Michele Knotz

Michele Knotz is an American voice actress who works for New York City-based studios, including TAJ Productions, Headline Sound, and Central Park Media.^[1]

Michele Knotz
Knotz in 2009
Born	New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Marywood University
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	2003–present
Website	Official website

Career

Born in New Jersey^[2], Knotz attended Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

In 2003, she won the Anime Idol voice acting contest held at the now-defunct Big Apple Anime Fest convention in New York City. She debuted in the role of Hajime Yagi in The World of Narue.^[3] In 2006, she was cast as the voices of Misty, May, Nurse Joy and Team Rocket's Jessie in the Pokémon anime series, until 2025.^[4]

Filmography

Film

List of voice performances in films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs[4]
2007	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea	May, Jessie, Manaphy
2008	Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai	Jessie, Nurse Joy, Girl, Various Pokémon Creatures
2009	Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life	Jessie, Various Pokémon Creatures
	Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior	Jessie, Nurse Joy, Various Pokémon Creatures
2011	Pokémon: Zoroark - Master of Illusions	Jessie, Various Pokémon Creatures
	Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom
2012	Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice
2013	Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened
2014	Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
2015	Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages
2016	Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
2017	One Piece Film: Gold	Carina		[5][6]
	Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!	Jessie, Nurse Joy, Piplup, Various Pokémon Creatures
2019	Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution	Misty, Jessie, Various Pokémon Creatures
2021	Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle	Jessie

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs[4]
2004	The World of Narue	Hajime Nagi		[3]
2006–2023	Pokémon	May, Misty, Jessie, Nurse Joy, others		[4]
2007	Tarchin and Friends	Tarchin, Crayons and others		[5]
	The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye	Cindy, Fairy, others		[7]
2009–2014	Ikki Tousen series	Shiryū Chō'un	starting from Dragon Destiny	[8][5]
2009-2010	Genshiken	Chika Ogiue
2010–2014	Queen's Blade series	Tomoe, Airi
2015	Holy Knight	Akira Sakamoto, Lilith's mother		[9]
	Ladies versus Butlers!	Sanae Shikikagami		[10]
2016	Fight Ippatsu! Jūden-chan	Sunday Mama Boss		[11]
2017	Rio: Rainbow Gate!	Queen
2018–2019	Aria series	Athena Glory
2021	Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle	Neo Alraune		[12]
	Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town	Rol Calcife		[13]
	Full Dive	Hiro (young)		[14]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs[4]
2025	Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl	Miss

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs[4]
2008	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Pokémon Trainer, Squirtle, others	Grouped under Character Voice
2009	PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure	Various characters		[4]
2012	PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond	Various characters		[4]
	Street Fighter X Tekken	Alisa Bosconovitch, Roll		Facebook[5]
2013	The Guided Fate Paradox	Lilliel Saotome		[4]
2014	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U	Various Pokémon characters	Grouped under Character Voice
	Smite	The Sparrow Nike
2019	YIIK: A Postmodern RPG	Avril Eggleston, Candy Mancer		[5]
2020	KartRider Rush+	Bazzi		[5]
	Pokémon Masters	Jessie	In-game, she had no voice lines when she first came out due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but eventually came to voice her.
2021	Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs	Signy		[5]
2024	Kitsune Tails	Yumi (Mom), Ice Guardian		Credits