Victoria Claire Harwood is a British-born voice actress based in the United States. She works for

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

roles at

Geneon Entertainment (abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan. Th ...

New Generation Pictures New Generation Pictures, Inc. is a production company specializing in voice recording for anime and video games. Production list Anime ADR Production * '' 3x3 Eyes'' (Geneon) * ''Amazing Nurse Nanako'' (Geneon) * '' Angel Tales'' (Bandai Entert ...

Biography

Harwood was born in

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

, England in 1961 to an English father and Armenian mother (Takouhi Avakian). She grew up from the age of two in

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

, Cyprus, where her mother's family had lived since 1936. She moved to London when she was 18. Harwood started her career as a dancer before moving into television. She appeared in

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' () is a British comedy-drama television programme about seven British construction workers who leave the United Kingdom to search for employment overseas. In the first series, the men live and work on a building site in ...

as Bettina in 'The Accused' released in 1983. She trained at RADA and worked in theater in London and Europe before marrying film producer William Butler-Sloss. She moved to Hollywood with her husband and two sons, Arum and Roibhilin and continues to work in voice overs. Her best-known role is that of

Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing ''Hellsing,'' is a manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It tells the story of a powerful vampire named Alucard and his battle against supernatural forces in service of the Hellsing Organization. The series takes place primari ...

and in The Last Remnant as Roeas. Harwood's first book, ''The Seamstress of Ourfa'', published in 2018, is the first in a trilogy beginning in the Ottoman Empire in 1895 and following four generations of women until the present day. Her husband William died in 2018.

Filmography

Anime

*'' Bayonetta: Bloody Fate'' - Umbran Elder *''

DearS is a Japanese manga series co-written and illustrated by Banri Sendo and Shibuko Ebara, credited under their pen name Peach-Pit. It was serialized monthly by MediaWorks in their magazines ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' from October 2001 to September ...

'' - Rubi *''

Hellsing ''Hellsing'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Young King OURs'' from May 1997 to September 2008, with its ch ...

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*'' Hellsing Ultimate'' - Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing *''

Monster A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fe ...

'' - English Wife (ep. 20) *''

Paranoia Agent is a Japanese anime television series created by director Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse about a social phenomenon in Musashino, Tokyo caused by a juvenile serial assailant named Lil' Slugger (the English equivalent to ''Shōnen Bat'' ...

'' - Housewife B *''

Strawberry Eggs , occasionally shortened to ''Strawberry Eggs'', is a Japanese anime television series conceptualized by YOM. Produced by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, Pioneer LDC, Toshiba Digital Frontiers Inc., Pioneer Entertainment (USA) LP., TNK (comp ...

'' - Guidance Counselor *''

Sid and Nancy ''Sid and Nancy'' (also known as ''Sid and Nancy: Love Kills'') is a 1986 British biographical film directed by Alex Cox, co-written with Abbe Wool, and starring Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb. The film portrays the life of Sid Vicious, bassist of t ...

'' - Hermione *''

Texhnolyze ''Texhnolyze'' (stylized as ''TEXHNOLYZE'') is a Japanese experimental film, experimental anime television series animated by Madhouse (company), Madhouse and directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, with screenplay by Chiaki J. Konaka, with original char ...

'' - Eriko "Doc" Kaneda

Video games

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The Last Remnant is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. It was released worldwide for Xbox 360 in November 2008 and for Microsoft Windows in March 2009. A PlayStation 3 version was originally announced as well, but this version was ...

'' - Roeas *'' Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria'' - Roussalier – green check mark indicates roles that have been verified by BTVA through closing credits

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harwood, Victoria Living people Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art British emigrants to Cyprus British emigrants to the United States British television actresses British video game actresses British voice actresses 20th-century British actresses 21st-century British actresses Year of birth missing (living people)