Erica Lindbeck (born May 29, 1992) is an American voice actress best known as the third voice of

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in the eponymous media franchise, succeeding

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in 2015 and being succeeded herself by America Young in 2018. She also works with the ADR companies Bang Zoom! and Studiopolis in voicing characters in English-dubbed

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and

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s, and is also the voice of Loona in ''

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''.

Career

Lindbeck graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 2014. She is known for her voicework in English-language anime dubs. Her roles include Kaori Miyazono in '' Your Lie in April'', Futaba Sakura from '' Persona 5'', Eli Ayase in the ''

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'' series, Irene Urzaiz in '' The Asterisk War'', Ibara Naruse in ''

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in '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'', Kanae Kotonami in ''

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'' and Oei in '' Miss Hokusai''. She and fellow voice actress Mela Lee hosted their own web series called ''Lindbeck and Lee'' with local voice actor guests. In 2018, Lindbeck voiced the character Felicia Hardy/Black Cat in Insomniac's ''

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'' video game.Tweets concerning Lindbeck's role in ''

'':
She later voiced Ashley in '' WarioWare Gold''. In 2019, Lindbeck voiced Cassie Cage in NetherRealm's ''

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'' video game. She also voiced Millie and Loona in the ''Helluva Boss'' pilot in 2019. She continued to portray Loona in the full series in 2020, with

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replacing her as Millie. As of 2019, she is the current voices of Blaze the Cat and Omochao in the ''

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'' franchise since 2019. In 2023 she voiced Ines and Silence in Arknights.

Personal life

On February 3, 2020, Lindbeck came out as

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via

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. Lindbeck dated voice actor

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until his death from colon cancer in June 2022. On July 9, 2023, she left

after criticizing a video for using an AI-generated voice of Futaba Sakura, a character she voiced, to sing

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’s "Welcome to the Internet" without her permission. She was harassed by individuals on Twitter following her comments. The original video was willingly removed from

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by its creator, but the AI cover was reposted by additional accounts. Various voice actors, such as Mike Pollock, Josh Keaton, Sean Chiplock, and Yuri Lowenthal, along with cartoonist

Vivienne Medrano Vivienne Medrano (born October 28, 1992), also known by her online alias VivziePop, is an American YouTuber, animator, writer, director, producer, and voice actress. She is best known as the creator of the musical television series ''Hazbin Hotel ...

, stated their support for Lindbeck and their opposition to "use of AI-generated voices". The account criticized by Lindbeck was later suspended by Twitter for violating the site's terms of service. She returned to the site and resumed posting a week later.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

Web

References

External links

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