Dawn Michelle Bennett (born December 13, 1992) is an American voice actress, known for her work on English
anime
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Funimation
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Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Bang Zoom! Entertainment is an audio post-production studio with its headquarters in Burbank, California, in Greater Los Angeles. It has worked on anime, video games, television series, feature films, and original animation projects.
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Career
While studying her first semester at
Berklee College of Music
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, Bennett participated in an event in Berklee's Video Game Music Club. With voiceover as an option, she tried it and was later encouraged by the club's president to continue voice acting. Bennett went on to volunteer for engineering students' projects throughout her time in college, and shifted her focus from music to voice acting.
Bennett's first role with Funimation was announced in August 2014, when she joined the English dub cast of ''
Fairy Tail
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