Patricia Ja Lee (born July 19, 1975) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles of

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, the Pink Ranger on the television series ''

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'' and ''

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,'' and as the voice and motion capture actress for

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in numerous entries in the ''

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'' franchise of video games. She also portrayed

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in the first season of ASOS Brigade, a series of live-action videos to promote the show. Aside from her acting roles, Lee also did voicework in many English dubbed adaptations of Japanese anime.

Early life

Lee was born in

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, she is of Korean ancestry. She attended

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Career

Lee began acting in 1987, when she was 12 years old. Ten years later, Lee got her breakout role when she landed the role of Cassie Chan, the Pink Ranger for ''

'', a role she would continue to play in ''

''. In 1999, she voiced Meifa Puzi in '' Cowboy Bebop.'' In 2001, Lee was cast the lead female role in the Golden Harvest action adventure ''Extreme Challenge''. Friends with SOS and Box Sets

She portrayed

in the first series of live-action promotional videos launched by

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on December 22, 2006, to announce the R1 license of ''

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''. Here, she is credited as Patricia Lee, although she referred to herself as Patricia Ja Lee in the first videos. Before the animated series' English cast was announced, it was speculated that she might be the voice of Haruhi as well. In July 2007, Patricia appeared at

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during the SOS Brigade concert. She was replaced for the second series of promotional videos by

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. Lee appeared in the Haruhi anime as the voice of Mizuki Okajima, the drummer of the all-girl student band ENOZ. Lee reprised this role in ''

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.'' Lee appeared in a 2007

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bologna advertisement as a spelling bee judge. Lee's most notable role is

from the ''

'' franchise. She provided the voice and motion capture work for the character in ''

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'', released in 2009. Almost a year after the release of ''Resident Evil 5'', Capcom produced a ''Gold'' edition, featuring two new scenarios, both of which starred the character, Jill Valentine. Lee reprised her role in both of these scenarios, titled ''Lost In Nightmares'' and ''Desperate Escape''. In 2009 she appeared at the

alongside her former ''Power Rangers'' co-stars Selwyn Ward,

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, Roger Velasco, and Christopher Khayman Lee as a featured guest on the ''Power Rangers'' panel. Her last appearance as an actor was the 2019 game ''

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.''

Filmography

Anime roles

Other roles

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Patricia Ja Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from California Alliant International University alumni American actresses of Korean descent American film actresses American people of Korean descent American television actresses American video game actresses American voice actresses 1975 births