Jamie Lynn Marchi (; born October 8, 1977) is an American voice actress, ADR director and script writer. She has provided a number of voices for English-language versions of

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and video games. She is known for her role as Masane Amaha in ''Witchblade'', Mari Ohara in '' Love Live! Sunshine!!'', Mimi in '' Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne'', Mitsuko Kongo in '' A Certain Scientific Railgun'', Charlotte E. Yeager in '' Strike Witches'', Haruna Saotome in '' Negima!'',

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in ''

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'', Panty Anarchy in '' Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt'', Cathy in Angels of Death , and Junko Enoshima in '' Danganronpa.''

Early life

Marchi was born in

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, to Susan Kay Hester (née Taylor, born 1951). Her stepfather, Michael Hester (1957–2016), worked as a bio-medical engineer. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in theater, and started her professional acting career in 2000.

Career

Marchi got her start in voice acting in '' Fruits Basket as'' Motoko Minagawa, and has worked on and voiced for a number of American adaptations of Japanese anime series, which include '' Black Cat'' as Rinslet Walker, '' Soul Eater'' as Elizabeth "Liz" Thompson, '' Sekirei'' as Uzume, '' Heaven's Lost Property'' as Mikako Satsukitane, '' Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt'' as Panty Anarchy, '' A Certain Scientific Railgun'' as Mitsuko Kongo, '' Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne'' as Mimi, '' Strike Witches'' as Charlotte E. Yeager, '' Freezing'' as Rana Linchen, ''

'' as

, '' Witchblade'' as Masane Amaha and '' Death Parade'' as Chiyuki. She also writes the anime dub scripts and directs other

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actors. On October 2, 2011, Marchi made her first debut role for ''

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'' as Background Vocals Singer in ''

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'' episode '' Seahorse Seashell Party''. In April 2013, Marchi joined ''The Funimation Show'' web series as a co-host. On September 3, 2015, Marchi made her debut role for Sentai Filmworks as Neko Kuroha in '' Brynhildr in the Darkness''. On November 3, 2017, Marchi made her first non-anime role as Green Guts in

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's '' OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes''.

Legal issues

On February 8, 2019, in response to the accusations of sexual harassment being launched at voice actor Vic Mignogna, Marchi, along with voice actress

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, tweeted their support for those speaking out against Mignogna, and shared their own alleged experiences of being sexually harassed by the actor. On April 19, she was named in a lawsuit, along with Rial, Ron Toye and

, filed by Mignogna on grounds of defamation and tortious interference. On September 6, 2019, the civil case against her was dismissed and Mignogna was required to pay all of her legal fees. In February 2022, Marchi and Rial began a monthly podcast about the case.

Personal life

Marchi's younger brother, Jean-Luc Hester, is also a voice actor. Marchi married fellow actor Sean T. Perez on August 8, 1999. They divorced on November 22, 2005. She has two step-daughters.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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Jamie Marchi Agency Page
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