Cherami Leigh
Cherami Leigh Kuehn (born July 19, 1988) is an American film, television and voice actress. She has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of anime series and video games with Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Funimation, NYAV Post, Studiopolis and Viz Media. Some of her roles include 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, Sailor Venus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Plutia / Iris Heart in Hyperdimension Neptunia, Sarada Uchiha in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations[3] and Chloe in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
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Born | [1] | July 19, 1988
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1994–present |
Agent | Abrams Artists Agency |
Spouse(s) | Jon Christie (m. 2014) |
On screen, she 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 Gaige the Mechromancer in the Borderlands series, Makoto Niijima in Persona 5 and the female V in Cyberpunk 2077.
Biography
Leigh began acting at the age of six.[4] She studied the Meisner technique with Nancy Chartier from the age of nine.[4] 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.[4] She attended Hebron High School in Carrollton.[4] She studied theater at Collin College in Plano, Texas.[4] She also worked for Radio Disney as a DJ with voice-over promotions and commercials for ABC Radio for 10 years.[4] In 2013, she moved to Los Angeles where she continued voice-work and began taking on live-action roles.[5]
Personal life
Leigh married fellow actor Jon Christie on April 13, 2014, whom she had dated since 2010.[2]
Filmography
Anime
Animation
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2014 | Doc McStuffins | Curly Q, Nia | [67] | |
2017–18 | RWBY | Ilia Amitola | [68] | |
2018 | Goldie & Bear | Billy Gruff | Ep. "Billy the Kid" | |
2018 | Star Wars Resistance | Mia Gabon | Ep. "The Recruit" | [69] |
2018 | Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir | Trixx | [70] | |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2010 | Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies | Pansy | Funimation dub | [12] |
2013 | Shakugan no Shana: The Movie | Shana | [12] | |
2013 | Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess | Lucy Heartfilia | ||
2014 | K: Missing Kings | Douhan Hirasaka | [71] | |
2016 | Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef | Pearl Serpentine | [12] | |
2017 | Boruto: Naruto the Movie | Sarada Uchiha | [72] | |
2017 | Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry | Lucy Heartfilia | [12][73] | |
2020 | A Whisker Away | Miyo "Muge" Sasaki / Tarō | Netflix dub | |
2020 | Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna | Biyomon, Morphomon | [74] | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2012 | Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike | Estellise Sidos Heurassein | [12] | |
2014 | Ribbit | Sandy | [75][12] | |
2016 | Psycho-Pass: The Movie | Mika Shimotsuki | [12][76] | |
2016–18 | Digimon Adventure tri. | Maki Himekawa, Biyomon, Yokomon | Limited theatrical release | [77] |
2017 | Sailor Moon R: The Movie | Sailor Venus | Viz dub Limited theatrical release | [78] |
2018 | The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky | Ellatte | Netflix film | |
2019 | Evangelion Death (True)2 | Pen Pen | Netflix dub | [56] |
Other dubbing
Year | Title | Country | Dubbed from | Role | Live Actor | Source |
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2016 | Marseille | France | French | Barbara | Carolina Jurczak | [79] |
Video games
Live-action
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1996, 1999 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Sally, Amelia Allen | 2 episodes | [4] |
2008 | Friday Night Lights | Ginnie Warwick | Episode: "Tami Knows Best" | [4] |
2010 | The Deep End | Sarah | 1 episode | [4] |
2011–12 | Throwing Stones | Robyn Goode | web series | [95] |
2013 | Bones | Rachel Howes | Episode: "The Spark in the Park" | [96] |
2013 | Longmire | Trixie Dalton | Episode: "A Good Death is Hard to Find" | [97] |
2014 | Shameless | Robyn Hasseck | Episode: "My Oldest Daughter" | [98][99] |
2014 | The Chair | Herself | Documentary | [100][101] |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1997 | Holiday in Your Heart | Young LeAnn Rimes | [4] | |
2000 | The President's Man | Stacy Anderson | [4] | |
2006 | Fast Food Nation | Kim | [6] | |
2006 | The Hottest State | Danielle | [6] | |
2007 | The Mist | Teenage Girl | [6] | |
2010 | Temple Grandin | Marcia | [4] | |
2013 | Beyond the Farthest Star | Anne Wells | [102] | |
2013 | Cry | Grace | [103][99] | |
2014 | Not Cool | Tori | [100][101] | |
2015 | I Hate Myselfie | Kelly | Short film | [104] |
References
- Dawson, Shane [@shanedawson] (July 19, 2018). "Happy 30th Bday to @CheramiLeigh ! thank you for starring in my first movie and for being an amazing actress, person, and friend. love u! scott and tori forever :,)" (Tweet). Retrieved August 30, 2018 – via Twitter.
- Beyond the Farthest Star (April 15, 2014). "★[CONGRATULATIONS!]★ Cherami Leigh (Anne Wells) and Jon Christie just tied the knot!". Facebook.
- "Con-Nichiwa - Cherami Leigh". Con-Nichiwa. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- "Cherami Leigh (SAGe)". The Horne Agency. Archived from the original on November 18, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
- "Filmmaker packs debut feature with Dallas talent and takes on Big Apple". culturemap.com. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- "Cherami Leigh Announced as Guest - Anime North Texas". animenorthtexas.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- episode 50 credits
- episode 100 credits
- Martin, Theron (December 3, 2008). "Ghost Hunt Season One Part One - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- "Funimation Announces Ouran High School Host Club Cast". Anime News Network. July 4, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "North Carolina's Animazement Hosts Hiroaki Hirata". Anime News Network. February 24, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Cherami Leigh (252 Character Images)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved April 19, 2017. A green check mark indicates that the role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
- "Soul Eater Cast Announcement". Anime News Network. August 19, 2009.
- "Funimation Confirms Strike Witches Cast, FMA Street Date". Anime News Network. December 17, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Hetalia Promo Videos, Birdy English Cast & Promo Posted". Anime News Network. August 4, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Funimation Announces Partial English Cast for Hetalia (Update 8)". Anime News Network. July 7, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Funimation Adds Rosario + Vampire, Chaos;HEAd, Regios". Anime News Network. May 15, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Fairy Tail's English Cast Announced". Anime News Network. June 21, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Fairy Tail Panel". Anime News Network. 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "I Hear The Voice of My Friend". Fairy Tail. Episode 149. October 15, 2014. Funimation Channel.
- "Quick Reminder - Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Sydney This Weekend". Anime News Network. June 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "FUNimation Announces English Dub Cast of Black Butler". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- "The Lost Boys". Dance in the Vampire Bund. Episode 9. 2010.
- Rojas, Justin (October 12, 2011). "Cast Announcement for B Gata H Kei - Yamada's First Time". Funimation.
- "FUNimation Entertainment Announces English Language Cast of Panty & Stocking". Anime News Network. April 28, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
- "Funimation Announces Is This a Zombie? Dub Cast". Anime News Network. June 14, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- Mills, Kyle (October 26, 2013). "Is This a Zombie: Season Two". DVD Talk. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- "Stream & Watch Steins;Gate Episodes Online - Sub & Dub". funimation.com. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
- "Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh Lead Sword Art Online Dub Cast - News". Anime News Network. March 30, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- "Funimation Reveals Tenchi War on Geminar Dub Cast & Clip (Updated)". Anime News Network. January 19, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "A Certain Scientific Railgun - English Cast Announcement". Funimation Blog. February 7, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- "Funimation Reveals Ikki Tousen XX's English Dub Cast, Trailer". Anime News Network. January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Viz Media's Coppelion Dub Casts Erica Lindbeck, Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley". Anime News Network. November 24, 2014.
- "Funimation Unveils Code:Breaker's English Dub Cast, Trailer". Anime News Network. April 18, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "New Sailor Moon Dub Cast Revealed at Anime Expo". Anime News Network. July 5, 2014.
- "This Is a Real Fight!". Soul Eater Not. Episode 6. Event occurs at Closing credits, Cast – via Hulu.
- "Funimation Announces Hyperdimension Neptunia Dub Cast". Anime News Network. March 6, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Funimation Unveils Daimidaler's Dub Cast, Trailer, December 15 Date". Anime News Network. October 7, 2015. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- "Magi: The Kingdom of Magic English Dub Casts Johnny Yong Bosch, Stephanie Sheh". Anime News Network. February 14, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Viz Media Reveals More English Dub Cast for Sailor Moon R Anime". April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- "Aniplex Offers The Asterisk War Season 1 on English-Dubbed Blu-ray". Anime News Network. May 4, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "Ben Diskin, Michelle Ruff Star as Satoru in Erased English Dub". Anime News Network. June 29, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- "Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans' English Dub Casts Cherami Leigh as Kudelia". Anime News Network. December 11, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- "'Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky' Anime Dub Previewed". Fandom Post. June 13, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- "Funimation Reveals Garo: Crimson Moon English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
- "KanColle English Dub Recap Blog". funimation.com. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- "Sunrise to Release Gundam SEED, Destiny with New English Dub". Anime News Network. August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
- Violet Evergarden. Episode 1. 2018. Event occurs at Netflix closing credits, English Version. Netflix.
- Glass, Caitlin [@caitlinsvoice] (February 15, 2018). "Kicking off announcements w/ the Garo vets, comin' back for more! As Lizzy @CheramiLeigh (Kaguya in Crimson Moon & Fauna in The Animation) and as Monica @jeannietirado (Suetsumuhana in Crimson Moon & Lady Cristina in The Animation) #GaroVanishingLine @FUNimationpic.twitter.com/qmKOU8L6YS" (Tweet). Retrieved February 27, 2018 – via Twitter.
- "FUNimation - Cast & Crew English Dub Cast Update - Pop Team Epic". funimation.com. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
- Funimation [@FUNimation] (April 16, 2018). "Cherami Leigh joins My Hero Academia as Pixie-Bob of the Wild Wild Pussycats!" (Tweet) – via Twitter. |date= mismatches calculated date from |number= by two or more days (help)
- Ugwa, Godswill (April 23, 2018). "Ai Tenchi Muyo! – English Cast Announcement". Funimation. Blog. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
- "Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments Episode 8.
- Leigh, Cherami [@cheramileigh] (October 6, 2018). "#LastSong is on Netflix!! I voice Rin! Such a sweet character and such a fun show! Don't worry- there's plenty of opportunity for you to get "the feels" too! I mean obviously" (Tweet). Retrieved November 5, 2020 – via Twitter.
- Leigh, Cherami (June 25, 2019). "It was a scary experience to step into uncharted territory and provide a voice for this sweet little creature, but I am so thrilled I was given the opportunity to voice him in the #Netflix dub of #EvangelionNetflix Hope you love this little fella as much as I do! #penpenpic.twitter.com/QxHtO96xGN". @cheramileigh. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- Sherman, Jennifer (May 17, 2019). "Aniplex of America Reveals Cells at Work! Anime's English Dub Cast, BD Release". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- Author, Guest. "Crunchyroll Adds English Dubs for Isekai Cheat Magician and To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts". Crunchyroll. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- "The Moon and the Beast". Beastars. Episode 1. 2020. Event occurs at post-Closing credits, English Version – via Netflix.
- Leigh, Cherami (April 20, 2020). "Had so much fun joining the MAGICAL cast of #MagiaRecord as #AlinaGray! And thank you to the wonderful engineer and mixer and production team for helping make this episode possible, making sure everyone was able to keep the MAGIC coming by working safely from home.pic.twitter.com/e2IqNgNHf5". @cheramileigh. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- "English Dubbed Anime News: Discotek Announces Slate ; FunimationCon ; Netflix Sets Cast For Dorohedoro". Bubble Blabber. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- "Crunchyroll Announces Tower of God Dub Cast, May 13 Premiere". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- Mateo, Alex (May 14, 2020). "'The 8th son? Are you kidding me?' Anime's English Dub Reveals Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- Aniplex of America @aniplexUSA "#NEWS: The original Phantom Thieves are coming back to take your heart in the PERSONA5 the Animation Complete Blu-ray Set on September 29th, 2020 featuring a brand new ENGLISH DUB! #P5A Pre-order today at https://p5ausa.com" Twitter. Julty 5, 2020. 12:45AM.
- "Caitlin Glass's Twitter". Twitter. October 8, 2020.
- "Ready for Battle: Sakura Wars the Animation English Dub Arrives on Funimation". Funimation. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- "Con-Nichiwa - Cherami Leigh". Con-Nichiwa. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- "RWBY: Volume 4, Chapter 9: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back". Rooster Teeth. January 7, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- "Cherami Leigh on Instagram: "Hey!! Be sure to check me out as "Mia Gabon" in the premiere of Star Wars: Resistance tonight on Disney Channel! Obviously I am beyond…"". Instagram. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- "Ezra Weisz on Instagram". Ezra Weisz. October 21, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- "Viz Reveals English Dub Cast for K: Missing Kings Film (Update 2)". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- "Viz Media Previews Boruto: Naruto the Movie's English Dub Cast in New Trailer". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- Films, Funimation. "Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry | Funimation Films". funimationfilms.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- Sherman, Jennifer (July 20, 2020). "Shout! Factory Releases Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna Anime Film on BD/DVD in October". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- "Ribbit 3D World Premiere Event at the Niagara Integrated Film Festival". Niagara Integrated Film Festival (Press release). June 16, 2014. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014.
- "Funimation Announces Psycho-Pass Film's Theatrical Dates". Anime News Network. February 5, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- Green, Scott (August 4, 2016). "Additional "Digimon Adventure Tri." English Dub Cast Announced". Crunchyroll. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- Mammano, Michael S. (January 18, 2017). "Sailor Moon R: The Movie Premiere Was Immersive Experience For Fans". Den of Geek. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- Marseille (Netflix). 2016.
- Borderlands 2 Manual (PDF). Steam. Valve. p. 30. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
- Anthony Burch [@reverendanthony] (October 5, 2012). "To everyone who is asking, Gaige is voiced by Cherami Leigh" (Tweet). Retrieved October 5, 2012 – via Twitter.
- Cherami Leigh [@CheramiLeigh] (March 26, 2015). ""So excited to announce that I will be playing Komaru Naegi in the new Danganronpa: Another Episode! So much fun to work on this!!"" (Tweet). Retrieved March 27, 2015 – via Twitter.
- Hussain, Tamoor (October 19, 2016). "Persona 5 Voice Cast Announced, Includes Overwatch's McCree, One Punch Man's Saitama, and More". GameSpot. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
- "Akiba's Beat Gets Dual Audio In The West, Pre-Orders Include Pinkun Plushie". siliconera.com. October 19, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- "So thrilled to share my incredible experience working on @HorizonPS4Dawn voicing this incredible character #Ikrie. Thank you @Guerrilla !". twitter.com.
- Arem, Valerie (June 18, 2018). "It's all the original cast!".
- "STOVE - 식지않는 재미". page.onstove.com. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- "Do you mind telling me if you're the voice actress for the character "Irelia" in League of Legends? :3".
- Kent Mudle (January 7, 2019). "Minerva is voiced by Cherami Leigh." Tumblr. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- Harlacher, Erika (April 16, 2019). "AHHH I've been dying to say that we're all actually IN the game too!! As support for our main man Joker YES!!!! DREAM COME TRUE!!!https://youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=FmuTGcbu4Kc …".
- Leigh, Cherami [@CheramiLeigh] (July 19, 2019). "Everyone is doing it... so I will too! It's been hard to keep this one to myself. I loved getting to be a part of #FireEmblemThreeHouses! I think you are really going to enjoy this game and I hope you love this character as much as I do!" (Tweet). Retrieved July 19, 2019 – via Twitter.
- Leigh, Cherami [@CheramiLeigh] (March 15, 2019). "It's me! 😀" (Tweet). Retrieved November 24, 2019 – via Twitter.
- Nihon Falcom. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV. NIS America. Scene: Ending credits, 13:41.
- Tweet concerning Cyberpunk 2077 to Marcin Momot, community lead for CD Projekt Red:
- @Tovarisc_ (August 30, 2018). "@CyberpunkGame @Marcin360 Settle this for us, who is doing voice for femV?" (Tweet). Retrieved August 30, 2018 – via Twitter.
- Momot, Marcin [@Marcin360] (August 30, 2018). "Replying to @Tovarisc_ @CyberpunkGame The voice in the demo belongs to Cherami Leigh" (Tweet). Retrieved August 30, 2018 – via Twitter.
- "Throwing Stones Web Series Comes to Dread Central! Watch the Entire First Season NOW!". Dread Central.
- "Fox Flash - Fox Primetime - Schedule (December 1 - December 7)". Fox Flash (Press release). Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2020. Lay summary – ScreenSpy (December 6, 2013).
- "A Good Death is Hard to Find". Longmire. Season 2. Event occurs at Closing credits – via Netflix.
Co-starring - Cherami Leigh as Trixie Dalton
- Tweets pertaining to Leigh's role in Shameless :
- @iceesque (March 15, 2014). "@CheramiLeigh what episode of shameless are you in?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Cherami Leigh [@cheramileigh] (March 15, 2014). "@iloveyouushane it is episode 2 of season 4. "My Oldest Daughter"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Tomberlin, Jessica (December 18, 2013). "Filmmaker packs debut feature with Dallas talent and takes on Big Apple". Culturemap. Dallas.
- "'Not Cool' by YouTube star Shane Dawson is a waste of time". September 22, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2017 – via LA Times.
- "From YouTube to reality TV to empty theaters case file #74: Not Cool". avclub.com. November 17, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- Chambers, Kelley (October 16, 2013). "Reaching for the stars". Star Local Media. Plano, Texas. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- "Dallas IFF Review: Cry - Slackerwood". slackerwood.com. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- Shane Dawson (March 2, 2015). "I HATE MYSELFIE" - SHORT FILM. Retrieved March 9, 2015 – via YouTube.
Starring: Cherami Leigh
External links
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- Cherami Leigh at IMDb
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- Cherami Leigh convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- Cherami Leigh at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Cherami Leigh at CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
- Cherami Leigh at The Visual Novel Database
Preceded by Emilie-Claire Barlow |
Voice of Sailor Venus 2014-present |
Succeeded by None |