Louisa Michelle Christian (born March 18, 1973) is an American voice actress and ADR script writer at

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and

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. She has provided many voices for English versions of Japanese

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series and films.

Life and career

Christian grew up in Texas, where her parents, Mike and Barbara, were high school teachers. From age 3 to 9, she participated in some local beauty pageants, and later got involved in theater programs in high school. In college, she originally pursued journalism, but changed to theatre when she was offered a scholarship. She got her bachelor's degree in Theatre from

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in San Angelo, Texas, and her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre at the

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in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her involvement in anime starts in ADV Films in

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where she had some bit parts in ''

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'' that involved about three hours of studio time. She did not hear back for some time until she got cast in ''

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''. A few weeks later, she auditioned and got her first starring role as Kaname Chidori in ''

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''. In '' Super Gals! Ran Kotobuki'', she voices the title character who is a fun-loving teenage gal in a family of police officers. In ''

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'', she voices main character Himeno Awayuki, a teenage girl who ends up living with two stepsisters and becomes involved in a magical girl fantasy. She also voiced teacher

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in the school life comedy ''

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''. In 2006, she was featured in a series of articles by

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titled "Babes of ADV Voice-Over". Christian joined the voice actors who would regularly travel from Houston to record with

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. She had supporting roles in ''

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'' as guest character Psiren and later as the recurring character

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. She voiced actress Asako Kurumi in Funimation's dub of ''

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'', and a lead role as

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in the girls-with-guns drama ''

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''. In 2006, she voiced lead character

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in the school anime ''

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'', which is about a boy magician who teaches at an all-girls middle school. Theron Martin of Anime News Network remarked that she interpreted her role much like Kaname Chidori on ''Full Metal Panic''. She also landed the lead role of Tenma Tsukamoto in the comedy ''

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'', voiced the supporting role of Hitomi Kashiwa in ''

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'', and voiced the youthful-looking Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka in ''

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''. After Funimation acquired the dubbing rights for the long-running ''

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'' anime series, Christian was selected to play its lead female navigator Nami. In 2007, the American Anime Awards nominated her for Best Actress for her work in ''

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'' as the lead role of Ahiru, and Best Actress in a Comedy for her work in ''

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'', ''

'' and ''

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'', but lost to

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and

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, respectively. In 2009, she voiced Kirino Chiba, the captain of a kendo team in ''

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'' and

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in the fantasy series '' D.Gray-man''. In 2010, she voiced as

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in the ''

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'' series, the

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in ''

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'' and Makina Hoshimura from ''

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''. She voiced

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in the '' Soul Eater'' anime series, which was released on video in 2010 and later broadcast on Cartoon Network in 2013. In 2011, she voiced Meryl Strife in the English dub of anime feature film '' Trigun: Badlands Rumble''. In 2012, she voiced

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in ''

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'', served as the narrator for '' Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions'' and ''

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'', and voiced companion devil Elsie in ''

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''. In 2013, she voiced main characters Marika Kato in ''

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'', and Himeko Inaba in the body-swapping anime series ''

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''. In 2016, she voiced

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in ''

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''. Christian voiced Chihaya Ayase in Sentai Filmworks' English dub of the adaptation of Yuki Suetsugu's manga series ''

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''. Also in 2017, she had starring heroine roles as

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in ''

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'' and Touko Nanami in '' Bloom Into You''.

Personal life

Christian is married to Michael Bell. They have two daughters. She has a brother, Kevin Christian, who ran for a seat in the Texas Legislature in 2006.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

Other media

Notes

References

External links

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