Michelle Ruff is an American voice actress known for her work in

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and

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s. In her early voice acting career, she used her mother's name, Georgette Rose, as a pseudonym. Some of her roles include

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in '' Lupin the Third'', Chi in '' Chobits'', Rukia Kuchiki in '' Bleach'', Aoi Sakuraba in '' Ai Yori Aoshi'', Elie in '' Rave Master'', Nat in '' The Promised Neverland'', Yuki Nagato in '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Yoko Littner in '' Gurren Lagann'', and Sinon in '' Sword Art Online''. In video games, she is the voice of Jill Valentine in the '' Resident Evil'' series, Yukari Takeba and Sadayo Kawakami in the '' Persona'' series, Cream the Rabbit in the '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' series and Crimson Viper in the '' Street Fighter'' series.

Career

Ruff grew up in Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University. While she was there, she worked at a talent agency and attended a radio audition, which marked her first venture into the voiceover business. In Chicago, she studied with Second City,

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and

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. After moving to Los Angeles, she worked with some directors on looping and voice work for films and TV shows. In an ''Anime Dream'' interview, Ruff credits Richard Epcar, Steve Kramer and Michael Sorich for training her to dub anime. In the '' Digimon'' series, she was referred by director Mary Elizabeth McGlynn to audition for Lopmon and Antylamon in ''

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'', and in '' Digimon Frontier'', she landed the lead role of Zoe Orimoto. Ruff said that it was her first show that made it to TV, and a show that let her "work my acting muscle". She played tomboy-ish characters Miyao in '' Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' and Kiki Rosita in '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team''. In 2007, Ruff received two nominations for the

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, one for Best Actress for her work in ''Bleach'' and ''Lupin the 3rd'', and one for Best Actress in a Comedy for ''Lupin the 3rd'', but lost to Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Debi Derryberry, respectively."American Anime Awards Finalists Announced"
''Anime News Network''. February 7, 2007. Retrieved May 5, 2010. In 2009, the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation gave her an SPJA Industry Award for Best Voice Actress (English) for her work as Rukia Kuchiki in the ''Bleach'' movie '' Memories of Nobody''.

Personal life

Ruff is married to ADR Engineer Eddie Correa.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

Video games

Other

Notes

References

External links

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Michelle Ruff
at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruff, Michelle Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Detroit American video game actresses American voice actresses Living people Michigan State University alumni 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles