Chelsea Krause is an American voice actor based in Los Angeles, California, though she was born in south Louisiana and holds SAG-Eligible status. She has been active as an actor for approximately twenty years and as a voice actor for about five years, having initially trained in theatre and earned a degree in Theatre and Marketing before transitioning into voice work. Her voice acting career spans animation, video games, dubbing, audio fiction podcasts, commercial narration, and corporate projects.

Known for her wide vocal range, Krause has portrayed characters including larger than life villains, children, elderly women, and unsuspecting heroes. Her animation demo reel includes samples of heroic action characters, young children, a British scientist, a gothic teenager, a robotic assistant, a southern belle, and melodramatic villains. She is also a skilled impressionist who performs voice matching for various projects. Her accent abilities include Standard American, multiple Southern American dialects, Cajun, New York, Valley Girl, Received Pronunciation, Irish, Scottish, Russian, Slavic, and German, with the ability to learn most accents given time.

In the field of anime and English dubbing, Krause is known for her role as Surena Lysandra in the 2025 anime series From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman, which was produced by Hayabusa Film and Passione with an English dub from Blu Digital Group Studios that premiered on Amazon Prime Video. For this role, she voices the character in English opposite Japanese voice actor Hitomi Ueda.

Beyond anime, Krause has contributed to numerous video game projects. Her video game credits include roles in Genshin Impact from Hoyoverse, where she voices multiple characters including Molly, Janet, and additional roles, as well as Clash of Clans from Supercell, AFK Arena, Once Human as Mary, and Gastova: The Witches of Arkana as Sophia. Her clients also include Spotify, Moonbug, Mio, Neocore, Play n Go, Yotta, and Big Fish Games.

In audio fiction podcasting, Krause has performed extensively. She portrayed Dr. Lauren Wood on The Oasis Transmissions, a performance that earned her two Audio Verse Award nominations. Her other podcast credits include Liz Devereaux on 7 Suspects, Sedona on Close Your Eyes, Perdita and Adelaide Blake on a podcast series from 2023 to 2024, and roles in Starfinder Guardians of the Gap. She has also appeared in the animated feature The World's Divide as Idena, which has been shown on the film festival circuit.

Krause has worked alongside numerous voice actors across her various projects, with credits listing over four hundred collaborations. Her training has come from instructors including Michael Orenstein for animation and video games, Tony Oliver and Dorah Fine for dubbing, Kristin Paiva for animation, Brittany Taylor for animation, Craig Lee Thomas for commercials, Crispin Freeman for character work, and Catherine Cavadini for animation.

In addition to performing, Krause organizes and hosts 48 Hour Audio Drama Festivals, including 48 Hours of No Evil and Ghosts: A 48 Hour Audio Drama Festival. She also creates content on TikTok focused on voice acting, including impressions, character breakdowns, challenges, and educational content to help aspiring voice actors begin their careers.