Wendee Lee (born February 20) is an American voice actress, writer, and director.

Early life

Lee studied dance and theater and later became a full-time dancer in her teens. According to her interview on the '' Magic Knight Rayearth'' DVDs, she started doing voices at school and got in trouble for it.

Career

Lee's first anime voice role was in Harmony Gold production ''

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'' in the 1980s, where she voiced Vanessa Leeds, one of the operators aboard the SDF-1 Macross. She also worked with Streamline on several anime productions including ''

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''. She would continue dance and work part-time as a make-up artist, choreographer, and dance instruction. Lee's major voice roles in anime include Kei in the Pioneer dub of '' Akira'', Faye Valentine on ''

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'',

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'', Takeru "T.K." Takaishi on '' Digimon Adventure'',

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on '' The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'' and Konata Izumi on '' Lucky Star''. She has also worked as an ADR director on ''

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'', '' Love Hina'' and ''

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'' and a casting director on ''The Night B4 Christmas''. In 2014–2015, she voiced Queen Serenity in the

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re-dub of the classic ''

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'' series and the new '' Sailor Moon Crystal'' series. In 2023, Lee was embroiled in controversy after a decision by

and Studiopolis to not move forward with Anairis Quiñones as Yoruichi Shihōin, with the role in ''Bleach'' being reprised by Lee.

In popular culture

Professional wrestler

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adopted the latter part of her

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in honor of Lee.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Feature films

Direct-to-video and television films

Live-action

Video games

Documentaries

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links

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