Claudia Balboni is an Italian actress and voice actress known for her extensive work in dubbing foreign films and television series for the Italian market. Born in Rome on January 30, 1957, she has been active as a voice artist since the mid-1990s, working as an exclusive voice actress for the dubbing company CVD starting in 1996. Her career began in theater, where she trained and performed before being discovered by renowned dubbing director Mario Maldesi, which led to her entry into the voice-over profession.

While Balboni's dubbing portfolio is vast and includes numerous Hollywood films, she is recognized in the anime community for her contributions to the Italian-language dub of the 1999 version of Hunter x Hunter. In this series, she provided the voice for three distinct characters: Kara, Kikyo Zaoldyeck, and Veeze. These roles showcase her range as a voice performer, shifting between different character types within a single production.

Beyond her anime work, Balboni has dubbed a wide array of international actresses in live-action cinema. Her film dubbing credits include providing the Italian voices for Dolly Parton in Nine to Five and Straight Talk, Angela Bassett in Tina: What's Love Got to Do with It and Supernova, Mia Farrow in The Purple Rose of Cairo, Melanie Griffith in Something Wild, and Diane Lane in Chaplin, among many others. She has also dubbed actresses such as Sally Field, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kristin Chenoweth.

In addition to dubbing, Balboni has maintained a parallel career as a stage actress. She has notably performed the role of Titania, the Fairy Queen, in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Silvano Toti Globe Theatre in Rome, a role she reprised for multiple consecutive years. Her approach to voice work emphasizes deep character study, including research into historical periods and social contexts, to accurately convey the personality and thoughts of the characters she portrays.