Cherami Leigh

Cherami Leigh Kuehn^[2][3] (born July 19, 1988)^[4] is an American actress. She has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of anime series and video games.

Cherami Leigh
Leigh in 2024 at Animate! Columbus
Born	Cherami Leigh Kuehn (1988-07-19) July 19, 1988 (age 37) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Agent	CESD Talent
Spouse	Jon Christie ​ (m. 2014)​ [1]
Children	1

Early life

Leigh began acting at the age of six.^[5] Leigh studied the Meisner technique with Nancy Chartier from the age of nine.^[5] As a child actress, she played Gretchen in Finding North, Marcia in Temple Grandin, young LeAnn Rimes in Holiday in Your Heart, Stacy Anderson in The President's Man and appeared on Walker, Texas Ranger multiple times.^[5]

She attended Hebron High School in Carrollton and studied theater at Collin College in Plano, Texas.^[5]

Career

She also worked for Radio Disney as a DJ with voice-over promotions and commercials for ABC Radio for 10 years.^[5] In 2013, she moved to Los Angeles where she continued voice-work and began taking on live-action roles.^[6]

Some of her roles include Kazari Uiharu in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun series, Yoshika Miyafuji in Strike Witches, Eucliwood Hellscythe in Is This a Zombie?, Mutsuki in KanColle: Kantai Collection, Aisa in One Piece, Mika Shimotsuki in Psycho-Pass, Suzuha Amane in Steins;Gate, Shijima Kurookano in Nabari no Ou, Hibiki in Sekirei, Elizabeth Midford in Black Butler, Road Kamelot in D.Gray-man, Sae Kashiwagi in Peach Girl, Tamaki Kawazoe in Bamboo Blade, Patty Thompson in Soul Eater, Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Cecily Campbell in The Sacred Blacksmith, Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online, Kanono Ozu in Coppelion, Sailor Venus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Plutia / Iris Heart in Hyperdimension Neptunia, Ulala in the Space Channel 5 series, Sarada Uchiha in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations,^[7] and Ilia Amitola in RWBY.

On screen she has played a young LeAnn Rimes in Holiday in Your Heart and has appeared on Bones, Friday Night Lights, Longmire and Shameless.

In video games, she voices Rottytops in the Shantae series, Gaige the Mechromancer in the Borderlands series, Arianrhod in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, Minerva in The Walking Dead: The Final Season, Rhea in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Komaru Naegi in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls, Makoto Niijima in Persona 5, Cotton Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom, and the Female V in Cyberpunk 2077 for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Performer in a Leading Role.

Personal life

Leigh married fellow actor Jon Christie on April 13, 2014, whom she had dated since 2010.^[1] On October 8, 2023, Leigh gave birth to a daughter.^[8]

Filmography

Voice acting

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
2007	Shiki	Sunako Kirishiki	Debut role	[9]
	Peach Girl	Sae Kashiwagi
	Baccano!	Mary Beriam
2008	Witchblade	Naomi		[9]
	Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-	Beatrice		[9]
	One Piece	Aisa, Miss Goldenweek, Pepper, Carol Masterson[10][11]	Funimation dub
	Shuffle!	Primula		[9]
	xxxHolic	Himawari Kunogi		[9]
	Sasami: Magical Girls Club	Makoto Hozumi		[9]
	Ga-Rei: Zero	Mami Izumi		[9]
	Ghost Hunt	Mai Taniyama		[12]
	Ouran High School Host Club	Kirimi Nekozawa		[13]
	Negima!?	Setsuna Sakurazaki, Akira Okochi		[9]
2009	D.Gray-man	Road Kamelot		[9][14]
	Kaze no Stigma	Ayano Kannagi		[9]
	Big Windup!	Chiyo Shino'oka
	Sgt. Frog	Natsumi Hinata	Funimation dub
	Nabari no Ou	Shijima Kurookano
	Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple	Honoka Shirahama
	Bamboo Blade	Tamaki Kawazoe
2010	Rin ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~	Yuki Maeno		[15]
	Soul Eater	Patty Thompson		[16]
	Strike Witches	Yoshika Miyafuji		[17]
	Birdy the Mighty: Decode	Natsumi Hayamiya		[18]
	Hetalia: Axis Powers	Liechtenstein		[19]
	My Bride Is a Mermaid	Lunar Edomame
	Corpse Princess	Itsuki Yamagami		[20]
2010–12	Sekirei	Hibiki		[15]
2011	The Sacred Blacksmith	Cecily Campbell		[15][21]
	Black Butler	Elizabeth Midford		[22]
	Dance in the Vampire Bund	Mei Ren		[23]
2011–19	Fairy Tail	Lucy Heartfilia, Layla Heartfilia		[15][24][25][26]
2012	B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time	Miharu Takeshita		[15][27]
	Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt	Kneesocks		[28]
	Is This a Zombie? series	Eucliwood Hellscythe		[29][30]
	Steins;Gate	Amane Suzuha		[15][31]
2012–17	Blue Exorcist	Yuri Egin	2 episodes	[32]
2013	Digimon Fusion	Lopmon, Luca		[15]
	Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar	Wahanly Shume		[33]
	A Certain Scientific Railgun	Kazari Uiharu	Also S and T	[34]
2013–present	Sword Art Online	Asuna Yuuki	Also movie	[35]
2014	Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor	Bachou Mouki		[36]
	Coppelion	Kanon Ozu		[37]
	Code:Breaker	Nenene Fujiwara		[38]
	A Certain Magical Index II	Kazari Uiharu	Also III	[34]
2014–15	Psycho-Pass	Mika Shimotsuki		[15]
2014–19	Sailor Moon	Minako Aino / Sailor Venus	Viz Media dub	[39]
2015	Soul Eater Not!	Patty Thompson	Episode: "This Is a Real Fight!"	[40]
	Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation	Plutia / Iris Heart		[41]
	Daimidaler the Sound Robot	Kiriko Kiyuna		[42]
	Magi: The Kingdom of Magic	Toto		[43]
2015–17	Sailor Moon Crystal	Minako Aino / Sailor Venus		[44]
2016	The Asterisk War	Fan Xinglou		[45]
	Erased	Airi Katagiri		[46]
	Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky	Claudia Peer		[47]
2016–18	Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans	Kudelia Aina Bernstein		[48]
2016–19	Mob Psycho 100	Tome Kurata
2017	K: Return of Kings	Douhan Hirisaka	3 episodes
	Glitter Force Doki Doki	Regina, Patty
	Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day	Haruna
	Garo: Crimson Moon	Princess Kaguya		[49]
	KanColle: Kantai Collection	Mutsuki		[15][50]
	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED	Cagalli Yula Athha	NYAV Post dub	[51]
2018	Violet Evergarden	Iris Cannary		[52]
	Devilman Crybaby	Miko
	Gundam Build Divers	Aya Fujisawa / Ayame
	Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation	Rio Kurotori
	GARO -Vanishing Line-	Lizzy		[53]
	Pop Team Epic	Popuko	Episode 5a	[54]
	Ai Tenchi Muyo!	Ayeka	OVA	[55]
	Last Hope	Emilia Valli	ADR Director
	Lost Song	Rin		[56]
2018, 2021	The Seven Deadly Sins	Jenna		[57]
2018–20	Baki	Kozue		[15]
2018, 2020, 2022, 2024	My Hero Academia	Pixie-Bob		[58]
2018–24	Boruto: Naruto Next Generations	Sarada Uchiha, Anko Mitarashi, Kurotsuchi	Replacing Laura Bailey	[59]
2019	Neon Genesis Evangelion	Pen Pen	Netflix dub	[60]
	Cells at Work!	Red Blood Cell		[61]
	To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts	Liza Runecastle		[62]
2019–20	Inazuma Eleven: Ares	Norika Umihara
2020	Beastars	Mizuchi		[63]
	Magia Record	Alina Gray		Tweet[64]
	Dorohedoro	Noi		[citation needed]
2020–24	Tower of God	Anaak Jahad		[65]
2020	The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?	Louise		[66]
	Monster Girl Doctor	Skadi Dragenfelt
	BNA: Brand New Animal	Michiru Kagemori
	Persona 5: The Animation	Makoto Niijima		[67]
2020–22	Science Fell In Love, So I Tried To Prove It	Arika Yamamoto
2020	Fire Force	Amateratsu		[15]
2020–21	Black Clover	Loropechika
	Fruits Basket	Kimi Toudou		[68]
2020–22	Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045	Purin Esaki		[15]
2021	Sakura Wars the Animation	Sakura Amamiya		[69]
	Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!	Kyoka Izumi		[70]
	High-Rise Invasion	Maid Mask, Megumi Saito		[15]
	To Your Eternity	Rean Cropp
	Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song	Yui Kakitani		[71]
2022	Komi Can't Communicate	Omoharu Nakanaka, Otori Kaede		[72]
	Kotaro Lives Alone	Kotaro Satо̄	Lead role	[73]
	The Case Study of Vanitas	Vanitas (young)		[74]
	The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting	Kanami		[75]
2023–24	Nier: Automata Ver1.1a	A2		[76]
2023	Digimon Adventure	Sora Takenouchi, MarineAngemon	2020 series	[77]
	Pluto	Wassily, Florist		[15]
2023–24	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War	Liltotto Lamperd, Masaki Kurosaki (young), Katen, Mareyo Omaeda, Nonomi Nomino
2024–present	Go! Go! Loser Ranger!	Pink Keeper, Additional Voices	4 episodes
	Mission: Yozakura Family	Futaba Yozakura	21 episodes	[78]
	Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest	Lucy Heartfilia		[79]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
2012-	Zou	Elzee Blackhoof
2014	Doc McStuffins	Curly Q, Nia		[80]
2017	Stitch & Ai	Meiying	Co-credited with Xanthe Huynh in all episodes
2017–18	RWBY	Ilia Amitola	Volumes 4-6	[81]
2018	Goldie & Bear	Billy Gruff	Episode: "Billy the Kid"
	Star Wars Resistance	Mia Gabon	Episode: "The Recruit"	[82]
2018–present	Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir	Trixx	Recurring role	[83]
2020–present	Rainbow High	Holly De'Vious Gabriella Icely		[84]
2025	Homestuck Animated Pilot	Rose Lalonde		[85]

Film

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
2010	Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies	Pansy	Funimation dub	[15]
2013	Shakugan no Shana: The Movie	Shana
	Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess	Lucy Heartfilia
2014	K: Missing Kings	Douhan Hirasaka		[86]
2016	Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef	Pearl Serpentine		[15]
2017	Boruto: Naruto the Movie	Sarada Uchiha		[87]
	Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry	Lucy Heartfilia		[15][88]
2020	A Whisker Away	Miyo "Muge" Sasaki / Tarō	Netflix dub
	Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna	Biyomon, Morphomon		[89]
2021	Violet Evergarden: The Movie	Iris Cannary
2024	Digimon Adventure	Little Girl 1A		[90]
	Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!	Biyomon, Female Employee 2B, Little Girl 2C		[91]
	Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals	Lopmon		[92]

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
2012	Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike	Estellise Sidos Heurassein		[15]
2014	Ribbit	Sandy		[93][15]
2016	Psycho-Pass: The Movie	Mika Shimotsuki		[15][94]
2016–18	Digimon Adventure tri.	Maki Himekawa, Biyomon, Yokomon	Six movies, Limited theatrical release	[95]
2017	Sailor Moon R: The Movie	Sailor Venus	Viz dub Limited theatrical release	[96]
2018	The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky	Ellatte	Netflix film
2019	Evangelion Death (True)2	Pen Pen	Netflix dub	[60]
2020	Marona's Fantastic Tale	Marona	GKIDS dub
2021	The Addams Family 2	Ophelia Strange	Main role
	Hayop Ka!	Jhermelyn	Netflix dub
2022	Drifting Home	Juri Andō, Satoko Tonai	Netflix dub	[97]
2023	Psycho-Pass Providence	Mika Shimotsuki	Limited theatrical release	[98]
2024	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom	Cagalli Yula Athha		[99]

Other dubbing

List of voice performances in other dubbing

Year	Title	Country	Dubbed from	Role	Live actor	Source
2016	Marseille	France	French	Barbara	Carolina Jurczak	[100]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
2009	Lux-Pain	Nami Kamishiro
2012	Borderlands 2	Gaige, Veanna Granlund, Kellis Morrison, Norico Sullivan		[101][102]
2014	Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel	Gaige		[15]
2015	Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls	Komaru Naegi		[103]
	Disgaea 5	Majorita		[15]
	Xenoblade Chronicles X	Alexa
2016	Street Fighter V	Fevrier
	Shantae: Half-Genie Hero	Rottytops	Friends to the End
2017	Fire Emblem Heroes	Caeda, Gwendolyn, Cecilia, Mae, Tsubasa, Rhea, Seiros		[15]
	Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Mae		[15]
	Nier: Automata	A2		[15]
	Persona 5	Makoto Niijima		[15][104]
	Akiba's Beat	Kotomi Sanada		[105]
	Friday the 13th: The Game	Tiffany Cox		[15]
	Horizon Zero Dawn	Ikrie		[106]
2018	Detective Pikachu	Meiko Okamoto		[15]
	Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight	Makoto Niijima		[107]
	Epic Seven	Cermia, Lionheart Cermia, Lilibet, Designer Lilibet		[15]
	League of Legends	Xan Irelia		[108]
2019	Conception	Mahiru Konatsuki
	The Walking Dead: The Final Season	Minerva	2 episodes	[109]
	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Makoto Niijima	Joker DLC	[110]
	Judgment	Mafuyu Fujii		[15]
	Fire Emblem: Three Houses	Rhea/Seiros
	Catherine: Full Body	Makoto Niijima	Joker DLC
	Borderlands 3	Gaige
2020	Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash!	Ulala, Pudding		[111]
	Shantae and the Seven Sirens	Rottytops
	Persona 5 Royal	Makoto Niijima		[15]
	Serious Sam 4	Quinn
	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV	Arianrhod
	Yakuza: Like a Dragon	Ririka, Nanoha Mukoda		[112]
	World of Warcraft: Shadowlands	Niya
	Cyberpunk 2077	V (female)		[113]
2021	Persona 5 Strikers	Makoto Niijima		[15]
	Akiba's Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed	Satoko Midō		[114]
	Deathloop	Fia Zborowska		[115]
	Lost Judgment	Mafuyu Fujii		[15]
	Tales of Luminaria	Lydie Delacroix		[116]
	Cookie Run: Kingdom	Cotton Cookie		[15]
2022	Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin	Princess Sarah		[117]
	Fortnite	The Imagined		[118]
	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes	Rhea/Seiros		[15]
	Halo Infinite	Prism
	Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak	Minayle the Blacksmith		[15]
2023	Street Fighter 6	Manon		[119]
	Diablo IV	Additional Voices
	Persona 5 Tactica	Makoto Niijima		[120]
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III	Additional Voices
	Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections	Sarada Uchiha		[15]
2024	Persona 3 Reload	Emiri Kanou
	Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth	Additional Voices		[121]
	Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance	Agrat bat Mahlat	Canon of Vengeance	[122]
	Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven	Final Emperor (F)		[15]
	Ys X: Nordics	Karja Balta
2025	Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii	Additional voices		[123]
	Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma	Black Dragon, additional voices		[15]
	Date Everything!	Chairemi

Live-action

Television

List of acting performances in television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
1996, 1999	Walker, Texas Ranger	Sally, Amelia Allen	2 episodes	[5]
2008	Friday Night Lights	Ginnie Warwick	Episode: "Tami Knows Best"
2010	The Deep End	Sarah	1 episode
2011–12	Throwing Stones	Robyn Goode	Web series	[124]
2013	Bones	Rachel Howes	Episode: "The Spark in the Park"	[125]
	Longmire	Trixie Dalton	Episode: "A Good Death is Hard to Find"	[126]
2014	Shameless	Robyn Hasseck	Episode: "My Oldest Daughter"	[127][128]
	The Chair	Herself	Documentary	[129][130]
2022	9-1-1	Alexis	Episode: "Cursed"

Film

List of acting performances in film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
1997	Holiday in Your Heart	Young LeAnn Rimes		[5]
2000	The President's Man	Stacy Anderson
2006	Fast Food Nation	Kim		[9]
	The Hottest State	Danielle
2007	The Mist	Teenage Girl
2010	Temple Grandin	Marcia		[5]
2013	Beyond the Farthest Star	Anne Wells		[131]
	Cry	Grace		[132][128]
2014	Not Cool	Tori		[129][130]
2015	I Hate Myselfie	Kelly	Short film	[133]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work/Recipient	Result	Ref.
2021	17th British Academy Games Awards	Performer in a Leading Role	Female V (Cyberpunk 2077)	Nominated	[134]
2023	7th Crunchyroll Anime Awards	Best Voice Artist Performance (English)	Kotaro Sato (Kotaro Lives Alone)	Nominated	[135]