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American voice actress and television writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wendee Lee is an American voice actress, writer, and director.[1]
Lee studied dance and theater and later became a full-time dancer in her teens. According to her interview on the Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs, she started doing voices at school and got in trouble for it.
Lee's first anime voice role was in Harmony Gold production Robotech in the 1980s, where she voiced Vanessa Leeds, one of the operators aboard the SDF-1 Macross.[2] She also worked with Streamline on several anime productions including Dragon Ball.[3] She would continue dance and work part-time as a make-up artist, choreographer, and dance instruction.[2]
Lee's major voice roles in anime include Kei in the Pioneer dub of Akira, Faye Valentine on Cowboy Bebop, Myōjin Yahiko in Rurouni Kenshin, Takeru "T.K." Takaishi on Digimon Adventure, Haruhi Suzumiya on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Konata Izumi on Lucky Star. She has also worked as an ADR director on Bleach, Love Hina and Outlaw Star and a casting director on The Night B4 Christmas. In 2014–2015, she voiced Queen Serenity in the Viz Media re-dub of the classic Sailor Moon series and the new Sailor Moon Crystal series.[4][5]
In 2023, Lee was embroiled in controversy after a decision by Viz Media and Studiopolis to not move forward with Anairis Quiñones as Yoruichi Shihōin, with the role in Bleach being reprised by Lee.[6][7]
Professional wrestler AJ Lee adopted the latter part of her ring name in honor of Lee.[8]
Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source[9] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1989–90 | Wisdom of the Gnomes | Bruna | [11] | |
1999–present | Family Guy | Various | ||
2004–05 | Megas XLR | Kiva Andru, others | [11] | |
2009 | Superman: Red Son | Wonder Woman | Motion comic | [11] |
2015 | Ever After High | Lizzie Hearts | Netflix series Ep. Spring Unsprung | [55] |
Popples | Sunny | |||
2021 | High Guardian Spice | Angie | [56] | |
Heaven Official's Blessing | Ling Wen | Chinese donghua English dub | [57] | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[9] |
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1990 | Kiki's Delivery Service | Senior Witch, others | Streamline dub | CA |
1999 | Perfect Blue | Rumi | [58] | |
2000 | Digimon: The Movie | Young TK, Little Girl 1, Party Girl 1, Kokomon | CA | |
2001 | Akira | Kei | Pioneer/Animaze dub | |
Sakura Wars: The Movie | Sakura Shinguji | CA | ||
2002 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Faye Valentine | ||
2009 | Twice as Dead | Alice | [59] | |
2011 | The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya | Haruhi Suzumiya | ||
2013 | Blue Exorcist: The Movie | Shura Kirigakure, Rin Okumura (Young) | Limited theatrical release | |
2015 | The Laws of the Universe Part 0 | Voice Director Limited theatrical release | [60][61] | |
2016 | Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV | Sylva Via Fleuret | Limited theatrical release | [11] |
2018 | Cinderella and the Secret Prince | Witch | ||
2020 | NiNoKuni | Evermore Knight | Also English dubbing director | |
2021 | Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire | Conan Edogawa | ||
Violet Evergarden: The Movie | Clara Magnolia | |||
Sailor Moon Eternal Part 2 | Queen Serenity | [11] | ||
Stand by Me Doraemon 2 | Nurse | Also English dubbing director | ||
2022 | Belle | Nakai | [62] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source[9] |
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1993–95 | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | Scorpina (voice) | As Wendee Swan | [67][68][11] |
1998 | Power Rangers in Space | Alpha 6 | [11] | |
Run Lola Run | Lola | [69] | ||
1999 | Power Rangers Lost Galaxy | Alpha 6 | [11] | |
2004 | Alive! | Yurika Saegusa | [70] | |
Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source[9] |
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2008 | Adventures in Voice Acting | Herself | [90] |
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