Carrie Keranen is an American voice actress. Her roles include

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in the

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dub of

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, Satsuki Kiryuin in ''

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'', Casca in ''

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'', and Alya Césaire in '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir''. In her live-action work, she has played Piper Tate in '' Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time''.

Early life and career

Keranen grew up in

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. She is of Finnish and Swedish descent through her father, who is half Finnish and half Swedish. She had always been involved in acting, including high school plays, but in an interview with Everything Geek Podcast, she said she was more active in sports. She attended

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, and originally intended to major in international business with a specialization in Japanese but would be drawn back into doing plays and subbing in for major roles there. She graduated with a BA in theatre and linguistics, and after visiting Europe, moved to New York City to pursue acting. She worked on various acting jobs and did stand-up comedy. In 2003, she was a waitress at Rocco's which was featured in '' The Restaurant'', a reality television series about the launch of celebrity chef

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's eatery. The series was broadcast on NBC for two seasons. Keranen's first voice-over audition for 4Kids was

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in the 2003 TV series ''

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''. She landed supporting roles, and also landed some guest and supporting voices on the ''

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'' TV series. When fellow voice actress

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moved from New York to Los Angeles, she auditioned to voice match Sands' character

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in ''

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''. On her way out of the audition, Keranen started pitching another voice actress for the part, but director

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later told her that she was the right person for the role and that he even vouched for her to play the part. That was her first major role as a lead male character. Later in the same season, she also got to voice Kisara, which she said was more typical of the characters and used her natural voice. She also voiced Mina Simington, which she described as "type A but not in a forceful way" and would totally get into something if she had the chance. In 2010, she moved to Los Angeles, California, to continue working on other projects. She had a recurring role as Kate Harper in the ''

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'' TV series, and is a member of the

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. On July 23, 2011, she and fellow voice actress

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were panelists at

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for Namco Bandai's preview of the '' Tekken: Blood Vengeance'' film. In 2014, Keranen voiced Satsuki Kiryuin, the student council president and antagonist in the anime series ''

'', which ran on

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. In 2016, she provided the voice of Alya Césaire,

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's best friend, in the French cartoon '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir'', which ran on Nickelodeon. She attended San Diego Comic-Con in 2016 with the cast and the original creator, Thomas Astruc.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

Live-action

References

; Interviews
Carrie Keranen interview with Michael Rienas

Carrie Keranen panel at Florida Supercon

Carrie Keranen interview at Nan Desu Kan 2015
by Anime Hype
Carrie Keranen interview
at Everything Geek

External links

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