Rebecca Forstadt is an American voice actress, best known for playing young female roles in various animated series. After studying theater at Orange Coast College, in

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, Forstadt began her acting career by working at

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's Bird Cage Theater, performing

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s, often as the

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character. Later, she went to Hollywood where she worked as a wardrobe mistress on such television shows as '' The White Shadow'' and '' Hill Street Blues'', as well as for the film '' S.O.B.''. She also spent several years doing live theater in the Los Angeles area. Most notably, she won some recognition for her portrayal of the character Josette in the world premiere of

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's ''Tales for People Under 3 Years of Age'' at the Stages Theatre Center in 1982. She starred in several low-budget movies such as '' Mugsy's Girls'', with Ruth Gordon and Laura Branigan, and ''Round Numbers'' with Kate Mulgrew, Samantha Eggar, and Shani Wallis. She also appeared as a television actress in '' Hill Street Blues'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Her voice acting breakthrough came when she landed the leading role of Lynn Minmei in the English version of ''

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'', the popular

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series of the 1980s. Since then, she has voiced hundreds of other anime characters like Nunnally Lamperouge in ''

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'', Rika Furude in When They Cry, Monomi from Danganronpa 2 Goodbye Despair, and Tima from ''

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'' and has branched into non-anime

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s, live-action shows (such as '' Masked Rider'' and '' Power Rangers: Time Force''), commercials and radio work, and has performed background voices for movies such as ''

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'', '' Dr. Dolittle'', and '' The Santa Clause''.

Voice roles

Anime

* '' 3×3 Eyes'' – Pai Ayanokoji (Streamline dub) * ''

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'' – Additional Voices * '' The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island'' – Rebecca "Becca" Robinson * '' Ai Tenchi Muyo!'' - Mihoshi * '' Akira'' – Additional Voices (Animaze dub) * '' Armitage: Dual Matrix'' – Yoko * '' Around the World with Willy Fog'' – Princess Romy * '' Back to the Forest'' – Peter * '' Battle Athletes'' – Young Akari Kanzaki, Child, Student * '' Battle Athletes Victory'' – Elaine Reshpigi * '' Blood: The Last Vampire'' – Sharon * '' Bottle Fairy'' – Tamachan * '' Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran'' – Gin, Sayo Takakagi * ''

'' – Nunnally Lamperouge, Miya I. Hillminck * ''

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'' – Boy Witness, Muriel * ''

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'' – Various * '' Destiny of the Shrine Maiden'' – Corona * '' Detatoko Princess'' – Annie * ''

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'' – Amala * ''

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'' – Ai * '' Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies'' – Penny (Harmony Gold dub) * '' Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure'' – Chaozu/Chiaotzu (Harmony Gold dub) * ''

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'' – Juliette * '' Eiken'' – Komoe Harumachi, Kyoko Morooka * '' Elves of the Forest'' - Patty * ''Fighting Fantasy Girl Rescue Me: Mave-chan'' – Fern 2 * '' Fushigi Yūgi Eikoden'' – Chosei * '' Gate Keepers 21'' – Ayane Isuzu (as Riva West) * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' –

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(Batou's Tachikoma) * '' Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics'' – Various Roles * '' Hanaukyo Maid Team: La Verite'' – Lemon * '' Hand Maid May'' – Cyberdoll Rena * '' Higurashi: When They Cry'' – Rika Furude * '' Honeybee Hutch'' – Additional Voices * '' Kaze no Yojimbo'' – Miyuki Tanokura * '' Kikaider'' – Girl with Cat (Ep. 4) * '' Kyo Kara Maoh!'' – Greta * '' ''Little Women'''' – Amy March * '' A Little Snow Fairy Sugar'' – Sugar * '' Love Hina'' – Little Girl (as Reba West) * '' Lucky Star'' – Kanata Izumi, Hikage Miyakawa * '' Lupin III: Part II'' – Alice Henderson (Ep. 27) * '' Magic Knight Rayearth'' – Primera * '' Magical Princess Minky Momo'' – Momo * '' Mahoromatic'' – Chizuko Oe (most of "Something More Beautiful", replacing

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from Episode 1–4, and 12–14) * '' Maple Town'' – Patty Rabbit * ''

'' – Tima * '' Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie Trilogy'' – Kika * '' Noozles'' – Additional Voices * ''

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'' – Iris, Hanmyo * '' Planet Busters'' – Child * '' Please Twins!'' – Kaede Misumi * '' Pretty Sammy'' – Mihoshi Mizutani, Chihiro Kawai (Eps. 2–3) * ''

'' – Lynn Minmei (as Reba West) * '' Robotech II: The Sentinels'' – Lynn Minmei (as Reba West) * ''

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'' – Suiseiseki * ''

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'' – Marimo Ebisu * '' Saint Tail'' – Mari, Mayu, Shoko, Saori * '' Samurai Girl Real Bout High School'' – Miyuki Onizuka (as Reba West) * ''

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'' – Maia Devlin * '' Samurai X'' – Kori Kamiya (Kaoru Kamiya) * ''

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'' – Rebecca * ''

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'' series – Mihoshi Kuramitsu ( Magical Girl Pretty Sammy OVA's 2 and 3, Tenchi in Tokyo, Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness, Tenchi Forever! The Movie,

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season 3,

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), Ayeka Masaki Jurai (GXP), Erma (GXP) * ''

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'' – Elizabeth (Child, Ep. 6) * '' Ultra Maniac'' – Pine * '' Vampire Princess Miyu'' – Morishita, Yuki * '' Wild Arms: Twilight Venom'' – Nieza * '' The World of the Talisman'' – Little Girl * ''

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'' – Rushka (Eps. 40–41) * ''

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''- Linda Lovely

Live action

* '' Adventures in Voice Acting'' – Herself * '' Delta Pi'' – Karen * ''

Hallo Spencer ''Hallo Spencer'' is a German children's television series, created by Winfried Debertin and produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) from 1979 until 2001. In these 22 years, 275 episodes were filmed, including a number of 'specials' featuring th ...

'' – Peggy (voice) * '' Hill Street Blues'' – Girl Onlooker * ''

'' – Waitress * '' Masked Rider'' – Ocusect (voice) * ''

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ''Mighty Power Rangers'' (''MMPR'') is an American superhero television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids programming block. It is the first entry of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, and became a 1990s popular culture, ...

'' – Fighting Flea, Miss Chief (uncredited) * '' Power Rangers: Time Force'' – Computer Voice * '' Power Rangers: Wild Force'' – Newscaster (uncredited) * '' Round Numbers'' – Receptionist * ''

'' – Nurse Lucy * '' Weather Girl'' – Kiyomi Ito (voice)

Non-anime

* ''

Hey Arnold! ''Hey Arnold!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon. It originally aired from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. The show centers on fourth grader Arnold Shortman, who lives with his grandparents in an inner ...

'' – Cindy/Show Spokeswoman * '' The Little Polar Bear'' – Anna * '' The Mr. Men Show'' – Little Miss Giggles (credited as "Reba West") * '' The Return of Dogtanian'' – Juliette * '' Willy Fog 2'' – Princess Romy * '' Puppy in My Pocket: Adventures in Pocketville''- Eva

Video games

* '' .hack'' – Additional Voices * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' – Tachikoma * '' The Granstream Saga'' – Arcia (as ''Reba West'') * '' Robotech: Battlecry'' – Lynn Minmei, Izzy Randal * '' Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair'' - Monomi/Usami

Theme Song Performance

* '' Magical Princess Minky Momo'' * ''

Production credits

Script Adaptation

* '' Argento Soma'' * '' Digimon: Digital Monsters'' * ''

Kurogane Communication is a Japanese manga series written by Hideo Kato and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma. The individual chapters were originally serialized in '' Dengeki Daioh'' in 1997 and published in two ''tankōbon'' volume by MediaWorks. Set in a post-ap ...

'' * '' Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective'' * '' Samurai Girl Real Bout High School'' (as Rebecca Olkowski)''Samurai Girl Real Bout High School'' anime, closing credits * '' Samurai X'' * '' Wild Arms: Twilight Venom''

ADR/Looping

* ''

'' * '' Dr. Dolittle'' * '' The Santa Clause''

References

External links

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