Hynden Walch (born February 1, 1971) is an American actress best known for voicing Starfire in the ''

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'' franchise and Princess Bubblegum in ''

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''. She also voiced Penny Sanchez in '' ChalkZone'', Elsie in ''

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'', Alice May in '' Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'', and Yutaka Kobayakawa in '' Lucky Star''. Outside of animation, Walch has appeared in live-action films like ''

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'', and TV series like ''

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''.

Biography

Walch was born on February 1, 1971 in

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. She is of German descent. She started her professional acting career on stage at age 11. At 16, she attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, majoring in voice. In 1989, she received the Presidential Scholarship and went to the UNC School of the Arts in

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. After UNC, she went to

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, where she did plays, including ''

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'' on Broadway, where she won the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as the title character. As a high school senior, she was awarded as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts in drama. In 2005, she graduated summa cum laude from

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with a B.A. in American Literature and founded the Hillside Produce Cooperative, a free exchange of local, organically grown food, for which she was named runner up Citizen Entrepreneur of the Year by Global Green USA. Hynden has been married to Sean McDermott since 1999. On television, she voiced Starfire in ''

'', Penny Sanchez on the

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show '' ChalkZone'', Elsie on the

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show ''

'', Ace in ''

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'' and ''

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in '' The Batman'' and in anime, she has voiced Amy Stapleton in '' IGPX'', Emiri Kimidori in '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Yutaka Kobayakawa in '' Lucky Star'', and Nia Teppelin in '' Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''. She also voiced both Alice and Wendy Darling in various Disney media after she replaced

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who played both characters in ''

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'', and ''

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''. In video games, she voiced Jasmine and Junko in '' Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble!'' and Coco Bandicoot and Polar in '' Crash Team Racing''. She provided the English voice of Hitomi in '' Dead or Alive Xtreme 2'' and ''

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''. She voiced Viridi, the Goddess of Nature, in '' Kid Icarus: Uprising'', and her performance in the game was met with critical acclaim. In live action, she played Mae Capone on '' The Untouchables'' and Debbie in ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Live-action

Theatre

References

External links

Official website
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Walch, Hynden 1971 births Living people Actresses from Iowa American film actresses American people of German descent American stage actresses American television actresses American video game actresses American voice actresses American sopranos Cartoon Network people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses