Brittney Marie Hernandez (nee Karbowski ; born June 26, 1986) is an American voice actress who has voiced in a number of English-language versions of Japanese
anime
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series.
Karbowski was born in Sugar Land, a suburb of
Houston
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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
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To Love Ru
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My Hero Academia
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'', and Saori Arisugawa in '' Tribe Nine''.
In addition to her voice acting career, Karbowski has starred in numerous films such as ''
Puncture
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'' and ''
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University of Houston
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briefly where she majored in theater.
Career
Karbowski started her acting career in theater productions such as ''
Little Shop of Horrors
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'' in Houston, Texas. While playing Janet in a local stage production of ''
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'', she was noticed by a director from
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. Her start into the anime business occurred in 2004, when she was asked to be an extra in the series ''
Gantz
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''. By December 2006 she stated that Fuko from ''
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'' was her favorite dub as she thought the character was "cute and wicked, but wicked in a good way". She eventually received starring roles as
Himeko Katagiri
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in 2007 with a starring role as Mai in '' Itsudatte My Santa!''. She also expanded her voice acting to other venues when she voiced her first video game character in 2007 as Pinkun in '' Akiba's Beat''. ADV Films ultimately ceased operations in 2008, and several properties were transferred to Funimation. It was also during this time that she voiced the lead heroine Ayu Tsukimiya in '' Kanon'' after the title transfer had taken place. Karbowski has since dubbed dozens of characters including both major and minor roles through Funimation.
Karbowski has also had roles in films such as Celie in ''Up & Down'', Susie in ''
Puncture
Puncture, punctured or puncturing may refer to:
* a flat tyre in British English (US English "flat tire" or just "flat")
* a penetrating wound caused by pointy objects as nails or needles
* Lumbar puncture, also known as a spinal tap
* Puncture ( ...
'' and a backpack girl in ''
The Starving Games
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''. She was slated to be a lead character Zax in the science fiction ''Code of Evil''. Karbowski starred in the 2014 horror film ''Atrocity''.
Personal life
Karbowski was briefly hospitalized with a broken neck in 2010 due to a car accident.
She married Matthew Hernandez on October 11, 2013. They have two children.
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