Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard (born April 13, 1980) is an American

voice actress Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, ...

, ADR director,

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, and

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. One of her major starts was as the English voice provider for Rachel Moore in the long-running detective series ''

Case Closed ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994; its chapters are collected in 10 ...

''. She then later served as the Co-ADR director on ''

Fullmetal Alchemist is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga, manga anthology magazine ''Gangan Comics#Monthly Shōnen Gangan, Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June ...

'', which aired on

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in 2004. She has since starred in many popular anime dubs, including as Monkey D. Luffy in ''

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, as he explores the Grand Line in search of the myt ...

'', Erza Scarlet in ''

Fairy Tail ''Fairy Tail'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2006 to July 2017, with the individual chapters collect ...

'',

Moka Akashiya is a fictional character in Akihisa Ikeda's manga and anime series ''Rosario + Vampire''. She serves as one of the love interests to Tsukune Aono, who is the only human enrolled in a school of monsters. She has a rosary that gives her a split pe ...

in ''

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'', Risa Aoyanagi in ''

Psycho-Pass ''Psycho-Pass'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese cyberpunk psychological thriller anime television series produced by Production I.G. It was co-directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani and Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Gen Urobuchi, wi ...

'', Maria in '' Burst Angel'',

Son Gohan is a fictional character in the Japanese franchise ''Dragon Ball'' created by Akira Toriyama. Gohan is the son of the protagonist Goku, Son Goku and his wife Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball), Chi-Chi and made his appearance in chapter #196 "Kakarrot", pub ...

in '' Dragon Ball Z Kai '', and Momo Yaoyorozu in ''

My Hero Academia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July 2014 to August 2024, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. Set in a wor ...

''. She also voiced Kisara Nanjo in '' Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple''.

Career

As a stage actress in

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, Clinkenbeard got involved in voice-over when fellow voice actress

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brought her to Funimation for an audition. Her first voice role was in ''

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;'' her first lead role was

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in ''

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''. Midway through the Kiddy Grade series, director Justin Cook appointed Clinkenbeard as the ADR director for the rest of the episodes. Her other major role early in her career was Rachel Moore in the detective anime show ''

''. She would later direct along with

Mike McFarland Michael McFarland is an American voice actor, ADR director, script writer and line producer who works on English dubs of Japanese anime. He is known as the original English voice of Master Roshi and Yajirobe in Funimation's dubs of '' Dragon ...

on ''

'' which came out in November 2004 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block.

Clinkenbeard went on to provide the voices of Monkey D. Luffy in ''

'', Erza Scarlet in ''

'',

Riza Hawkeye The ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' manga and anime series feature an extensive cast of fictional characters created by Hiromu Arakawa. The story is set in a fictional universe within the 20th century in which alchemy is one of the most advanced scient ...

in ''

'' and '' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'',

's inner personality in ''

'', Yuko Ichihara in ''

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'', and Elsie Crimson and Mother in '' Edens Zero''. Outside of anime dubs, she's also provided the voice of Lilith in the '' Borderlands'' video game series, while also voicing character roles in ''

RWBY ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American Anime-influenced animation, animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors ("Huntsmen" and "Huntres ...

'' and '' Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart'' on

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Personal life

Clinkenbeard and voice actress

were roommates while working at

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. She married Patric Carroll in 2012, and they have a son named Rhodes, born in 2014. Her sister Bonnie is an ADR script writer at Funimation.Tweets regarding Bonny Clinkenbeard: * *

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

Live Action

Video games

References

External links

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Colleen Clinkenbeard profile
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