Susan Patterson Dalian (born September 15, 1968) is an American actress who is primarily known among anime fans as the voice of
Haku in the first season of ''
Naruto
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'' and the
Screen Gems
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film
''The Brothers''.
Early life and education
Dalian was born in
Baltimore
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. She graduated from the
Baltimore School for the Arts and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from
Boston University
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.
Career
Dalian received a nomination for Best Actress at the
American Anime Awards in 2007. She voices
Storm
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in ''
Wolverine and the X-Men'' and ''
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds''. She also voices audio narration for novels. She has directed various theater productions and the short film Bite Me which was screened in 2019 at the
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival and Festival Angaelica near
Washougal, Washington.
She was one of several narrators of the 2021 book ''You Can’t Say That! Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell'', edited by
Leonard S. Marcus''.''
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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1968 births
Living people
Actresses from Baltimore
American film actresses
American television actresses
American video game actresses
American voice actresses
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
20th-century African-American actresses
21st-century African-American actresses