa Sakamoto in Android Kikaider - The Animation. She played the role of Kago's Mother in the acclaimed cyberpunk series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. In the feature film Appleseed, she provided the voice for Athena Areios. Her work in the franchise also includes voicing Rose in Street Fighter Alpha. Under the name Ramona Lee, she took on the role of Yayoi Schwael in Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure.
While much of her early anime work consisted of supporting and voiceover roles in series such as Fist of the North Star, Fushigi Yûgi, Lupin the 3rd Part II, and Wolf's Rain, she later voiced the iconic character General Leia Organa in the animated series Star Wars Resistance, which is visually inspired by Japanese anime. She also performed the role of Mrs. Godfrey and Zora in the animated series Big Nate.
Outside of traditional anime, Hennesy has an extensive career in video game voice acting. She has voiced characters in numerous Japanese role-playing game localizations, including Juli Mizrahi in Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht, Blair Lansfeld and Julee Garrand in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Chidori Yoshino in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, Gardenia in the.hack series, and Arshtat in Suikoden V.
In anime, Hennesy voiced the character Chigusa Sakamoto in Android Kikaider - The Animation. She played the role of Kago's Mother in the acclaimed cyberpunk series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. In the feature film Appleseed, she provided the voice for Athena Areios. Her work in the franchise also includes voicing Rose in Street Fighter Alpha. Under the name Ramona Lee, she took on the role of Yayoi Schwael in Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure.
While much of her early anime work consisted of supporting and voiceover roles in series such as Fist of the North Star, Fushigi Yûgi, Lupin the 3rd Part II, and Wolf's Rain, she later voiced the iconic character General Leia Organa in the animated series Star Wars Resistance, which is visually inspired by Japanese anime. She also performed the role of Mrs. Godfrey and Zora in the animated series Big Nate.
Outside of traditional anime, Hennesy has an extensive career in video game voice acting. She has voiced characters in numerous Japanese role-playing game localizations, including Juli Mizrahi in Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht, Blair Lansfeld and Julee Garrand in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Chidori Yoshino in Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, Gardenia in the.hack series, and Arshtat in Suikoden V.
All Characters
- EnglishAnime overview: The Big O