Jamie Lynn Marchi (; born October 8, 1977) is an American voice actress, ADR director and script writer who works for

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, and

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. She has provided a number of voices for English-language versions of

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and video games. She is known for her role as Masane Amaha in ''Witchblade'', Mari Ohara in ''

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'', Mimi in '' Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne'', Mitsuko Kongo in ''

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'', Charlotte E. Yeager in ''

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'', Haruna Saotome in ''

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'',

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in ''

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'' and Panty Anarchy in ''

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''.

Early life

Marchi was born in

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, to Susan Kay Hester (née Taylor, born 1951). Her stepfather, Michael Hester (1957–2016), worked as a bio-medical engineer. She graduated from the

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with a bachelor's degree in theater, and started her professional acting career in 2000.

Career

Marchi got her start in voice acting in ''

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as'' Motoko Minagawa, and has worked on and voiced for a number of American adaptations of Japanese anime series, which include ''

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'' as Rinslet Walker, '' Soul Eater'' as Elizabeth "Liz" Thompson, ''

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'' as Uzume, ''

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'' as Mikako Satsukitane, ''

'' as Panty Anarchy, ''

'' as Mitsuko Kongo, '' Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne'' as Mimi, ''

'' as Charlotte E. Yeager, ''

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'' as Rana Linchen, ''

'' as

, ''

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'' as Masane Amaha and ''

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'' as Chiyuki. She also writes the anime dub scripts and directs other

actors. On October 2, 2011, Marchi made her first debut role for ''

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'' as Background Vocals Singer in ''

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'' episode ''

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''. In April 2013, Marchi joined ''The Funimation Show'' web series as a co-host. On September 3, 2015, Marchi made her debut role for Sentai Filmworks as Neko Kuroha in ''

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''. On November 3, 2017, Marchi made her first non-anime role as Green Guts in

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's '' OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes''.

Legal issues

On February 8, 2019, in response to the accusations of sexual harassment being launched at voice actor

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, Marchi, along with voice actress

Monica Rial Monica Jean Rial (born October 5, 1975) is an American voice actress and ADR script writer affiliated with Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks. She provides voices for English language versions of Japanese anime films and televisi ...

, tweeted their support for those speaking out against Mignogna, and shared their own alleged experiences of being sexually harassed by the actor. On April 19, she was named in a lawsuit, along with Rial, Ron Toye and

, filed by Mignogna on grounds of defamation and tortious interference. On September 6, 2019, the civil case against her was dismissed and Mignogna was required to pay all of her legal fees. In February 2022, Marchi and Rial began a monthly podcast about the case.

Personal life

Marchi's younger brother, Jean-Luc Hester, is also a voice actor. Marchi married fellow actor Sean T. Perez on August 8, 1999. They divorced on November 21, 2005. She has two step-daughters.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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