Chihye "Charlet" Takahashi Chung (born February 16, 1983) is an American actress who is best known for her works in voice acting, as well as for her various roles throughout film and television. She voices the fictional character D.Va in the multiplayer-shooter video game ''

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'' and has reprised the role for the crossover game ''

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''. She also voiced Seraph in the shooter video game '' Call of Duty: Black Ops III''. In television, Chung has made appearances on shows such as ''

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'', '' Cory in the House'', '' 90210'', '' Shake It Up'' and '' Grace and Frankie''. In 2019, she joined the main cast of two

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animated series; on ''

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'' as Julia Argent and on '' Fast & Furious Spy Racers'' as Margaret "Echo" Pearl.

Early life

Chung was born as Chihye Takahashi Chung in Long Beach California, to a Japanese mother and a Korean father and is fluent and literate in three languages: English, Japanese, and Korean. Chung graduated from Diamond Bar High School in 2001.

Career

Her interest in acting began from a young age. She was discovered and signed on by an agent while on an airplane at the age of five. She landed her first acting role on CBS's ''

'' within three months after graduating with a Bachelor in Communications from the

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. In 2016, Chung made an appearance on the

television series '' Grace and Frankie'' where she starred as the character Charlotte. Chung has also done work as a voice actress. Her video game appearances include her role as Seraph from the game '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 3'' and her popular portrayal of D.Va from

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's 2016 game ''

''. She also voices Ally "Hoops" Nguyen in the 2022 game '' Grounded''.

Personal life

Chung is married to Tom Yoo. In May 2019, she gave birth to a son and in November 2020 gave birth to a daughter.

Filmography

Video games

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chung, Charlet American television actresses American video game actresses American voice actresses American actresses of Japanese descent American actresses of Korean descent Blizzard Entertainment people Living people Actresses from Long Beach, California 1983 births University of California, San Diego alumni 21st-century American women